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As Jordanian Women Leave the Home, Sexual Harassment Reaches Unprecedented Levels

As Jordanian Women Leave the Home, Sexual Harassment Reaches Unprecedented Levels As Jordanian Women Leave the Home, Sexual Harassment Reaches Unprecedented Levels

Social media platforms are enabling women to speak out anonymously and show that harassment exists—but that hasn’t resulted in culture change.

Mar 18, 2014 / Feature / Elizabeth Whitman

Women on the Side: Why Anti-Choicers Won’t Win

Women on the Side: Why Anti-Choicers Won’t Win Women on the Side: Why Anti-Choicers Won’t Win

The strategic shift from calling women murderers to labeling them victims of abortion will never work, because we understand that in either case our health and rights are beside th...

Mar 18, 2014 / Jessica Valenti

The NCAA’s House Divided Will Not Stand

The NCAA’s House Divided Will Not Stand The NCAA’s House Divided Will Not Stand

It’s March Madness, that time of year when the NCAA’s revenue streams become a biblical flood, and this revenue gusher is creating an unholy pressure on the foundations...

Mar 18, 2014 / Dave Zirin

Why the NRA Is Blocking Obama’s Surgeon General Nominee

Why the NRA Is Blocking Obama’s Surgeon General Nominee Why the NRA Is Blocking Obama’s Surgeon General Nominee

It’s not about his record: it’s part of a longstanding effort to make discussion of gun violence taboo, and to keep the gun industry unregulated. 

Mar 18, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

Effort to Revive Affirmative Action in California Splits Asian-American Community

Effort to Revive Affirmative Action in California Splits Asian-American Community Effort to Revive Affirmative Action in California Splits Asian-American Community

A grassroots movement tapped into fears that affirmative action would close off university spots for Asian-American students.

Mar 18, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

After Senate Revelations, the CIA Should Be Looking Over its Shoulder

After Senate Revelations, the CIA Should Be Looking Over its Shoulder After Senate Revelations, the CIA Should Be Looking Over its Shoulder

This showdown can‘t be ignored. At stake is whether the CIA is accountable to the Congress and the law.

Mar 18, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Why Women Rightly Fear Failure

Why Women Rightly Fear Failure Why Women Rightly Fear Failure

If the world demands that you work twice as hard to get half the reward, why would you handicap yourself?

Mar 18, 2014 / Bryce Covert

Republican Vaporware: Four Years Later, the GOP Still Isn’t Serious About Replacing Obamacare

Republican Vaporware: Four Years Later, the GOP Still Isn’t Serious About Replacing Obamacare Republican Vaporware: Four Years Later, the GOP Still Isn’t Serious About Replacing Obamacare

Eric with the latest reviews and Reed on the GOP and Obamacare.

Mar 18, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Why Women Use Birth Control

Why Women Use Birth Control Why Women Use Birth Control

A reporter interviews a young woman about her contraceptive choices. 

Mar 18, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow

Media Isn’t Baseball: Diversity Problems in the Clubhouse

Media Isn’t Baseball: Diversity Problems in the Clubhouse Media Isn’t Baseball: Diversity Problems in the Clubhouse

The numbers for representation of women and people of color in the media don’t add up to anything good.

Mar 17, 2014 / Julia Carrie Wong

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