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Eden Stratton and Anne Marshall-ChalmersMelissa Jones never thought she would join the military. Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, she planned to go to college as a full-time student. Her life changed when an Army recruiter appeared at her…

Her fate was sealed before she even stepped off the plane at Agana Airport (Guam) in 1979. That’s a fact. The officers and chiefs had decided that the ensign was going to fail—they were not going to let a female line officer tell them what…

Gaby Cavins entered her military treatment facility on a Friday afternoon in February 2017 for a prenatal checkup. A lieutenant, junior grade, in the Navy, she was 25, healthy, and a week past her due date. She wanted to wait for natural…

The California attorney general is launching an all-out assault on parents and families with a new lawsuit asserting state control over schoolchildren. On Monday, state Attorney General Rob Bonta sued to stop a new policy in a southern…

Start SlideshowAfter a number of high profile individuals claimed that transgender youth are too immature to make such a decision about their identity, The Onion asked parents to explain why gender-affirming care for kids is just a fad, and…

Southern Methodist University seems like a rarity in higher education. Students consider SMU to be politically balanced or more conservative, according to Niche, and the school has an “average” free speech climate, according to a…

The invitation to the Padre Island Burger Club in Texas came in while Marine Corps 1st Lt. Allison Bennett was out sailing on a friend’s boat. A flight instructor in her naval aviation training squadron texted that he was meeting with a…

When Jodi Jeloudov walked into the West Palm Beach Veterans Affairs center for her monthly doctor’s appointment this summer, she felt on edge. For eight years, she had approached VA the same way: high heels clipping the pavement, makeup…

It really is as if Hollywood executives woke up one morning and said, “How can we ruin another American icon? Quick, get Kate McKinnon on the line!” I saw “Barbie” on Sunday, and it was everything I knew it would be. Incidentally, it wasn’t…

The following is an excerpt from First to the Front: The Untold Story of Dickey Chapelle, Trailblazing Female War Correspondent by Lorissa Rinehart. From the beginning of World War II through the early days of Vietnam, photojournalist…