‘It Becomes Your Job to Provide the Girlfriend Experience’: Women’s Stories of Work in Food Service ‘It Becomes Your Job to Provide the Girlfriend Experience’: Women’s Stories of Work in Food Service
Whether they’re waitresses, bartenders, hostesses, or fast-food workers, the women who serve our food and drinks face routine sexual harassment.
Feb 7, 2018 / Feature / Bryce Covert
The Reasons Why White Women Vote Republican—and What to Do About It The Reasons Why White Women Vote Republican—and What to Do About It
White women do not—and likely will not—constitute the progressive base. But many more of them might vote Democratic in the coming elections.
Feb 1, 2018 / Julie Kohler
It’s a Worldwide Trend: More Women Are Being Imprisoned Than Ever Before It’s a Worldwide Trend: More Women Are Being Imprisoned Than Ever Before
As globalization has pushed more women into the labor market, it has also made them more susceptible to criminalization.
Feb 1, 2018 / Michelle Chen
How the Courts Have Stymied Trump How the Courts Have Stymied Trump
Along with citizen activism, they have proven to be an important safeguard of constitutional liberty—but the Supreme Court has yet to weigh in.
Jan 30, 2018 / David Cole
USA Gymnastics and Michigan State: What’s Next? USA Gymnastics and Michigan State: What’s Next?
How a university and an entire system failed a generation of athletes.
Jan 30, 2018 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Women’s Marches: Art in Action Women’s Marches: Art in Action
Powerful images accompany a powerful movement.
Jan 29, 2018 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo, Edel Rodriguez, George de Castro-Day, and Matias J. Ocner
When Is It OK to Comment on a Woman’s Appearance? When Is It OK to Comment on a Woman’s Appearance?
Another reader asks how one can in good conscience bring a child into this sad world.
Jan 26, 2018 / Liza Featherstone
The End of Men’s ‘Freedom to Bother’ The End of Men’s ‘Freedom to Bother’
We’re on the verge of a new normal in the workplace. That’s a good thing.
Jan 25, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt
‘I Came With a Calling’: Remembering Ursula K. Le Guin ‘I Came With a Calling’: Remembering Ursula K. Le Guin
The writer died this week, at 88.
Jan 24, 2018 / Zoë Carpenter