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With all of us working together, we can continue to make strides toward true equality.

In July 1914, construction commenced on Adolphus Busch Hall on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. It could not have picked a worst moment to consummate years of enthusiastic planning. Shortly before, on June 28, a Serbian terrorist had assassinated the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, sparking a chain of events that led

On May 15, 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation that impedes Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs at public higher education institutions throughout the...

Republican Controlled State Legislatures in Florida, Texas, and beyond are passing measures restricting or prohibiting public colleges from promoting Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives. The rules are vague and set up a host of legal problems for schools and students.

Roaring Twenties, colloquial term for the 1920s, especially within the United States and other Western countries where the decade was characterized by economic prosperity, rapid social and cultural change, and a mood of exuberant optimism. The liveliness of the period stands in marked contrast to the historical crises on either side of it: World War I (1914–18) and the Great Depression (1929–c. 1939). The name may have originated as a play on the nautical term roaring forties, referring to ...

Charlotte Heyward-Blackwell was a remarkable figure. In the fight for women's rights during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A passionate activist and

And Republicans are increasingly attempting to limit that direct-democracy option.

Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would invalidate many state and federal laws that discriminate against women; its central underlying principle is that sex should not determine the legal rights of men or women. The text of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) states that “equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex” and further that “the Congress shall have the power to ...

The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan, grassroots organization of women and men who work to protect and expand voting rights and to ensure that everyone is represented in our democracy. …

Reflection on the current discourse surrounding feminist interpretations attached with the Indian constitution proffers an inkling of cherry-picking aspects on which feminist analysis can even be...