Heather Michon

Last fall, the Bureau of Labor Statistics published a report that was both shocking and somehow expected: out of the 1 million American workers who had dropped out of the job market in September, at least 850,000 of them were women. In all, more than…

I came away from the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett feeling a range of emotions: primarily anger, incredulity, and to my surprise, a faint sense of pity. You don’t have to agree with Barrett to see that…

Let the record show that Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris made it 7:56 minutes into a 51-minute debate with incumbent Vice President Mike Pence before she had to shush him. Mike Pence: Susan, I have to weigh in here- Kamala…

Like millions of American women last night, my first response upon learning about the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was to swear. Loudly. Repeatedly. Today, in a slightly more reflective mood, I’ve been pondering what the long…

This summer marked the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, which granted American women the right to vote. When it comes to issues like gender parity, racial equality and pay equality, it’s always tempting to look at…

Here’s a question to toss out at your next girls’ Zoom brunch: Can women have it all? Most of us who grew up in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s remember that Enjoli commercial, right? “I can bring home the bacon/ Fry it up in a pan/ And never, ever let…

Let’s face it: it’s been a rough few years in politics. Grueling, actually. But–somewhat paradoxically–it’s been a good few years for women. Hillary Clinton’s shocking loss to Donald Trump and Trump’s gleeful stomping of core American principles and…

Right now, somewhere, a refugee mother is walking with a baby on her back. She is not alone; last year, a record 65 million people were displaced from their homes and 22 million of them spilled over the borders in search of safety. Syria alone has…