Women comprise a powerful voting bloc. Not only were 70% registered to vote as of November 2022 (compared to 68.2% of men), but women also control an estimated 70-80% of consumer spending. And after years of being perceived as voting with their husbands, women are now seen as crucial swing voters who may actually influence their husband’s votes. That means politicians and political strategists spend money and airtime trying to understand and win their votes. That’s great news, because when it comes to our current policies and politics, women have a lot of notes. Ahead of each...…Women comprise a powerful voting bloc. Not only were 70% registered to vote as of November 2022 (compared to 68.2% of men), but women also control an estimated 70-80% of consumer spending. And after years of being perceived as voting with their husbands, women are now seen as crucial swing voters who may actually influence their husband’s votes. That means politicians and political strategists spend money and airtime trying to understand and win their votes. That’s great news, because when it comes to our current policies and politics, women have a lot of notes. Ahead of each...WW…

|||{{headline}}Friday marks D.C.'s 159th Emancipation Day, a day which is taught as being the first step toward freeing enslaved Black people in the U.S. But the history and legacy surrounding Emancipation Day is not so simple.Friday marks D.C.’s 159th Emancipation Day, a day which is taught as being the first step toward freeing enslaved Black people in the U.S. But the history and legacy surrounding Emancipation Day is not so simple.The Emancipation Proclamation indicates that if someone is an enslaved person in the Confederacy, in a state that is still fighting in the Civil War against...…|||{{headline}}Friday marks D.C.'s 159th Emancipation Day, a day which is taught as being the first step toward freeing enslaved Black people in the U.S. But the history and legacy surrounding Emancipation Day is not so simple.Friday marks D.C.’s 159th Emancipation Day, a day which is taught as being the first step toward freeing enslaved Black people in the U.S. But the history and legacy surrounding Emancipation Day is not so simple.The Emancipation Proclamation indicates that if someone is an enslaved person in the Confederacy, in a state that is still fighting in the Civil War against...WW…