The echoes can still be heard today of what happened on the Columbia University campus 50 years ago this month.
Gender & Sexuality
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Abortion Generation Gap
A new poll from PRRI has found wide generational gaps on issues of abortion, reproductive health, and sexual assault. “As this younger generation continues to flex its political muscles—as we saw in the response to the Parkland shooting—they could also reshape the national conversation on women’s health issues,” said PRRI CEO Robert P. Jones in […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Women and American Politics: Another Great Awakening?
Despite the failure of Hillary Clinton to break through the ultimate glass ceiling, women’s energy could be a key to progressive gains in 2018 and 2020.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Planned Parenthood Launches $20 Million Midterm Election Campaign
On Wednesday, Planned Parenthood announced a plan to invest $20 million in the 2018 midterm elections, the organization’s largest midterm campaign effort yet. The electoral battle plan initially targets gubernatorial and Senate races in eight states—Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—with plans to expand to other states and smaller races. Of those […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Steve Bannon and Katie Roiphe Are Very Worried. So Is Donald Trump
The #MeToo movement and the existential threat to patriarchy
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Sheltering Muslim Domestic Violence Survivors
With Islamophobia at historic levels, a Muslim social services provider finds that women who flee to shelters often confront new abuses from non-Muslim survivors and staff members.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Sexual Harassment and Sexual Behavior
Are women invariably the victims or do women bear any responsibility?
Posted inLaw and Justice
Abortion Access, the Supreme Court, and a Troubling Case of Déjà Vu
Planned Parenthood’s new petition for high court review involves a state restriction on medication abortion nearly identical to one the nation’s top court ruled unconstitutional in 2016.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How Doug Jones’s Alabama Surprise Could Change Everything
In the brutal contest for an open Senate seat, the question of identity politics should be settled once and for all.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Feminist Men Commit Sexual Assault Too
The world isn’t divided into Roy Moore-like predators and angels.
