Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Long Pause Explained Racism and Sexism in America Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Long Pause Explained Racism and Sexism in America
In that pregnant moment, everybody who was watching got to see how power and privilege work.
Mar 24, 2022 / Elie Mystal
What Will It Take to Achieve Workplace Equality? What Will It Take to Achieve Workplace Equality?
A new history examines the gains won by women in white-collar work. But without mass action and solidarity, women’s economic equality will continue to be transitory and fragile.
Mar 22, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Bryce Covert
South Korean Feminists Brace for a “Long, Hard Winter” Under a Right-Wing Leader South Korean Feminists Brace for a “Long, Hard Winter” Under a Right-Wing Leader
Yoon Suk-yeol’s election win was the culmination of a sexist backlash that swept the country.
Mar 18, 2022 / Hawon Jung
Howardena Pindell’s Decades-Long Fight to Integrate the Art World Howardena Pindell’s Decades-Long Fight to Integrate the Art World
There’s been a surge of interest in the 78-year-old artist’s work, but art institutions remain overwhelmingly white and male.
Mar 15, 2022 / Alana Pockros
Truth, Light, and the Origins of the Fight Against Sexual Assault on College Campuses Truth, Light, and the Origins of the Fight Against Sexual Assault on College Campuses
How a cohort of young feminists organized, agitated, and turned to Title IX to stop rape and sexual harassment on colleges 45 years ago.
Mar 15, 2022 / Feature / Sherry Boschert
Japanese Women Are Fighting Back Against Pervasive Sexism Japanese Women Are Fighting Back Against Pervasive Sexism
The pay gap between men and women in Japan is nearly 25 percent.
Jan 10, 2022 / Between Us, We Cover the World / Christine Levy
What Will It Take to Build a Mass Movement for Abortion Rights? What Will It Take to Build a Mass Movement for Abortion Rights?
It’s time to turn a committed core of supporters into a force capable of reclaiming what has been lost.
Dec 9, 2021 / Editorial / Amy Littlefield for The Nation
Women Are Changing the Look of Leadership Women Are Changing the Look of Leadership
Our visual understanding of power has always been male-coded.
Nov 30, 2021 / Back Talk / Alexis Grenell
The Expansive Feminism of Jacqueline Rose The Expansive Feminism of Jacqueline Rose
Rose’s latest book, On Violence and On Violence Against Women, is a rigorous and capacious study of contemporary gender politics and solidarity.
Oct 5, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Cora Currier
She Should Have Been the First Woman Democratic Nominee for Vice President She Should Have Been the First Woman Democratic Nominee for Vice President
Frances “Sissy” Farenthold, who died Sunday, argued almost 50 years ago that a woman should be on the presidential ticket.
Oct 1, 2021 / John Nichols