Desiree Wood: Real Women in Trucking
“This is a hard job for relationships. It’s a marriage killer and you’ve got to be comfortable being alone.”
Venezuela’s Citizens Grapple with Upcoming Election
“Venezuela is going through an extremely difficult economic crisis, a crisis that this country has never seen it before”, says Venezuela’s former diplomat and human rights advocator Luisa Kislinger from Caracas.
Author Sarah Scoles: In Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Sarah Scoles discusses Making Contact, her new book about the astronomer Jill Tarter and the struggles she faced while trying to answer one question: “Are we alone in the universe?”
Author Nicole Dennis Benn Talks About Jamaica, Homophobia and Her Love for Brooklyn
“I love this place. I feel like I can be myself here. And by that I mean, not only being immigrant, being an out lesbian, and just being me—especially in Brooklyn, New York”, says author Nicole Dennis Benn.
Everyone Has a Pacific To Cross, This First Female Team of Rowers Did It.
“This was never about rowing, it has always been about the power of the human spirit, and that was clear from day one”, says Sara Moshman, director of Losing Sight of Shore.
The Future of Indigenous Communities: How Women Are Taking The Lead
“It’s very difficult to explain that, in our communities, we are considered as people but when we go out, society looks at us as non-persons, as low class people without any rights”.