Gender and Sexuality

What’s Stopping Congress From Reversing ‘Hobby Lobby’?

What’s Stopping Congress From Reversing ‘Hobby Lobby’? What’s Stopping Congress From Reversing ‘Hobby Lobby’?

Senate Democrats fight the ruling that allows corporate executives to make healthcare decisions for female employees.

Jul 9, 2014 / Blog / George Zornick

It’s Official: Corporations Are Religious People

It’s Official: Corporations Are Religious People It’s Official: Corporations Are Religious People

The Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision is a victory for the forces of nonsense.

Jul 9, 2014 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow

Want Colleges to Protect Students From Sexual Assault? Take Action to Give Title IX Teeth

Want Colleges to Protect Students From Sexual Assault? Take Action to Give Title IX Teeth Want Colleges to Protect Students From Sexual Assault? Take Action to Give Title IX Teeth

The Department of Education has never sanctioned a school for sexual-assault related violations. It’s time to change that.

Jul 8, 2014 / Alexandra Brodsky, Dana Bolger, and NationAction

Obama’s Evangelical Gravy Train

Obama’s Evangelical Gravy Train Obama’s Evangelical Gravy Train

Despite the president’s promise to cut funding to discredited HIV and pregnancy prevention programs, taxpayer dollars are still bankrolling anti-gay, anti-choice conservative relig...

Jul 8, 2014 / Andy Kopsa

What Happened When One Country Required All Corporate Boards to Be 40% Women

What Happened When One Country Required All Corporate Boards to Be 40% Women What Happened When One Country Required All Corporate Boards to Be 40% Women

A new study finds board quotas don’t improve conditions for the average working woman, but they do the job of giving women more representation among powerful roles.

Jul 7, 2014 / Blog / Bryce Covert

Northwestern Reshapes Its Sexual Assault Policy

Northwestern Reshapes Its Sexual Assault Policy Northwestern Reshapes Its Sexual Assault Policy

Northwestern officials will finally comply with the Violence Against Women Act and compile statistics for incidents of dating violence, domestic violence and stalking.

Jul 3, 2014 / StudentNation / Olivia Exstrum and StudentNation

From Hobby Lobby to Climate Change: How the Media Enable the Right Wing’s Politicization of Science

From Hobby Lobby to Climate Change: How the Media Enable the Right Wing’s Politicization of Science From Hobby Lobby to Climate Change: How the Media Enable the Right Wing’s Politicization of Science

Eric on this week's shows and Reed on Hobby Lobby. 

Jul 3, 2014 / Blog / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was Right, and We Already Have Proof

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was Right, and We Already Have Proof Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was Right, and We Already Have Proof

It only took a day for the Court’s “limited” Hobby Lobby decision to start to crack open.

Jul 2, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter

Where Will the Slippery Slope of ‘Hobby Lobby’ End?

Where Will the Slippery Slope of ‘Hobby Lobby’ End? Where Will the Slippery Slope of ‘Hobby Lobby’ End?

There’s no telling how far religious exemptions will go under Justice Alito’s ruling.

Jul 2, 2014 / Column / Katha Pollitt

How the Supreme Court Undermined Women’s Citizenship

How the Supreme Court Undermined Women’s Citizenship How the Supreme Court Undermined Women’s Citizenship

The court’s decision to invalidate the abortion clinic buffer zone limits the privacy women require as participants in a democracy.

Jul 2, 2014 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

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