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Gender & Sexuality
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How Money Now Tries to Bury the Truth
One lesson of the Harvey Weinstein case: Limiting nondisclosure agreements and other means of concealment ought to be a priority for reform.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Local Aid Workers Are Key to Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones
A new House bill supports a localized, women-led approach to address rampant gender-based violence in humanitarian emergencies.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Conservatives Have a New Defense for Anti-Gay Discrimination
How Justice Kagan’s invocation of the plain language of the law has come under attack
Posted inTAP
Biden’s and Buttigieg’s Sexist Attacks
Today on TAP: The ‘likeability’ question descends on Elizabeth Warren
Posted inEconomic Policy
Janet Yellen Underscores Fed Independence, Diversity in Economics
The first woman to lead the Federal Reserve shared the challenges of breaking through in a male-dominated field—and her concerns about the politicization of the central bank.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Supreme Court Considers Civil Rights Statutes as Tool to Protect LGBT Workers Against Job Discrimination
When it comes to LGBT workplace rights, the justices will rule on whether the landmark 1964 statute means what it says and says what it means.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Sex Discrimination Against Gays Goes Before the Supreme Court on Tuesday
In the case Bostock v. Clayton County, the Roberts Court must choose between social-conservative ideology and its adherence to textualism.
Posted inLaw and Justice
As Republican Legislators Seek to Ban Abortion, Voters in Every Single State Reject That Change
A new poll shows fewer than a quarter of voters in any state favor the outright abortion bans some Republicans are now trying to enact.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Planned Parenthood Made the Right Decision
Ousting Dr. Leana Wen as president brings the organization’s focus back to where it should be: abortion rights.
