Stories by Ruth Rosen

Ever since 1980, African American women have been decisive in creating a gender gap that has helped elect Democratic Presidents.

Baby boomers did not contribute to the economic decline of America. Actually, they helped create consumerist prosperity with teenager allowances and middle age purchases.

History reminds us that any social movement that changes the terms of debate will eventually change the national conversation. Why don't Democrats have the guts to do that?

We will know a critical threshold has been reached when every magazine asks of every news story, "What does this mean for women and girls?"

The country I care so much about has breached some of the most important international conventions. Yet no one has been held accountable.

Dems struck a family planning provision from the stimulus bill. What happens to the economy when a woman has a child without the means to support it?

The oral testimonies in this biography offer a textured portrait of one of the most powerful women to challenge and change American society.

How the Bush government is now trying to prevent you from being able to use the Freedom of Information Act.

If progressive causes are to get anywhere in the next Congress, we need to challenge the ingrained belief that the market can solve our problems.

America's child care crunch is more dire than ever, thanks to Bush's gutting of government programs that assist working families.

What women talk about when men are not listening. (Hint: it's not sex.)

A new book that tracks women's voting trends doesn't tell us enough about how women will vote in the next elections.

An army of economists and pundits have debunked the president's claims that Social Security is in "crisis." What they don't publicize, however, is that the president's plan for private accounts would deepen the crisis faced by vast numbers of elderly women.

The momentous events of the summer of 1964 – forty years ago – created many of our current cultural, social and political divisions.

A new generation of activists is galvanized against the assault on choice. At Sunday's March for Women's Lives, the generations will meet to defend against the erosion of rights.

The Democratic nominee will be drawn into a political and cultural fray over issues that galvanized a generation during the 1960s -- racial equality, abortion, gay rights and more.

Unmarried women are the demographic-swing group that could decide a close election, oust President Bush and alter the political landscape in Congress.

A single-payer health care program is on the table in California, proposing to drastically reform the broken system.

Bush pressed Congress to pass legislation that would allow states to "opt in" and to match block grants to participate in the program. Sounds generous and inclusive, doesn't it?