Lindsey Weedston

From a better hairbrush to modern 3D technology, ten things that might never have existed without the invention or innovation of black women.

In Sweden, Femtastic gives survivors of sexual violence a voice in a male-dominated music industry.

In the first episode of their new documentary series, A Woman's Place, filmmakers explain how transgender beauty queens are lobbying for their rights outside of pageants.

As long as there has been lending, there have been times when the people’s debt becomes a crisis. Here’s a look at the policy solutions governments have been using, starting in ancient Sumer.

A new feminist children's book honors 26 awesome women who changed the world.

Americans voted on Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and two other contenders to replace Andrew Jackson.

Teachers don't always know the challenges kids deal with outside of the classroom. Sometimes talking can make all the difference.

“Shame cannot survive empathy,” Lewinsky reminds us. The growing trend of online public shaming can only be curbed by compassion.

Are housewives less ambitious than career women? Are they bad feminists? Read on to go beyond the stereotypes.

Before meeting Geraldine, I’d assumed that most of the women from the 1940s were unaware of how capable they were. I was wrong.

Slacktivism? Not so much. From #BlackLivesMatter to #BringBackOurGirls, this year's best hashtags around issues of social justice brought fresh voices into some of our most important conversations.

What these kids came up with will leave you wondering what adults are even doing anymore.

For years, these two mothers and a Cambridge professor have been bullied, threatened, and publicly humiliated by cyber-legions of trolls. Each of their stories offers a lesson for beating them.