What Every Woman Candidate Can Learn from Her Magnus Opus — *This piece was first published at Gender Watch 2018, a non-partisan project of the Center for American Women and Politics and the Barbara Lee Family Foundation In the blockbuster release of A Wrinkle in Time, Oprah Winfrey plays Mrs. …

Marco Rubio and Dana Loesch couldn’t talk themselves out of a tough spot during the CNN town hall meeting on guns. Their smooth talk and well-oiled messages could not compete with the students, survivors, and family members of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. The Generation Z students who…

Looking for inspiration? These women will bring you to your feet. — From the U.S. Capitol to statehouses nationwide. From Alabama to Virginia. From jammed phone lines to packed town halls. From Hollywood to television studios. Silence breakers, candidates, organizers, and activists are giving voice to the resistance. Let’s celebrate the stirring words of strong women driving change. The Women’s March Worldwide…

Campaign Tips from a Speech Coach — The surefire way to bring the crowd to its feet at the Women’s Convention in Detroit was to announce you are running for office. “Hell ‘yeah!” was the response at the three-day organizing event as love was showered on the aspiring candidates. …

by Christine K. Jahnke, speech coach and author of The Well-Spoken Woman Donald Trump’s lying techniques are spreading like a plague from the White House to his operatives and enablers. Take the recent spate of claims that pre-existing conditions will be covered under Trumpcare. Lying has never been so bold…

Tips for Lawyers & Anyone Who Contends with Mansplainers and Conversation Hogs — As a speech coach whose passion is helping women speak out I’m often asked: how can I do a better job of holding the floor? The question comes from women who want to throw out ideas in meetings and presentations but dread being interrupted, shot down or ignored. Women lawyers…

Expect women speakers to play a starring role at the national political conventions as both parties woo women voters — a block that has swung every election since Reagan. Among married women — traditionally a Republican stronghold, 70 percent have an unfavorable opinion of Donald Trump. Not surprisingly, the Republicans…

More trouble lies ahead for Donald Trump. Racist remarks about the Hispanic judge in the Trump U case and a sanitized teleprompter speech have locked him in a defensive crouch. Trump’s ideas appear even more insignificant and backwards. …

The Daily Beast’s Betsy Woodruff poses the question: Will Carly Fiorina overshadow Ted Cruz? It’s a question Donald Trump certainly didn’t worry about when he embraced the endorsement of a possible running mate — the bombastic Chris Christie. It says more about Cruz’s insecurities than the veep’s qualifications. In her…