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May 20, 2021
The Fall of the House of Gates?
Fully reckoning with Bill Gates means not just focusing on how he treats women—vital as that is—but also confronting our own deep-seated worship of wealth and hardwired belief in hero narratives.
Tim Schwab
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May 14, 2021
Return to the Joys of Full-Time Office Work? No, Thanks.
CEOs are touting the benefits of office “culture” as a reason to return to our cubicles. But that culture has often meant harassment, discrimination, and painful water-cooler conversations.
Elie Mystal
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May 11, 2021
Rushing to Judgment on Scott Stringer
The facts are too scarce, and the stakes are too high, to jump to conclusions.
Katha Pollitt
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April 30, 2021
Philip Roth and His Defensive Fans Are Their Own Worst Enemies
Why did it take a sexual assault scandal to raise red flags about a deeply flawed biography?
Jeet Heer
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April 30, 2021
Just Because Cuomo Deserves Due Process Doesn’t Mean He Shouldn’t Resign
Sexual assault victims face an impossible burden of proof. We know enough to demand that the governor step down.
Alexis Grenell
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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 22, 2021
Why ‘Due Process’ Isn’t a Solution to the Cuomo Allegations
And why an apparent generational divide over the governor’s fate is more complicated than it looks.
Alexandra Brodsky
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March 18, 2021
Governor Cuomo Needs to Stop Talking About His Feelings
The issue isn’t how he feels. The issue is accountability. But the responses by the governor and the press still tell us a lot about whose feelings matter.
Alexis Grenell
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March 16, 2021
Why Andrew Cuomo Must Resign
There is no investigation that can give New Yorkers a governor we can trust not to abuse power and lie.
Zephyr Teachout for The Nation
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March 3, 2021
Democrats Need to Hold Andrew Cuomo Accountable
The New York governor’s alleged misdeeds may pale next to Trump’s and the GOP’s crimes, but a worry about double standards is no excuse to junk all standards.
Jeet Heer