Indira Gandhi, the Iron Lady

This post originally appeared on Murder Is Everywhere. Can a woman become a successful president? The mission was attempted just once before in the United States, with Hillary Clinton at the top of the Democratic ticket. Although Hillary won the popular vote, she didn’t win enough electoral college votes and ultimately lost the election to Donald … Read more

When Women and Children Die First

This post originally appeared on Murder Is Everywhere. On September 16, a 22-year-old woman named Mahsa Jini Amini traveled with her father and brother from Iran’s Kurdistan region to visit Tehran. Mahsa had covered her hair and wore a long black burqa over her body. However, a strolling group of morality police glimpsed trousers they considered … Read more