When Harassment Is the Price of a Job When Harassment Is the Price of a Job
As decades of activism meet the #MeToo moment, could the food-service industry be poised for sweeping change?
Feb 7, 2018 / Feature / Bryce Covert
‘It Becomes Your Job to Provide the Girlfriend Experience’: Women’s Stories of Work in Food Service ‘It Becomes Your Job to Provide the Girlfriend Experience’: Women’s Stories of Work in Food Service
Whether they’re waitresses, bartenders, hostesses, or fast-food workers, the women who serve our food and drinks face routine sexual harassment.
Feb 7, 2018 / Feature / Bryce Covert
USA Gymnastics and Michigan State: What’s Next? USA Gymnastics and Michigan State: What’s Next?
How a university and an entire system failed a generation of athletes.
Jan 30, 2018 / Audio / Dave Zirin
The End of Men’s ‘Freedom to Bother’ The End of Men’s ‘Freedom to Bother’
We’re on the verge of a new normal in the workplace. That’s a good thing.
Jan 25, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt
What Happens When Women Fight Back What Happens When Women Fight Back
A year after Donald Trump’s inauguration—and the Women’s March that eclipsed it—women are the best hope to save the country—as long as we stay out of our own way.
Jan 19, 2018 / Joan Walsh
What Farmworkers Can Teach Hollywood About Ending Sexual Harassment What Farmworkers Can Teach Hollywood About Ending Sexual Harassment
A proven model for creating a safer workplace exists in Florida’s tomato fields.
Jan 18, 2018 / Greg Kaufmann
What Moira Donegan Did for Young Women Writers What Moira Donegan Did for Young Women Writers
Young women writers who want to make their voices heard will follow her example in the years to come.
Jan 12, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld
How to End the Silence Around Sexual-Harassment Settlements How to End the Silence Around Sexual-Harassment Settlements
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, lawmakers are floating bills to ban confidentiality in workplace sexual harassment settlements. But advocates are divided over whether that woul...
Jan 12, 2018 / Stephanie Russell-Kraft
We Are Living Through the Moment When Women Unleash Decades of Pent-Up Anger We Are Living Through the Moment When Women Unleash Decades of Pent-Up Anger
Let’s hope there’s no going back.
Jan 11, 2018 / Feature / Katha Pollitt
The Lefty Critique of #TimesUp Is Tired and Self-Defeating The Lefty Critique of #TimesUp Is Tired and Self-Defeating
This was an action organized by and for women of color activists that reached millions. What’s wrong with that?
Jan 9, 2018 / Rinku Sen