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Bring On the Women’s Revolutions
Wouldn’t it be fitting if the regimes in Moscow and Tehran — the first defined by a cult of its leader’s machismo, the second by its systemic misogyny — were brought down by protests…
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How we expunged a racist, sexist slur from hundreds of public lands
America’s public lands belong to all of us, and we have a responsibility to ensure that these lands are accessible and welcoming to everyone. However, over the course of our history, many such lands were…
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This program is blazing a trail for women in wildland firefighting
As wildfires worsen and the state faces a firefighter shortage, a California pilot program aims to recruit women to fight fires. But the field remains full of obstacles.
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Women Now a Majority of the College-Educated Labor Force in the U.S.
Women have overtaken men and now account for more than half (50.7%) of the college-educated labor force in the United States, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data. The change occurred in…
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Hybrid working may hold back women’s careers, say managers
Research suggests employers are overlooking people – particularly women – who work from home
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Most Americans believe #MeToo has changed the climate around workplace sexual misconduct
Almost five years since #MeToo went viral, new data from the Pew Research Center finds that most Americans believe that the movement has made it more likely that people would be held accountable for workplace sexual harassment and assault.
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S.C. Women Making Mark In Wine Industry
When Vicki Weigle set out to develop a vineyard and winery on the grounds of a former tobacco farm in Horry County nearly 30 years ago, many local farmers thought she was making a big…
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How this 29-year-old is helping Black women land jobs at Disney, Amazon—and increase their pay by as much as $60K
Two summers ago, as the Covid-19 pandemic ripped through New York, Niani Tolbert feared she was about to hit rock bottom. Tolbert had lost her job as a tech recruiter months earlier. “I was broke,…
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United Nations Should Be ‘Ashamed’ That A Woman Has Never Been Elected Secretary-General, Says Former President
In sharply worded comments, Abdulla Shahid, who just served as president of the 76th United Nations General Assembly, said it’s high time for a woman to be elected secretary-general. “After 70 years, we should be…
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How Russian Trolls Helped Keep the Women’s March Out of Lock Step
As American feminists came together in 2017 to protest Donald Trump, Russia’s disinformation machine set about deepening the divides among them.