“The world needs to look to mothers and to women in order to find peace, to emerge from the spiral of violence and hatred, and once more see things with genuinely human eyes and hearts,” said Pope Francis in his new year address on 1 January, World Peace Day.
Beholden to no one, former state legislator Susan Catania was known for her willingness to take stances unpopular at the time—from LGBTQ rights, to gun control, to honoring Martin Luther King with his own state holiday.
Untethered from partisan politics and uninterested in keeping up with political news, here is how some Americans view the current state of U.S. politics.
Tameika Isaac Devine didn’t break a glass ceiling when she took her oath of office Tuesday to be South Carolina’s newest senator, but she did pull her state up from having the least number of women in its upper chamber.
For the first time, a major U.S. airline will have a female CEO: JetBlue announced Monday that Joanna Geraghty, the company’s president and COO, will succeed Robin Hayes as CEO. The airline said Hayes is stepping down for health reasons.
With an appearance in South Carolina Monday, President Joe Biden delivered his second campaign speech in a matter of four days, a sign that the 2024 election is heating up.
The swearing-in ceremony for State Senator-elect Tameika Isaac Devine happened at 4 p.m. Monday.
The ceremony took place in the Senate chamber on the second floor of the State House with Chief Justice Beatty officiating.
Lucina Di Meco, co-founder of #ShePersisted, shared research on gendered disinformation and online abuse against women in politics. She also shared suggestions for action during her presentation, part of a workshop for young church leaders on “Tackling Online Sexual and Gender-Based Violence.”
Originally published by Kate Brennan for The Story Exchange Former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney is weighing the possibility of running for president as a third-party candidate. Cheney discussed her tentative plans with…