Pro-Choice Advocates Plan Offensive in the States Pro-Choice Advocates Plan Offensive in the States
States passed fifty-three laws restricting abortion last year, but midterm elections give pro-choice activists an opportunity to flip the trend.
Jan 14, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
What Really Caused the Change in Cornell’s Sexual Assault Policy? What Really Caused the Change in Cornell’s Sexual Assault Policy?
Cornell's decision to update its policy has been framed as the administration’s unprompted decision to do the right thing, but students and faculty have been calling for ...
Jan 14, 2014 / StudentNation / Anna-Lisa Castle and StudentNation
What President Obama Could Do Right Now to Address the Work/Family Dilemma What President Obama Could Do Right Now to Address the Work/Family Dilemma
Putting a harder cap on overtime would create more jobs and give exhausted workers more time to take care of their home lives.
Jan 14, 2014 / Blog / Bryce Covert
Trans Activist CeCe McDonald Was Released From Prison Today Trans Activist CeCe McDonald Was Released From Prison Today
The transgender woman and activist served nineteen months of a forty-one-month sentence.
Jan 13, 2014 / Blog / Steven Hsieh
No Longer Human No Longer Human
In the eyes of Texas, one woman is now nothing more than a machine.
Jan 10, 2014 / Blog / Ilyse Hogue
Haiti’s Women Need More Than a Trickle of Aid Money Haiti’s Women Need More Than a Trickle of Aid Money
Preventing further sexual and economic violence will require a more equitable distribution of resources within the country and the hemisphere.
Jan 9, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Universal Preschool Push Will Test Cuomo’s Commitment to New York Women Universal Preschool Push Will Test Cuomo’s Commitment to New York Women
The New York governor’s refusal to allocate funds for universal pre-K reveals the limits of his social progressivism.
Jan 9, 2014 / Blog / Bryce Covert
How US Evangelicals Fueled the Rise of Russia’s ‘Pro-Family’ Right How US Evangelicals Fueled the Rise of Russia’s ‘Pro-Family’ Right
An alliance is born between anti-gay, anti-abortion American groups and the Russian Orthodox Church.
Jan 7, 2014 / Feature / Adam Federman
The Year in Feminism The Year in Feminism
Amid the bad news for women, the year had its bright moments.
Dec 30, 2013 / Column / Katha Pollitt
If It Quacks Like a Duck If It Quacks Like a Duck
With Duck Dynasty, A&E has a golden opportunity to get real.
Dec 30, 2013 / Against the Current / Richard Kim