Laurie Jinkins was sworn in as the speaker of Washingon House on Monday.

Ann Branigar Hopkins, who had won a major workplace-discrimination case in the US Supreme Court that went on to form the basis of later gender-discrimination rulings, died recently at her home in Washington. She was 74. Tela Gallagher Mathias, her daughter revealed that she died due to sensory peripheral neuronopathy, a kind of nerve disorder. Here’s why we […]

#WomensMarch2018 brought hundreds of people together. From carrying anti-Trump signs to broadcasting #MeToo movement, Saturday’s campaign in Washington witnessed the largest single-day march in the US history. Last year women drove in numbers on the streets of Washington after Donald Trump was sworn into office as the 45th President of the United States. Over the […]

The US government has denied permission to a group wanting to erect a 48-ft statue of a naked woman at the National Mall in Washington. The statue is meant to convey a message about women’s safety, according to its sculptor Marco Cochrane. He said the sculpture represents a woman who is absolutely fearless The National […]