‘Democracy is in decline’ says Nobel committee chair Berit Reiss-Andersen, as she gives the award to Iranian women’s rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi. Terje Pedersen/NTB
by Leïla...
Jailed: Iranian women’s protest leader Narges Mohammad has been awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. EPA-EFE/Abedin Taherkenareh
by Hind Elhinnawy, Nottingham Trent University
Prominent Iranian women’s rights...
U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney speaks during a press conference in December 2022, calling to affirm the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. Alex Wong/Getty...
When the Constitution was written, the term ‘We the People’ had a very limited application for voting rights.
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by Joseph Jones, West Virginia...
A new U.S. quarter shows Nina Otero-Warren, a leader in New Mexico’s suffrage movement and the first female superintendent of Santa Fe public schools....
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By Zuri Anderson
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a legendary icon in the ongoing fight against racial injustice in the United States. Even though it's...
by Deina Abdelkader, UMass Lowell
The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was held by Iran’s morality police for not complying with the country’s...
by Maura Ives, Texas A&M University
Clement Clarke Moore’s 1823 poem “Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas” redefined Christmas in America. As historian Steven...
