Press Play with Madeleine Brand
The trolling of women political candidates
There’s a record number of women running for political office this year. Leading into the primaries, there were 476 women in the races for the House of Representatives alone. But the bad news: many of them are facing harassment as they campaign.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThere’s a record number of women running for political office this year. Leading into the primaries, there were 476 women in the races for the House of Representatives alone. But the bad news: many of them are facing harassment as they campaign. Sometimes it’s so severe that they drop out of the race.
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The full episode
2 of 4Why is the government denying passports to Americans?- 0:00Born in Guam, living in Maryland -- U.S. passport denied
- 17:10The trolling of women political candidatesYou’re reading this
- 28:37What do you do with confederate monuments that are taken down?
- 39:43The California assembly allows bars to stay open until 4 am