At 8 a.m. on a frigid January morning, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, 49-year-old widow of the late Congressman Elijah Cummings, was standing on a busy street corner in Baltimore, enthusiastically waving at passing cars next to a campaign sign with her name on it. She’d been doing this every morning and evening at rush hour — rain, snow, or shine — before and after a full day of knocking on doors and talking to voters. There were no fewer than 32 people in the special election to succeed her legendary husband in Congress,...
- 3/3/2020
- by Laura Bassett
- Rollingstone.com
The pre-Oscar party circuit started rolling on Tuesday and culminated with the Saturday, Feb. 8, annual behemoth known as the Mptf “Night Before” party, where A-list stars gathered at Fox Studios to give back to their own, raising over $5.4 million to benefit the Motion Picture & Television Fund. From Leonardo DiCaprio, Mahershala Ali and Nicolas Cage to Viola Davis and Brie Larsen (to name a few), Oscar winners were everywhere.
Amanda Shires, Stephanie Schriock, Amber Tamblyn and Eva Longoria at Emily’s List panel and brunch. Photo credit: Getty Images
The week was filled with female-centric events, including the week’s first, as the Emily’s List panel and brunch descended on the Four Seasons Hotel on Tuesday, Feb. 4 to advocate for abortion rights and electing more women into public office. Leading the charge were (pictured) Amanda Shires, who wore her opinions on her jacket, along with the org’s president Stephanie Schriock,...
Amanda Shires, Stephanie Schriock, Amber Tamblyn and Eva Longoria at Emily’s List panel and brunch. Photo credit: Getty Images
The week was filled with female-centric events, including the week’s first, as the Emily’s List panel and brunch descended on the Four Seasons Hotel on Tuesday, Feb. 4 to advocate for abortion rights and electing more women into public office. Leading the charge were (pictured) Amanda Shires, who wore her opinions on her jacket, along with the org’s president Stephanie Schriock,...
- 2/9/2020
- by Jenny Peters
- The Wrap
It’s late November at the Val Air Ballroom in West Des Moines, Iowa, a Forties dance hall converted from a World War I tire factory with ancient plumbing and a buzzing neon sign. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is listed on the marquee just above the cage fights and the craft show taking place next month. Hundreds of people have crowded onto the well-worn maple floor: old ladies in Nevertheless She Persisted T-shirts, college students home for Thanksgiving, young couples with small kids.
But not everyone who has shown up tonight is sold on Elizabeth Warren.
But not everyone who has shown up tonight is sold on Elizabeth Warren.
- 12/19/2019
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
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