Andrea Mew

6 days ago | iwfeatures.com | Andrea Mew

Tamara Pietzke never set out to be a whistleblower. The Washington state therapist spent over a decade just trying to do her job by helping families navigate trauma, anxiety, and a variety of disorders. She never considered herself a political firebrand or an activist. But when a child entered her office in 2023 identifying as a “wounded male dog,” something in her professional instincts snapped.

3 weeks ago | iwfeatures.com | Andrea Mew

Safety and scientific rigor were once the top priorities at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). But over time, Tom Grove, a 15-year veteran of the agency, said he saw something shift. He said that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) ideology crept in, undermining the institution’s mission and potentially violating federal law. When Grove started asking questions about these policies, he at first was met with silence. Then came censorship and retaliation.

3 weeks ago | iwf.org | Mallory Sailer |Andrea Mew

Growing up, I didn’t realize how good I had it. As the product of a two-parent household where my father was the breadwinner and my mother stayed at home to take care of three daughters, I felt confined — nay, strangled — by the very thought that my adult life would look anything similar. Why would I want to be subservient to a man? I was thirsty for financial freedom and an “out” from suburbia, so each poke my SAHM gave me to “get a good education,” I took seriously.

4 weeks ago | theconservateur.com | Caroline Downey |Andrea Mew

Growing up, I didn’t realize how good I had it. As the product of a two-parent household where my father was the breadwinner and my mother stayed at home to take care of three daughters, I felt confined — nay, strangled — by the very thought that my adult life would look anything similar. Why would I want to be subservient to a man? I was thirsty for financial freedom and an “out” from suburbia, so each poke my SAHM gave me to “get a good education,” I took seriously.

1 month ago | iwfeatures.com | Andrea Mew

After two decades in the United States Secret Service (USSS), L.M. Caheb* had already served on the president’s detail and climbed the ladder to become a GS- 14 supervisor, a major milestone signifying elite leadership status and high-stakes responsibilities. But when he vied for a lateral reassignment in 2022 to a large field office in which there were two vacancies for which he should have been a shoo-in, he said he was passed up for much younger, less qualified, lower-ranked agents.