Gender equality

Crumpled dollar

The Average Woman Loses Over $10,000 Dollars Every Year to the Gender Pay Gap The Average Woman Loses Over $10,000 Dollars Every Year to the Gender Pay Gap

It’s 2016 and women are still earning just 79 cents for every dollar made by men.

Apr 15, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Steph Curry on court

Steph Curry on North Carolina’s HB 2: ‘No One Should be Discriminated Against’ Steph Curry on North Carolina’s HB 2: ‘No One Should be Discriminated Against’

Despite corporate, religious, and hometown pressure, Steph Curry spoke out against the homophobic legislation.

Apr 13, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Carli Lloyd celebrates during World Cup

US Women’s Soccer Is More Popular Than Men’s, but the Players Are Still Paid Less US Women’s Soccer Is More Popular Than Men’s, but the Players Are Still Paid Less

The men “get paid more to just show up than we get paid to win major championships.”

Apr 5, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Antonin Scalia

Why Antonin Scalia Became So Prominent—And Why His Influence Will Not Last Why Antonin Scalia Became So Prominent—And Why His Influence Will Not Last

He was celebrated because he used his position as a Supreme Court justice to mobilize conservatives—but his views were antithetical to what is most enduring about American legal an...

Mar 15, 2016 / David Rudenstine

The Whole World Still Needs Feminism

The Whole World Still Needs Feminism The Whole World Still Needs Feminism

In many countries, women have made strides, but there’s a long way to go to equality.

Mar 11, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Jacqueline Susann

Jacqueline Susann’s Queer Feminism Jacqueline Susann’s Queer Feminism

How does Valley of the Dolls actually hold up as a read 50 years later?

Feb 26, 2016 / Tim Murphy

Eve Ensler Reads Emma Goldman

Eve Ensler Reads Emma Goldman Eve Ensler Reads Emma Goldman

On October 24, 2015, The Nation feted its 150th anniversary with an unprecedented celebration at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn in a renovated Civil War–era Tobacco Warehouse. Fea…

Feb 18, 2016 / The Nation

Hillary Clinton

Why Have I (Almost) Always Voted for the Male Candidate? Why Have I (Almost) Always Voted for the Male Candidate?

I’ve had many chances to cast a ballot for a woman in primary races. I had plenty of reasons why I shouldn’t.

Feb 4, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt

A Group of Mexican Immigrant Women Were Sterilized Without Their Consent. Can a New Film Bring Justice?

A Group of Mexican Immigrant Women Were Sterilized Without Their Consent. Can a New Film Bring Justice? A Group of Mexican Immigrant Women Were Sterilized Without Their Consent. Can a New Film Bring Justice?

No Más Bebés brings dignity and a sense of power to the mothers the law ignored.

Jan 27, 2016 / Claudia Dreifus

David Bowie Set Off My Inner Squeal

David Bowie Set Off My Inner Squeal David Bowie Set Off My Inner Squeal

As I was growing up in 1960s England, Bowie gave me room to find myself.

Jan 14, 2016 / Laura Flanders

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