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100 Years of Women Who Changed History Revisiting the obituaries of a century of notable women to show how they were remembered — and what history may have left unsaid.

"What happens when you read about the lives of notable women across time? You start to see what history noticed — and what it didn’t." #internationalwomensday #womensmonth #herstory www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Inside the legal defense of Georgia Fort and Don Lemon. “You can look back at this last year and see that the administration’s attacks on the media are very much content-oriented,” Lemon’s lawyer said.

“Independent journalists pose a particular threat because they cannot be cowed or bludgeoned or pressured the way media that are owned by companies now can be," Don Lemon's attorney says. "And so they pretend it is about something like bias. But that is just a facade.” www.cjr.org/analysis/ins...

When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.

But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.

A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.

Authors’ gender and productivity as predictors of reciprocal dynamics in publications and citations in communication Abstract. Gender bias in academic publishing and citation practices in communication has been discussed extensively, yet the link between the two remains p

Such important work! Men across the globe publish around 40% of articles in communication and get almost 60% of the citations. Women publish almost 60% but get only a little over 40% of the citations. This gap has remained almost constant since 2000. #frozen #comsky academic.oup.com/anncom/advan...

#InternationalWomensDay #IWD

Heimat bist du großer Töchter – die österreichische Autorin und Pazifistin Bertha von Suttner erhielt als erste Frau überhaupt im Jahr 1905 den #Friedensnobelpreis – sie schrieb den berühmten Antikriegsroman "Die Waffen nieder!" – ihr Aufruf ist aktueller denn je #Frauentag #NoWar

On the origins of International Women's Day in the US and Germany and Austria – neat little open access primer. #iwd #womensday #March8 #internationalwomensday documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1000679296

Runners led off course in U.S. Half Marathon Championship awarded prize money The credited victor on the day said she did not feel like a winner and would not accept a spot on the U.S. team for the world championships.

Oh my, a nightmare for each runner trying to best their record: Runners led off course in U.S. Half Marathon Championship in Atlanta still awarded prize money but losing proper ranking www.nytimes.com/athletic/708...

In a rare and beautiful display, in Fairbanks, Alaska, the northern lights danced across the sky at the same time as another uncommon event: a total lunar eclipse, also known as a blood moon.

Indonesia to Block Children Under 16 From Social Media

Indonesia bars children under 16 from social media, joining a growing list of countries with such restrictions to safeguard children. “Our children face increasingly real threats, including pornography, cyberbullying, online fraud and, most importantly: addiction” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/w...

A record share of U.S. workers now have access to paid leave There’s still no federal paid leave policy in the United States, but 14 laws now extend coverage to an estimated 46 million people.

A third of workers in the US now have access to some form of government-issued paid leave—the biggest share ever. The US is one of only a handful of countries without a federal paid leave policy giving workers paid time off after having a child or for medical care. 19thnews.org/2026/03/paid...

Transgender Kansans Sue After Driver’s Licenses Are Abruptly Canceled

Transgender Kansans Sue After Driver’s Licenses Are Abruptly Canceled: As Kansas invalidates hundreds of licenses and birth certificates, transgender people say their constitutional rights have been violated. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/u...

Öffentliches Leseprogramm zum internationalen Frauentag Unter dem Titel „Frau zu sein … bedarf es wenig?“ lädt das Büro für Gleichstellung der Universität Münster am 8. März (Sonntag) um 17 Uhr zu einem Leseprogramm anlässlich des internationalen Frauentag...

Unter dem Titel „Frau zu sein … bedarf es wenig?“ lädt das Büro für Gleichstellung am 8. März (Sonntag) um 17 Uhr zu einem Leseprogramm anlässlich des internationalen Frauentags ein. Die Veranstaltung findet in der Studiobühne der Universität (Domplatz 23) statt. Alle Interessierten sind willkommen.

After ‘Priceless’ Violin Flies on Lap, Lufthansa Changes Carry-On Rules

“This is more than an instrument...It is cultural heritage. It is like having a Van Gogh painting, bare in your hands.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/t...

Colleges See Spike in Students With Disabilities, Including Elite Schools

What is causing the increase in the US is not entirely clear, but experts named a number of factors, including a rise in A.D.H.D. and autism diagnoses, as well as an uptick in diagnoses of severe anxiety, particularly since the Covid pandemic. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

As Trump Scrambles the World Order, Can Germany Learn the Language of Hard Power?

By 2025 Germany was contributing as much to NATO’s common funds as the United States and spending more on procurements alone than all other European NATO countries combined did in 2021. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/m...

Germany Is Pumping Up Its Military Spending. That Worries Its Neighbors.

Germany is already spending much more money than its European partners, according to military spending trackers, like that of the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based research organization. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/w...

Die irakische Menschenrechtsaktivistin und Feministin Yanar Mohammed ist gestern in Bagdad bei einem gezielten Anschlag erschossen worden.
Sie hat die ersten Frauenhäuser im Irak eröffnet und sich jahrzehntelang für gesetzliche und strukturelle Verbesserungen für Frauen eingesetzt.
RIP

A new app alerts you if someone nearby is wearing smart glasses | TechCrunch A hobbyist developer's new app, which can detect nearby smart glasses, comes amid resistance to always-on recording and listening devices that invade people's privacy.

"A new app alerts you if someone nearby is wearing smart glasses" techcrunch.com/2026/03/02/n...

Nackt per Mausklick: EU-Abgeordnete wollen sexualisierte Deepfakes verbieten In Brüssel wird momentan diskutiert, ob sexualisierte Deepfakes verboten werden sollen – und wie. Nach dem Skandal um Grok im Januar gibt es dafür gerade viel politischen Willen und mit dem KI-Omnibus...

In Brüssel wird momentan diskutiert, ob sexualisierte Deepfakes verboten werden sollen – und wie. Nach dem Skandal um Grok im Januar gibt es dafür gerade viel politischen Willen und mit dem KI-Omnibus eine rechtliche Möglichkeit.

netzpolitik.org/2026/nackt-p...

10-Minute Challenge: Klimt’s Woman in Gold We’d like you to look at one piece of art for 10 minutes, uninterrupted.

10-minute challenge with “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I” by the Austrian painter Gustav Klimt. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

#WomensHistoryMonth #Austria #Herstory #academia

Very timely! Thanks a lot for sharing.

It was amazing!!

Fantastic performance at the Detroit Opera: Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale still runs two more shows this week. #WomensHistoryMonth #Detroit

Nobel Peace Prize 1905 The Nobel Peace Prize 1905 was awarded to Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner, née Countess Kinsky von Chinic und Tettau "for her audacity to oppose the horrors of war"

Marking the beginning of #WomensHistoryMonth today by remembering the Austrian peace movement leader Bertha von Suttner – the first woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1904 and 1912 she also went on lecture tours in the United States. #herstory #womensmonth www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...

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Meet Abigail Spanberger: Virginia's governor responds to Trump’s State of the Union The first-term governor, whose affordability campaign flipped Virginia’s highest state office last year, will deliver the Democrats’ rebuttal.

Meet Abigail Spanberger: Virginia’s governor responds to Trump’s State of the Union. The first-term governor, whose affordability campaign flipped Virginia’s highest state office last year, delivered the Democrats’ rebuttal. 19thnews.org/2026/02/abig...