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April 5, 2022
Let’s Start Charging Men to Have Babies
Mothers are pushed out of the workforce. Maybe it’s time for a market solution.
Alexis Grenell
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January 20, 2022
Pro-Life Charity Comes With a Catch
Anti-choice organizations claim they’ll provide help to pregnant women in a post-Roe world. Where have they been?
Katha Pollitt
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November 10, 2021
News Alert: Dads Have a Role to Play in the Paid-Leave Fight, Too
Leaving women to advocate for this essential policy on their own is not only sexist; it’s a massive disservice to fathers.
Elie Mystal
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April 13, 2021
How Antidiscrimination Law Fails Black Mothers
Title VII’s short period for filing a complaint harms one of the very populations the law is meant to protect: pregnant or nursing mothers—especially mothers of color.
Alison Wellford
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March 3, 2021
I Would Not, Could Not, Read Those Books to Kids!
Dr. Seuss Enterprises was absolutely right to ditch six racist Seuss books—and no, that’s not cancel culture in action.
Elie Mystal
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February 10, 2020
Rep. Katie Porter Wants to Make It Easier for Single Moms Like Her to Serve in Congress
Despite the record gains by female candidates in the 2018 midterms, women still make up just 24 percent of Congress. Without a structural solution, says Porter, that won’t change.
Marisa Agha
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July 1, 2019
The Philosophical Origins of Patriarchy
Plato, Hippocrates, and Aristotle laid the foundations on which centuries of sexism were built.
Christia Mercer
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March 27, 2019
As a Black Mother, My Parenting Is Always Political
To care for, protect, and prepare our children for adulthood, black moms cannot merely accept the world as it is.
Dani McClain
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December 4, 2018
Tarana Burke Talks About How to Support Survivors—When They’re Your Kids
The founder of the #MeToo movement has guidance for how parents can make their children feel safe talking about sexual assault and trauma.
Dani McClain
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August 20, 2018
The News in Motherhood: the Good, the Bad, the WTF
All around the world, mothers and pregnant women are undervalued, discriminated against, and punished.
Katha Pollitt