Congress sent the amendment, which guarantees men and women equal rights under the law, to the states in 1972 and gave states seven years to ratify it, later extending the deadline to 1982.

How can the United States take advantage of the great but tricky strategic opportunity that the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s tyranny in Damascus offers us? Mainly through a combination of ...

Thousands of women are set to have their equal pay claims settled with a council after several years. The agreement between Birmingham City Council, Unison and the GMB union will see 6,000 staff ...

Anita Rani, television presenter and the university's chancellor, said: "We're giving opportunity to people who wouldn't necessarily get these opportunities elsewhere." The chancellor has launched ...