Post written by Dr Francesca Manzi, Assistant Professor of Management in the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Dr Manzi’s research focuses on the ways ...

Editor's Note: This article appears in Governing's Special Issue 2025 magazine. You can subscribe here. When Peggy Merriss began her career in local government 40 years ago, there weren’t many women ...

As a linguist, I pay close attention to debates about language. But I won’t be telling you anything you don’t already know when I say that in recent years pronouns have become a subject of intense ...

The growing number of LGBTQ+ service members in the United States military has opened the discussion surrounding the use of different reference forms, including titles and pronouns, in the military.