• Why it’s harder for women to run for office

    Why it’s harder for women to run for office

    Jul 27, 2016 01:02 AM EST

    ... to Congress from her district. She now works to elect other woman candidates. Welcome to you both. JUDY WOODRUFF: Welcome. GWEN IFILL: I want to ask you both to think back to 1984. We were just asking Nancy Pelosi about this idea, the big breakthrough, when Geraldine Ferraro became the ...

  • The intrusive investigation behind Supreme Court nominations

    The intrusive investigation behind Supreme Court nominations

    Feb 16, 2016 09:32 PM EST

    ... idea that you miss something that later torpedoed the nomination — that's a nightmare," said Jack Quinn, former White House counsel to President Bill Clinton. Just ask Judge Douglas Ginsburg. Nine days after President Ronald Reagan nominated him for the high court, it was revealed he had smoked marijuana as ...

  • Viewer's guide: GOP candidates meet in New Hampshire for 8th debate

    Viewer's guide: GOP candidates meet in New Hampshire for 8th debate

    Feb 06, 2016 05:52 PM EST

    ... a dispute with Fox News. He will resume his place at center stage as the leader in most recent polls, but his rivals sense weakness. Just ask Iowa winner Ted Cruz, who said this week that his two little girls were better behaved than Trump, who was "losing it." Trump ...

  • What the winning Iowa campaigns say about the battle ahead

    What the winning Iowa campaigns say about the battle ahead

    Feb 03, 2016 01:00 AM EST

    ... IFILL: Now turning to the Democrats' side, we're joined by Joel Benenson, chief strategist for the Hillary Clinton campaign. Joel, I'm going to ask you the same question I just asked Rick Tyler, which is, in a nutshell, how did you pull it out, very narrow win in ...

  • Oklahomans have embraced free, universal early education -- and it's working

    Oklahomans have embraced free, universal early education -- and it's working

    Feb 02, 2016 09:22 PM EST

    ... Hofmeister. “As more attend, you can have a more enriched opportunity for everyone.” Related: Should college tuition be free or paid on a sliding scale? Just ask preschool advocates Public preschool is high on the Democratic agenda right now. In 2013 President Barack Obama called for $10 billion in federal ...

  • 2015's biggest breakthrough could deliver designer babies

    2015's biggest breakthrough could deliver designer babies

    Dec 31, 2015 12:54 AM EST

    ... and Paul Knoepfler, a biologist and writer from at University of California, Davis. Welcome to you both. Jennifer Doudna, I'm going to start by just asking you to define in laywoman's language gene editing and CRISPR. JENNIFER DOUDNA, University of California, Berkeley: Well, I would say gene editing ...

  • U.S. 'step-by-step' strategy against Islamic State questioned in Congress

    U.S. 'step-by-step' strategy against Islamic State questioned in Congress

    Dec 02, 2015 12:06 AM EST

    Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced that the U.S. will be deploying more special forces to assist Iraqi and Peshmerga forces targeting the Islamic State, and will be authorized to take direct action. Some lawmakers questioned whether the U.S. is making progress in the fight against ISIS. Judy Woodruff gets reaction from House Armed Services Committee...

  • How the Turkey-Russia conflict complicates anti-Islamic State efforts
  • What racial, disability and LGBTQ justice have in common

    What racial, disability and LGBTQ justice have in common

    Oct 12, 2015 07:26 PM EST

    For Kay Ulanday Barrett, poetry is a testimony to survival. The poet testifies to living at the intersection of multiple marginalized identities: “transgender, disabled, a person of color [and] from a rough economic background,” he said. “It’s been my struggle and my commitment to elaborate on these experiences that overlap.”

  • Do I qualify for both V.A. benefits and Social Security disability benefits?

    Do I qualify for both V.A. benefits and Social Security disability benefits?

    Sep 28, 2015 07:40 PM EST

    Did you suffer a service-related injury? Here's what you need to know about applying for Social Security disability benefits.