“I Am Someone’s Daughter Too” – Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s response to Rep. Ted Yoho offers an enduring lesson on sexism and patriarchy

A rebuke of sexism in Congress from AOC has opened up a necessary conversation in the larger society. Rep. Ted Yoho has been removed from the board of Christian charity over the incident and Twitter is inundated with personal accounts of women who report how they were not raised by their families to object to the men of their households. 

Shirley Chisholm: The Original Boss Lady of American Politics

As we celebrate Black History Month, it only becomes imperative to locate the erasure of Shirley Chisholm’s contributions as a pattern – of how dominant party nominations have systematically fallen short of according the rightful spaces to women and people of color.