On this week’s 51%, we focus on women in service. WAMC’s Ashley Hupfl takes us to a ceremony for living veterans in Albany, New York. Karen Dewitt reports on a program for veterans with PTSD that’s seeking full funding in the New York state budget. And we speak with Lt. Col. Bree Fram and Army veteran Mael Embser-Herbert about their new book, With Honor and Integrity: Transgender Troops in Their Own Words.
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This week on 51%, we visit the Akwesasne Nation near the U.S. – Canada border to learn about indigenous women leaders. (more…)
Sandra Day O’Connor became the first female Supreme Court Justice in 1981, but before that there was a long history of female candidates waiting...
On this week’s 51%, we speak with author Rachel Monroe about her new book, which examines the complicated relationship between women and the crime...