Black and women scientists are less likely than white men to have more than two research grants, a disparity that affects career paths and innovation. A growing number of researchers have more than two grants simultaneously from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), but women and Black researchers are less likely than white men to be among them, a new Yale study finds. This disparity, the researchers say, has implications…

by Lillian Faderman On March 1, 2022, President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress and 38.2 million T.V. viewers. Seated at the President’s back were the Speaker of the House and the Vice President of the United States: both women—for the first time in the history of the United States. To the “founding fathers,” any political voice for women would…