ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Taliban officials announced that women and girls would be expected to stay home, and if they were to venture out, to cover in all-encompassing loose clothing that only reveals their…
While many industries are making a real commitment and real progress towards a diverse workforce, unfortunately, still only 15 percent of CEOs at Fortune 500 companies are female according to a…
In a victory for voting rights, South Carolina has agreed to adjust South Carolina State House district lines in some of the most historically significant areas of the state for Black voters by…
Progressive women are reemerging as a powerful force in the midterm elections, moving further away from the white male image that has dominated the left’s narrative. As moderate female lawmakers look…
When asked to define the ideal leader, many would emphasize traits such as intelligence, toughness, determination, and vision—the qualities traditionally associated with leadership. Such skills and smarts are necessary but insufficient qualities for…
Nobel laureates Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier first met at a 2011 conference in Puerto Rico, where both gave talks about a then little-known biological system called CRISPR–Cas9, which bacteria use as an…
Around the family Thanksgiving dinner table at the age of 12, Dave Isay’s storytelling instincts kicked in. As he asked his family questions about their life experiences, perspectives and dreams, Isay was so…
Know who beat “The Batman” at the box office? Not an Avenger or an animated hero but Sandra Bullock. Even more incredible: Bullock is 57. Her onscreen love interests in “…
The first elected female leader of Panama’s Wounaan Indigenous group took office Monday. The inauguration of Aulina Ismare Opua marks a strengthening of women’s positions in the country’s Indigenous communities. Recently, Elena Cruz Guerra…