Last week, President of EMILYs List, Jessica Mackler joined The Electorette to discuss the importance of electing pro-choice, Democratic women to office—candidates who are unapologetic advocates for reproductive rights—this includes Vice President Kamala Harris, who's been a tireless advocate for reproductive rights for her entire career. Listen to our conversation here: https://bit.ly/3KqPMW9
Today marks the close of Black Maternal Health Week 2024 #BMHW24. Listen to Dr. Venice Hayes from the United States of Care as she explains how traditional maternal care can fail Black women, and how community-based organization can fill those gaps. Listen to the entire episode here 🎧 bit.ly/3TTxhhk #BlackMaternalHealthWeek
Open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act ends this Sunday, Jan 15th at midnight ⏰. I spoke with activist, and healthcare advocate Laura Packard about recent updates to the Affordable Care Act, including changes that make coverage more affordable. Also, if you live in Wyoming, Kansas, Texas, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, or Florida — these 11 states have not expanded Medicaid. Talk to your representative about expanding Medicaid in your state. Listen to our entire conversation here: https://bit.ly/ACA-2023. Also, catch Laura's weekly show, Care Talk (link in the show notes) and sign up for the #ACA here: healthcare.gov. #ACA #Obamacare #openenrollment #ExpandMedicaid
A brand new Electorette episode just dropped! I have a conversation with the imitable Nsé Ufot of New Georgia Project about the state of Georgia politics, including an analysis of upcoming races between Stacy Abrams and current governor Brian Kemp, and the race between sitting Senator Raphael Warnock, and Republican candidate Herschel Walker. If you're interested in volunteering for the upcoming midterms to keep GA blue (even if you don't live in the state), follow New Georgia Project, and visit their site, https://newgeorgiaproject.org/, to sign up. Listen to our entire conversation here: https://bit.ly/3NttDq4
#midterms #midterms2022 #GeorgiaOnMyMind #KeepGABlue
The Senate just passed a $1.5 trillion spending bill, which included $194 million for President Biden's "cancer moonshot" initiative. Before the spending bill was passed, I had an in depth conversation with healthcare activist @laurapackardactivist, about the goals of the initiative, and the need to expand . If the #CancerMoonshot initiative is a success, it could end cancer as we know it. Listen to our entire convo at #ElectorettePodcast. Link in BIO!
Special weekend edition! If #KetanjiBrownJackson's confirmation is inevitable, which I think it is, why are conservatives being such 🤬 about her nomination? Is it plain old racism+sexism? Maybe. Meagan Hatcher-Mays of Indivisible has some ideas! #ElectorettePodcast 🎧 LISTEN HERE bit.ly/3tpX7NX
New Season, new episode! It was such a pleasure to chat with
Mary Childs of NPR's Planet Money about her new book #TheBondKing. Bill Gross used to be a fixture on CNBC, especially during the 2008 financial crisis. So, what happened to him? Find out here #ElectorettePodcast 🎧 https://bit.ly/3N2AXcd
ICYMI: Last week’s @electorette episode features @mayatcontreras Democratic candidate for Congress for district #NY12. Maya is a housing and voting rights advocate, and is passionate about uplifting her community. Listen to this excerpt, and to listen to the entire episode, click on the link in the bio.
White House Gender Policy Council
The Electorette talks to Jennifer Klein, the Co-Chair and Executive Director of the Gender Policy Council, about the administration's plans to address gender inequality. https://bit.ly/3fv4mxG
White Gender Policy Council + The American Rescue Plan
The Electorette talks to Jennifer Klein, the Co-Chair and Executive Director of the Gender Policy Council, about the administration's plans to address gender inequality.
New #Electorette Episode https://bit.ly/32EfFgC: Jesse Mermell for Congress, Congressional Candidate for Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District joins me to discuss the importance of electing true champions for Reproductive Rights. We also discuss the most recent Supreme Court decisions, including June Medical Services vs. Russo. Listen here: https://bit.ly/32EfFgC
Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul of New York on The ELECTORETTE
New Episode: https://bit.ly/2ATHWDG
Please tune in to my conversation with Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul on New York State's pandemic recovery efforts and how #COVID19 has uniquely affected women. My conversations with Lt. Governor Hochul are always inspiring, as she centers women & families in her leadership and policies. In this clip, she urges that we show humanity to essential workers, now & following the pandemic. LISTEN HERE: https://bit.ly/2ATHWDG
Nadine Strossen | HATE: Why We Should Resist it With Free Speech, Not Censorship
I had the pleasure of speaking with Nadine Strosser, the first women and youngest person ever to head the American Civil Liberties Union ACLU. We discussed her book, "HATE..." which addresses the important question of "What is hate speech?" Is Black Lives Matter hate speech as some conservatives might describe it? We discuss the subjectivity of hate, hate speech vs. free speech, and noncensorial methods to curb hate speech. 🎧 LISTEN HERE: http://bit.ly/2v5IqnP
Electorette Season 3! A Conversation with A'shanti Gholar of Emerge
We'reso excited to begin Season 3 of The Electorette in conversation with A'shanti Gholar, the political director of Emerge! We talk about the hurdles women still face when they run for office in our still very gendered, political culture. We also dismantle the myth of "electability" which is often used to undermine the value women candidates.
Marianne Williamson: 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate
New Electorette episode featuring a conversation with Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson), 2020 Democratic Presidential candidate https://www.electorette.com/70. LISTEN HERE: https://www.electorette.com/70
Marianne Williamson is best known as an acclaimed lecturer, activist and author; and seven of her twelve published books have been New York Times bestsellers. Williamson has been one of America’s most well-known public voices for more than three decades and now she's a Presidential Candidate in the 2020 Democratic Primary race.
Outside of politics, Marianne Williamson has amassed the largest social media following out of all the 2020 Democratic primary candidates and has been a popular guest on Oprah and Bill Maher. Within politics, however, Williamson is less well-known; except for her Congressional bid in 2014 for California's 33rd District, Williamson is a relative newcomer to formal politics.
Williamson has a progressive platform and aligns closely with the political ideology of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, who she supported in 2016. But Williamson thinks we need a new approach to healing the country, including establishing a cabinet level Department of Childhood and Youth; additionally her platform includes a proposal to grant a $200 billion - $500 billion in reparations for slavery, a position she's advocated for, for over 20 years, when she wrote about reparations in her book "Healing the Soul of America," in 1999.
We discuss the reasons behind her decision to run for President, her platform, what motivates Trump voters and what it will take to win in 2020.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSON CNN TOWN HALL
Marianne Williamson will hold a CNN Town Hall on April 14th at 7 p.m. ET
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