I have a mantra that I say every time I prepare for a flight: "You have the right to take up space." I repeat it over and over like a meditation. I say it in m...
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By Nkeiruka Obi - Here’s the story of a woman you should know: Konate Diomande Siami, a mother from Côte d’Ivoire in Africa who gave birth to five children, th...
By Liz, a high school senior at Milton Hershey School - It has taken a lot for me to become the woman I am today, and I still have a long way to go.
At the ...
This story is in partnership with UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) from their campaign “Holding On”, which shares the stories of internally di...
After retiring from a long, successful career as the owner of Maddie’s, a Marblehead, Massachusetts institution, and world-renowned sailing bar and restaurant,...
By Susan Ades Stone and Barbara Ortiz Howard - Everybody thought it was a great idea whose time certainly had come. Why hadn’t anyone thought of it before...
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