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Forcing the Komen reversal was huge—but it was a campaign born of outrage, not ambitious vision.

Although men account for 70 percent of jobs lost between December 2007 and June 2009, they have won 92 percent of the jobs created since. From “man-cession,” we’ve gone to “man-covery.”

Anti-gay marriage proponents should think twice before asking the US Supreme Court to take this case.

Margaret Sanger’s legacy continues to haunt debates about abortion and family planning.

Standing up for our principles and refusing to let the right-wing echo chamber define the debate—it works.

In the slow motion destruction of Susan G. Komen, VP Karen Handel may be the only one who got what she really wanted.

With Karen Handel's resignation, online feminism's victory against the giant cancer charity is complete.

A crisis of gender-based violence is festering--and foreign aid efforts are still failing to protect women from harm.

If Komen thinks it can replace its base with anti-choice activists, it will dwindle and die.

The controversy provided a long-overdue spotlight on the difference between feminism as a brand and feminism as a political movement.