As a new school year begins, so soon will a new political era, one in which African- Americans and women finally reside in America's seat of power as they have in other nations' for years. You'll see it discussed right here in the Maroon-News Commentar

When California Democrat Nancy Pelosi took the oath as the first female Speaker of the House it garnered enormous nationwide media attention. The fact that a woman was second in line to succession to the presidency brought attention to the fact that women

The election is over, now let’s move on Turn on the news and listen. Do you notice a conspicuous absence of party politics, distracting scandals and sparsely-informed speculation?

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Hillary Clinton?s campaign as the first serious woman contender for the Democratic presidential nomination will make it easier for other women to run for president, most voters said in a CBS News poll .