Confronted by the crisis that is the Trump presidency, American progressives have overcome identity politics’ barriers and joined up in mutual defense.
E.J. Graff
E.J. Graff writes on social-justice and human-rights issues, particularly discrimination and violence against women and children; marriage and family policy; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender lives. She is a resident scholar at the Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center and the author of What Is Marriage For? The Strange Social History of Our Most Intimate Institution (Beacon Press, 1999, 2004).
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A Queer History
My journey from radical to mainstream and married
Posted inWorking in America
Enough With the Daddy Wars
We should be discussing work-life balance for men as a family issue, not as a lines-drawn-in-the-sand gender battle.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Pacifiers and Pink Slips
It’s not uncommon for low-wage workers to be shown the door when they’re pregnant. A little bit of bipartisan cooperation could help change that.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
I Would Desire That You Pay the Ladies
Fifty years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act and we still haven’t closed the wage gap. What gives?
Posted inCivil Rights in America
A Brief History of Dumb Things Men Have Said
A crash course in American History XX
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Gay Recruiting Myth Dies a Quiet Death
An alleged case of child sexual abuse in Connecticut is blamed on bad parenting—not on the perpetrators’ sexual orientation.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
A Few Words about Angelina Jolie’s Breasts
Last thoughts on the celebrity’s op-ed in The New York Times this week
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Free to Work, Free to Marry
Why has the marriage-equality movement gotten so far when you can still be fired in 29 states for being gay?
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Who’s the Next John Kerry?
Markey and Gomez advance to the next round in the Massachusetts senate special election.
