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“Can’t your wife do that?” “I always put my career first, and my family turned out fine.” “Must be nice to go home early.” (Said to a father after he said he was leaving to take care of his sick child.) These are all real statements that managers have said to men seeking to be more present in their families’ lives.
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Dozens of open judgeships throughout the South Carolina courts will go unfilled amid an unresolved debate over the state’s system of judicial selection.
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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.
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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…
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Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, “Trailblazers and Torchbearers,” dives into the stories of female leaders whose legacies have often been overshadowed.
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One South Carolina representative is pushing for a change in how campaign funds can be used to help more women run for public office.
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Originally published by Claire Carter for Carolina News and Reporter Women make up 51.3% of South Carolina’s population. But they’re only 14.7% of the state’s legislators. Across the country, state legislatures tend to…
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Twin referendums will modernize Ireland’s conservative Catholic constitution to remove sexist language on women as housewives, and to recognize unmarried couples as families.
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Only pharmacists have achieved gender equity among the country’s highest-paying fields.
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Organizers urged women and nonbinary people to stop all work on Tuesday. Even the prime minister said she would take part.