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1 week ago | 
thestoryexchange.org | Candice Helfand-Rogers
The ideological gender gap appears to be ever-growing – even when it comes to globally impactful issues like climate change. A new report from the Environmental Voter Project, a nonpartisan nonprofit that encourages climate-conscious citizens to get to the polls, indicates that women seem to be far more worried about environmental issues than men. Of the current and prospective voters the nonprofit has engaged with, a majority (62%) are women.
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1 week ago | 
thestoryexchange.org | Candice Helfand-Rogers
Spring cleaning season is upon us. If you’re not sure where to begin, there are plenty of women experts to turn to. Maybe professional organizer Kayleen Kelly’s 4-pronged method of eliminating clutter appeals to you. Perhaps GoCleanCo’s Sarah McAllister and her cleaning hacks, popularized on Instagram, will best assist you with your overloaded home.
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1 week ago | 
thestoryexchange.org | Candice Helfand-Rogers
So much for being the “fertilization president.”It was an already dubious moniker, which President Donald Trump conferred upon himself during a stream-of-consciousness address at a 2025 Women’s History Month event. He also referred to himself as “the father of IVF” on the campaign trail last fall, while promising to protect women and families.
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2 weeks ago | 
thestoryexchange.org | Candice Helfand-Rogers
Climate change affects everyone, but crafting solutions that center women could make a global difference. That’s according to United Nations Climate Change, which released a report last month detailing a decade-long roadmap for combating climate change in ways that center women’s needs and perspectives. “As we know, stronger climate action delivers huge benefits for people in their daily lives.
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3 weeks ago | 
thestoryexchange.org | Candice Helfand-Rogers
Climate change is real, and it’s here. Thankfully, so are women. A 2024 grimly warns that “urgent action must be taken to prevent catastrophic spikes in temperature and avoid the worst impact of climate change.” Erratic weather patterns, wildfires, hurricanes and floods are already showing us shades of what an unlivable world could look like.
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3 weeks ago | 
thestoryexchange.org | Candice Helfand-Rogers
Money can’t get you everything, it turns out. Judge Susan Crawford emerged victorious this week in the race to occupy an open spot on the Wisconsin Supreme Court – despite the best efforts of Elon Musk, tech billionaire and unelected head of the Department of Government Efficiency.
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3 weeks ago | 
thestoryexchange.org | Candice Helfand-Rogers
Next November, Sen. Mitch McConnell is out – and Col. Pamela Stevenson wants in. Stevenson, currently Kentucky’s State House Minority Leader, announced this week that she’ll be running to succeed McConnell in the U.S. Senate. His constituents are fed up, she asserts, and she wants to offer them something new, something different. “One Republican that spoke with me said he served in the military, and he doesn’t like what’s being done.
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3 weeks ago | 
thestoryexchange.org | Candice Helfand-Rogers
Men: Can’t live without ‘em – or can we? Per a recent Wall Street Journal report, women who date men – younger women in particular – are deviating from traditional paths toward relationships and marriage in favor of living single, amid mounting frustration with a demographic that’s been stubborn to change with the times. Indeed, studies show that men are actually growing increasingly conservative, and that attitude has seeped into their dating philosophies.
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1 month ago | 
thestoryexchange.org | Candice Helfand-Rogers
Birth rates continue to fall – except, that is, among one group. Specifically, older women – ages 35 and over – are getting pregnant at increasing rates. According to a recently published report from the National Center for Health Statistics, the fertility rate among women ages 35 to 39 went up 71% between 1990 and 2023; among women ages 40 to 44, the rate increased 127%. “There’s a flip in the age distribution,” Elizabeth Wildsmith, a sociologist at research group Child Trends, added to NBC News.
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1 month ago | 
thestoryexchange.org | Candice Helfand-Rogers
Sabrina Carpenter is, once again, under fire for her in-concert antics. (As if we don’t have more pressing matters to concern ourselves with.)The “Espresso” singer, 25, is now famous for her brazenly sexual performances, lyrics, attire – it’s her brand, really.
