Cuomo’s Top Defender Inadvertently Validates Victims of Sexual Harassment Cuomo’s Top Defender Inadvertently Validates Victims of Sexual Harassment
Melissa DeRosa’s new memoir attacks the women her former employer preyed on. Why can’t she see what she has in common with them?
Oct 25, 2023 / Alexis Grenell
One of #MeToo’s Biggest Wins Is About to Be Tested in Court One of #MeToo’s Biggest Wins Is About to Be Tested in Court
A new federal law bans employers from pushing employees into private arbitration when they file claims of sexual harassment or assault. Patricia Olivieri is using it to seek justic...
Jun 13, 2023 / Bryce Covert
Sexual Harassment Is a Civil, Not Criminal, Offense Sexual Harassment Is a Civil, Not Criminal, Offense
Cuomo and his enablers rely on the public’s lazy understanding of the legal system.
Apr 14, 2023 / Back Talk / Alexis Grenell
The Costs and Contradictions of Ballet The Costs and Contradictions of Ballet
Alice Robb’s Don’t Think, Dear and Ellen O’Connell Whittet’s What You Become in Flight explore both the liberating sense of art and the domineering logic of ballet.
Mar 4, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Glory Liu
How Should Men Apologize for Sexual Misconduct? How Should Men Apologize for Sexual Misconduct?
Scott Stringer’s lawsuit against a woman who described being sexually harassed by him is a case study in what not to do.
Jan 24, 2023 / Back Talk / Alexis Grenell
Change Can’t Wait: Students Protest Sexual Violence at American University Change Can’t Wait: Students Protest Sexual Violence at American University
After an intruder sexually assaulted a dorm resident, students at American University walked out en masse to expose their school’s inaction.
Dec 7, 2022 / StudentNation / Finley Muratova and Enrique Colon
How University Title IX Offices Fail Survivors How University Title IX Offices Fail Survivors
In 2014, an investigation by the Department of Education found that Princeton’s response to complaints of sexual violence violated Title IX. How much has changed since?
Nov 18, 2022 / StudentNation / Hannah Reynolds and Jessica Lambert
Is Portland About to Have Two Supporter-Owned Soccer Teams? Is Portland About to Have Two Supporter-Owned Soccer Teams?
Forcing a franchise owner to sell the team? Community ownership? It’s on the table for the raucous fans of the Portland Thorns and Timbers.
Oct 24, 2022 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
Merritt Paulson Must Go Merritt Paulson Must Go
It is past time for the soccer impresario to sell the Thorns and Timbers, and Portland would be the perfect city to install public ownership.
Oct 10, 2022 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
Me Too and the Not Me Novel Me Too and the Not Me Novel
Julia May Jonas’s new novel is a study of a campus scandal and a woman caught in the middle of it.
May 2, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Laura Marsh