Alexandra Brodsky and Lara Bazelon debate the merits of the Obama administration’s guidelines on sexual assault on campus.
Gender & Sexuality
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The Wieseltier Moment — a Tipping Point
With the ouster of Leon Wieseltier for a long, sordid history of hitting on young women who worked in junior positions at The New Republic where he was literary editor for three decades, the women’s movement has achieved a goal that has eluded it for centuries. Powerful men, famous or not, are no longer exempt […]
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Baker’s Toxic Recipe for Discrimination
A ruling for the bakery owner in the so-called “cake case” before the Supreme Court could inflict untold harm on gay people, true religious liberty, and civil rights.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Transgender Protections Rollback by Sessions Draws Scrutiny
While Americans focused on the tragedies unfolding in Las Vegas and Puerto Rico, Attorney General Jeff Sessions quietly rescinded a memorandum that protected transgender people from workplace discrimination. Eric Holder, President Obama’ first attorney general, had issued the memo in December 2014, extending the Civil Rights Act’s Title VII protections against employment discrimination to transgender […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Harvey Weinstein, Donald Trump, and the (Sometimes) Beneficial Politics of Reaction
We’re living not only in the age of Trump, but in the age of reaction to Trump.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Three Minutes with Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards
The women’s reproductive-rights leader shares some thoughts on President Trump and community activism.
Posted inLaw and Justice
DeVos Has Rescinded College Sexual Assault Guidelines. What Now?
The Trump administration’s decision to end the 2011 guidelines draw attention to a split in the left wing.
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The Religious Right Moves to Cement Political Power Under President Trump
Conservative evangelicals have seen more victories in a Trump administration than they probably would have under any other Republican.
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Defending Their Own: Coast Guard Speaks Up After Trump Lashes Out at Transgender Soldiers
The Coast Guard has taken a leading role in efforts to push back against President Trump’s plan to ban transgender soldiers from military service. “The first thing we did was reach out to all 13 members of the Coast Guard who are transgender,” said Coast Guard Commandant Paul Zukunft in remarks at the Center for […]
