A new working paper published this week by two political science graduate students may help explain why Americans' faith in Congress has dipped to historic lows: Politicians tend to vastly overestimate just how conservative their constituents really are. Read More

On International Women's Day, Dee Dee Myers explains why empowering women is good for everyone. Read More

Support for same-sex marriage has increased over the last few months, particularly among Catholic voters, according to a new national poll released Friday. Read More

On Friday's Now with Alex Wagner, BBC State Department correspondent Kim Ghattas discussed her new book about Hillary Clinton's time as secretary of state. Read More

On International Women's Day, we're saying farewell to the past year's battles over birth control, equal pay, and misconceptions about the female reproductive system (that one's for you, Todd Akin). Read More

Several GOP congressional candidates found new ways to offend women with their comments on rape and pregnancy - and it cost them their candidacies. Read More

A major donor to GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum offered a suggestion for those who might not wind up with birth control coverage: Just try aspirin. Read More

Komen officials caused an uproar when they initially pulled funds from Planned Parenthood, which has been the target of partisan attacks because it offers abortions to women. Read More

The president who signed the Defense of Marriage Act into law in 1996 is now urging the Supreme Court to strike it down. Here’s a look back on Clinton’s evolution on gay rights. As you can see,Clinton has long tried to have it both ways--courting the gay community while also governing as a centrist. Read More

Obamacare offered women coverage for birth control, but the religious right wanted out of the mandate. Read More

Although women make on average 77 cents for every dollar men make, Senate Republicans continued to block pay equity legislation last year. Read More

When Sandra Fluke, a student at the Catholic Georgetown University, stood up to fight for health care coverage of contraceptives, she was rewarded with a public tirade from conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh in which he called her a slut. Read More

Huge gains in the job market: The economy added 236,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7% -- the lowest rate since President Obama took office. Read More

The former president says "it was a very different time" when he signed DOMA into law 17 years ago. Now he sees the law as discriminatory and unconstitutional. Read More

Only 28 of the 219 people the president has nominated to the bench have been confirmed, according to the Senate Judiciary Committee's Democratic office. Read More

Citing family and biblical values, some conservative leaders support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Read More

Overriding a veto from Arkansas' Democratic governor, Republican lawmakers voted in support of “The Human Heartbeat Protection Act”--a law which bans most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. Read More

As moderate Republicans try to regain mainstream credibility, a red state's legislators revive a losing war on women. Read More

"This is a country where everyone should be able to pursue their happiness no matter who you are, no matter who you love," said Obama, who signed the bill , in a move that’s being seen as a big win for gay rights activists and Native Americans.
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