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At a panel presented by V-Day and The Nation, Eve Ensler challenged men to up their role in combating violence against women. As Nation sports editor Dave Zirin put it, rape culture is “what happens to our culture when we let it sit and don’t actively challenge violence against women.” It’s “not the two boys in Steubenville who committed the crime, it was the fifty people who saw it happen and did nothing.” To change that culture, the panel asks, what will it take to redefine masculinity? And what role do women have in that conversation?

—James Cersonsky

The trial over New York’s stop-and-frisk practices is shining a light on the rampant injustices faced by communities of color—and the heavy demands put on NYPD officers. As Nation contributor Ross Tuttle explains, “They’re told to go out there and do these stops based on nothing more than getting quotas, meeting numbers, meeting these objectives—and if they don’t, they’re under threat.” Tuttle joins a panel on The Melissa Harris-Perry Show to break down what’s at stake in Floyd v. City of New York.

—James Cersonsky

Why the call for an “Anti-Poverty Contract”? “We need to develop a platform, something affirmative, that brings people together—not just people in poverty and not just the middle class, but that really shows that our interests are converging,” The Nation’s Greg Kaufmann says. “We really have to figure out a way to get more power and put more progressive policies out there.” Appearing on The Matthew Filipowicz Show, Kaufmann discusses the crisis facing tens of millions of Americans living in poverty—and the unified effort to resolve it.

—James Cersonsky

What does Thomas Perez’s nomination for Labor Secretary mean for domestic workers? Read Bryce Covert’s analysis.

When we talk about the conditions of guest workers, “they’re often talked about as a dirty little secret,” The Nation’s Josh Eidelson says. “But the truth is, what’s happening to guest workers reflects a lot about what’s happening to work in the United States—in terms of precarity, the decline in security, let alone a union contract.” Eidelson joins an Al Jazeera panel to discuss the struggle of McDonald’s workers on “cultural exchange” and the federal program that leaves them vulnerable to abuse.

—James Cersonsky