Why Black Women Matter Why Black Women Matter
Ntozake Shange, author of the groundbreaking choreopoem, for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf, explains what the Ray Rice scandal means for black ...
Sep 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Melissa Harris-Perry
How the Voice of Janay Rice Has Been Silenced by the Media How the Voice of Janay Rice Has Been Silenced by the Media
Janay Rice is being revictimized by the media.
Sep 16, 2014 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Why Does the Most Effective Birth Control Cost an Entire Month’s Wages? Why Does the Most Effective Birth Control Cost an Entire Month’s Wages?
Long-acting reversible contraceptives could revolutionize reproductive healthcare—if only politicians would get out of the way.
Sep 15, 2014 / Michelle Chen
How James Brown Saved CBS’s Pre-Game-Show-From-Hell How James Brown Saved CBS’s Pre-Game-Show-From-Hell
In a speech for the ages, CBS sports broadcaster James Brown stands up to toxic masculinity.
Sep 12, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Beyond Janay Rice: Lessons From a State Where Domestic Violence Runs Rampant Beyond Janay Rice: Lessons From a State Where Domestic Violence Runs Rampant
An in-depth look at a South Carolina report on domestic violence is at the center of a national conversation.
Sep 10, 2014 / Dani McClain
Liberals and Feminists, Stop Enabling the Police State Liberals and Feminists, Stop Enabling the Police State
Sex, or the fear of it, has been almost as important in the construction of this nightmare as racism.
Sep 10, 2014 / JoAnn Wypijewski
Joan Rivers Gets the Last Laugh Joan Rivers Gets the Last Laugh
Who today would argue publicly that women aren’t funny?
Sep 10, 2014 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Ray Rice Is Not the First Domestic Abuser Tolerated by the NFL Ray Rice Is Not the First Domestic Abuser Tolerated by the NFL
The league treated Rice’s abhorrent behavior as a public relations issue, not a domestic violence issue.
Sep 9, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Columbia University E-mail Reveals Disdain for Anti-Rape Campus Movement Columbia University E-mail Reveals Disdain for Anti-Rape Campus Movement
Students fighting to improve campus sexual assault policies face indifference—or worse—from administrators.
Aug 29, 2014 / George Joseph
It’s Time for a 21st-Century Anti-Lynching Movement It’s Time for a 21st-Century Anti-Lynching Movement
Black women have made connections between their struggles and those of black men since the 1800s.
Aug 27, 2014 / Paula J. Giddings