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Barbara Rackes is often remembered for her years in the women’s apparel industry, where she built a $10 million company doing business in three southeastern cities and employing more than 100 people. She also founded The Rackes Group, a website development and IT company.
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A conversation with author Sophie Williams on bias that continues to holds women and other underrepresented groups back.
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Excavations of bronze age graves have found battle-scarred female archers, says the historian Bettany Hughes
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The problem with the way the Legislature elects upper-court judges is that the governor has no say, and the process has undermined public confidence in our judiciary by allowing lawyer-legislators to abuse their extensive influence to the advantage of themselves and their clients.
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The Barkley Marathons, which features cryptic rules for entry, requires runners to complete 100 miles of rugged terrain in Tennessee in under 60 hours.
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The world is beset by what analysts frequently call a democratic recession, marked by democratic erosion in old and new democracies in every region of the world. Yet against this troubling backdrop, people all over are pushing back against authoritarian practices.
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The 2024 U.S. presidential election could be the first election clearly decided by women, in a landmark assertion of power by the majority.
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This past March 8, in honor of International Women’s Day, the city of Goose Creek spotlighted the women on its city council. Councilwoman Melissa Enos-Sims has served on the city council since 2020 and is also a U.S. Navy Veteran. Sims recently took on the position of Lowcountry Director of Outreach with S.C. Women Lead, a multipartisan organization that encourages women to become informed and engage in public issues.
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Voters around the world who worry about growing threats to democratic freedoms should consider electing more women in countries’ national elections this year, the United Nations deputy secretary-general said Wednesday.
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Florida’s legislature has the highest percentage of women in Southeast