The Wage Gap Is Worse for Black Women The Wage Gap Is Worse for Black Women
Black women earn just 67 cents for every dollar white men earn.
Aug 29, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Love in a Time of Capital: An Interview With Moira Weigel Love in a Time of Capital: An Interview With Moira Weigel
The author of a new history of dating talks with Nation advice columnist Liza Featherstone.
Aug 29, 2016 / Q&A / Liza Featherstone
80 Percent of Patents Belong Solely to Men 80 Percent of Patents Belong Solely to Men
Female inventors are claiming only a tiny sliver of patents, reflecting a gender bias in technological and scientific invention.
Aug 12, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Demand That Politicians Fight to Get Women a Raise Demand That Politicians Fight to Get Women a Raise
The Economic Policy Institute has released a plan to close the gender wage gap.
Aug 2, 2016 / no-paywall / NationAction
Why Don’t People Watch Women’s Sports? Why Don’t People Watch Women’s Sports?
Ask sports journalists.
Jul 20, 2016 / Amanda Ottaway
Home-Care Workers Are Now Protected by Minimum-Wage Laws Home-Care Workers Are Now Protected by Minimum-Wage Laws
Are you surprised they weren’t before?
Jul 1, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Shrewd Taming Shrewd Taming
Despite its all-female cast, a new production of The Taming of the Shrew is still a man’s story.
Jun 16, 2016 / Carey Purcell
Donald Trump Is a Textbook Abuser, and Women Everywhere Know It Donald Trump Is a Textbook Abuser, and Women Everywhere Know It
The media may not see through Trump, but women, particularly those who have experienced abuse, do.
Jun 14, 2016 / Ann Jones
House Democrats Are So Fed Up With the GOP’s Failure to Act on Guns That They Walked Out on the Speaker House Democrats Are So Fed Up With the GOP’s Failure to Act on Guns That They Walked Out on the Speaker
Walkouts, chants, and demands for action on gun violence rock the first House session after an attack on an LGBTQ club.
Jun 14, 2016 / John Nichols
If Women Were Less Poor, Would There Really Be Fewer Abortions? If Women Were Less Poor, Would There Really Be Fewer Abortions?
Reducing poverty and lowering the abortion rate are two different things—for a reason.
Jun 7, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt