Against the backdrop of a blue wave across the country, multiple states passed ballot measures chipping away at trans kids’ rights. The Democratic tsunami that brought historic wins to candidates nationwide—including LGBTQ+ politicians—also delivered significant blows to trans rights.
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Find ResourcesSAN ANTONIO, Texas — Latino men swung back hard; Latinas swung back harder. Most Latinas didn’t back President Donald Trump in 2024, but enough of them did to help usher him back into the White House.
Justice Clarence Thomas began Colorado’s half of the argument in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy with a pointed observation. In the court’s last two cases about religious schools and public benefits,
Democrats won big in an election defined by affordability. Now, they’ll have to deliver — and women will be watching. Typically the managers of household budgets, women make the vast majority of consu
LOS ANGELES — Nithya Raman is projected to become Los Angeles’ first Asian-American mayor and the second woman elected to the highest citywide office. After entering the race last minute to challenge
This dashboard provides KFF’s analysis of the role abortion played in voters’ decisions in the 2026 midterm elections, with a focus on four states with abortion-related ballot measures: Idaho, Missour
Click to expand Image The US Capitol building in Washington, DC, November 4, 2026. © 2026 Umit Bektas/Reuters (Washington, DC) – The newly elected US Congress should prioritize respect and protection
The U.S. ranks as the 31st most dangerous country for women, 55th in maternal mortality, 43rd in closing the gender pay gap, 84th in women’s political representation, and painfully lacks paid family l
Marcia and I first met in 1966 at Time-Life Books, our first jobs after college. We didn’t know each other, because we worked in different research departments at opposite ends of the same floor in th
One in three. That’s how many of the nation’s governors will be women next year. At least 17 women will lead states in 2027, breaking the previous record of 14, set in 2025. Every woman seeking reelec
At 7:20 a.m. on Wednesday morning, Judge Penny Brown Reynolds had not yet been to bed. The night before, she was declared the winner of the secretary of state race in Georgia, the first Black person a
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Even as abortion was not a top issue for voters in the midterm elections, Americans repeatedly rejected ballot initiatives and candidates they perceived as anti-abortion — a sign that reproductive rig
