The Year in Women

Mattie Kahn, news writer at Elle.com, and Carolina Moreno, Latino Voices editor at HuffPost, discuss the record number of women that have expressed interest in running for Congress this year. We also talk about the rise of the #MeToo movement. Kahn says many women are ready to run as a result of frustrations with the current administration. Moreno digs deep into the #MeToo movement and explains why women of color are having different experiences from others we often hear about in the media.

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