The Year of the Woman

In Virginia, an unprecedented number of women were elected to the House of Delegates last year. We hear from some of those women about what it was like during their first week on the job.

Toni Michelle Travis reflects on the year of the woman in politics and what it takes to get more women on the ballot.

As a 17-year-old, Fariba Parsa fled Iran to avoid becoming a political prisoner. Now she’s grooming the next generation of American women to run the world.

Countless chick flicks, novels, and even self-help books have wondered: can men and women be just friends? Cassandra Good argues that, in fact, American men and women have maintained close friendships since our country’s founding.

Most of us don’t intend to be sexist or racist, and yet sometimes we find ourselves in the wrong. Jennifer Mease asks the question, “When it comes to racism or sexism, why aren’t good intentions enough?”