(The Root) — When it was recently announced that there would be female moderators at a presidential debate for the first time in two decades, many women cheered. But that cheering was short-lived ...

During an interview on Fox News Tuesday, President Donald Trump attacked the Committee on Presidential Debates, deriding the committee's choice of moderator and rule changes that require candidates' ...

Listeners and bloggers give their take on Michel Martin's commentary this week on the all-white, all-male lineup of presidential debate moderators. Also, the program shares new information about ...

Moderator Kristen Welker, with the help of an offstage mute button, helped give Americans a substantive head-to-head debate over leadership that had been missing during the presidential campaign. The ...

The moderator had to constantly stop candidates from going over time. While the vice presidential debate Wednesday night was considered more cordial, debate moderator Susan Page had to deal with ...

There’s already a disagreement about what role moderators should play at presidential debates. Now, there’s a dispute about whether a moderator with an Hispanic background should have been picked. The ...