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What Voters Want From Leaders and What Politics Rewards Are Miles Apart–A New Study Examines the Gap

& Women Leaders Just Might Be the Key to Closing the Gap
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Universal Childcare Is Having a Moment—Here’s Why It Matters
A Readout from Future Forward Women’s “Time to Care: A Blueprint from New Mexico and Beyond" Webinar--Featuring Ai-jen, Emmy, Albert, Shoshana, Rachel…
 • C. Nicole Mason, PhD
Is This Real? Political Toxic Positivity and The Feeling of 2026
A meditation on enforced calm, collective harm, and what care requires now
 • C. Nicole Mason, PhD
I Know an ICE Agent
What happens when powerlessness, economic vulnerability, and toxic masculinity collide — and put on a badge
 • C. Nicole Mason, PhD
Democracy Just Got Personal
and The Five Biggest Reasons Last Night Felt Different
 • C. Nicole Mason, PhD
Democracy’s Missing Architects: A Readout from the Women Moving Millions Summit
Why Democracy’s Future Depends on Women Calling the Shots, Rewriting the Playbook, and Leading the Resistance
 • C. Nicole Mason, PhD
Ten Years In, Erin Vilardi Has the Blueprint for Women’s Power
The founder of Vote Run Lead reflects on a decade of training women to run, win and stay in power—and why the next ten years will be spent turning…
 • C. Nicole Mason, PhD
Is it me, or are Black women America’s emergency contact nobody bothers to save?
& How We went from Win with Black Women to Fire and Jail Them--The backlash isn’t arbitrary, but calculated payback
 • C. Nicole Mason, PhD
Roxane Gay Told Me Feminism Isn’t a Hall Pass—It’s a Practice of Power
In our interview, she talks identity, accountability, and why living with contradiction is essential to the future of feminism
 • C. Nicole Mason, PhD
Feminist Funded Conf. Readout: 3 Feminist Leaders Issue A Reckoning and An Invitation to the Movement
How Retta, Carmen, & Nicole are reimagining power, strategy, and collective care in a time of crisis
 • C. Nicole Mason, PhD
The Birth Control Pill Sparked a Sexual Revolution. Could the male pill do the same?
After decades of delay, a male pill is finally on the horizon. Are we ready for it?
 • C. Nicole Mason, PhD
Amanda Litman Has a Message for Gen Z: Stop Waiting Your Turn
The Author & Co-Founder of Run For Something talks why Democrats are addicted to losing and why the future of politics belongs to young people who…
 • C. Nicole Mason, PhD
Whoa, Mamas: From Teen Moms to Forty-Something First-Timers: A Look at the New Motherhood Timeline
& Why it Matters to the Future of Reproductive Rights
 • C. Nicole Mason, PhD
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