Sexism

Portland soccer fans protest. Signs read.

Portland Soccer Fans Assert Their Power Portland Soccer Fans Assert Their Power

Fans in the Rose City are bringing their protests inside the stadium.

Apr 26, 2022 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

Sex, Death, and Empire: The Roots of Violence Against Asian Women

Sex, Death, and Empire: The Roots of Violence Against Asian Women Sex, Death, and Empire: The Roots of Violence Against Asian Women

The line from America’s earliest empire in the Philippines to Japan, Korea, Vietnam—and anti-Asian violence at home—is straight, clear, and written in blood.

Apr 18, 2022 / Feature / Panthea Lee

Let’s Start Charging Men to Have Babies

Let’s Start Charging Men to Have Babies Let’s Start Charging Men to Have Babies

Mothers are pushed out of the workforce. Maybe it’s time for a market solution.

Apr 5, 2022 / Column / Alexis Grenell

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Long Pause Explained Racism and Sexism in America

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Long Pause Explained Racism and Sexism in America Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Long Pause Explained Racism and Sexism in America

In that pregnant moment, everybody who was watching got to see how power and privilege work.

Mar 24, 2022 / Elie Mystal

What Will It Take to Achieve Workplace Equality?

What Will It Take to Achieve Workplace Equality? What Will It Take to Achieve Workplace Equality?

A new history examines the gains won by women in white-collar work. But without mass action and solidarity, women’s economic equality will continue to be transitory and fragile.

Mar 22, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Bryce Covert

A man in a red jacket and scarf raises his hands above his head

South Korean Feminists Brace for a “Long, Hard Winter” Under a Right-Wing Leader South Korean Feminists Brace for a “Long, Hard Winter” Under a Right-Wing Leader

Yoon Suk-yeol’s election win was the culmination of a sexist backlash that swept the country.

Mar 18, 2022 / Hawon Jung

Howardena Pindell’s Decades-Long Fight to Integrate the Art World

Howardena Pindell’s Decades-Long Fight to Integrate the Art World Howardena Pindell’s Decades-Long Fight to Integrate the Art World

There’s been a surge of interest in the 78-year-old artist’s work, but art institutions remain overwhelmingly white and male.

Mar 15, 2022 / Alana Pockros

Truth, Light, and the Origins of the Fight Against Sexual Assault on College Campuses

Truth, Light, and the Origins of the Fight Against Sexual Assault on College Campuses Truth, Light, and the Origins of the Fight Against Sexual Assault on College Campuses

How a cohort of young feminists organized, agitated, and turned to Title IX to stop rape and sexual harassment on colleges 45 years ago.

Mar 15, 2022 / Feature / Sherry Boschert

Japan Liberal Democrat Election

Japanese Women Are Fighting Back Against Pervasive Sexism Japanese Women Are Fighting Back Against Pervasive Sexism

The pay gap between men and women in Japan is nearly 25 percent.

Jan 10, 2022 / Christine Levy

What Will It Take to Build a Mass Movement for Abortion Rights?

What Will It Take to Build a Mass Movement for Abortion Rights? What Will It Take to Build a Mass Movement for Abortion Rights?

It’s time to turn a committed core of supporters into a force capable of reclaiming what has been lost.

Dec 9, 2021 / Amy Littlefield for The Nation

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