The ERA is essential to democracy. What will it take to fully and finally recognize the ERA as the 28th Amendment? Explore our new essay, video and podcast collection on the urgency of enshrining...

Political elites on the left have a history of telling the public that whether the Constitution protects abortion is an open question. Raising the specter of Roe v. Wade being

We must remind the country what a nation without any safe, legal abortion access looks like. We must remind our lawmakers what women’s lives without abortion access look like—and the

By 2018, Johnny Depp was bordering on irrelevancy—but he soon gained a tremendous fandom as a public trial unfolded, prompted by abuse allegations from his ex-wife Amber Heard. In December,

Among straight women, the prevalence of rape is 18.7 percent, but among bisexual women it soars to 46.1 percent. Hypersexualization of bi women is so widespread that it’s barely noticed—unless,

Harris’s unprecedented rise as the first woman, who is also Black and South Asian, to serve as vice president forces us to recognize a woman from a richly diverse background

Forty percent of active-duty service women in the U.S. are stationed in states with abortion bans, as are 43 percent of civilian women working in the military. The time, cost

In a New York Times op-ed out today, Anita Hill lays out ground rules for the Senate Judiciary Committee as they prepare to hear testimony from Christine Blasey Ford, who

The Kardashians made their money by trademarking their white femininity, their relationships with African American men and marketing Black beauty aesthetics for white women—a type of modern mediated...

On Dec. 1, Neera Tanden accepted the position as director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and laid out the importance of the OMB, which oversees financial decisions

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The real “rigging” in the 2016 election lies in our well-learned biases about women and leadership.

On Tuesday, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) introduced a joint resolution to affirm the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), removing the arbitrary deadline for

Today, as Gloria Steinem, herself, turns 90, I will not flatter her with compliments about how she still doesn’t look her age, or how considerate, clever and courageous she remains.

'This is all wrong. I shouldn’t be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet you all come to us young people

While it may be the end of Andrew Yang’s political aspirations for now, it is critical to recognize that his signature issue of basic income is here to stay—with a

On Tuesday, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) introduced a joint resolution to affirm the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), removing the arbitrary deadline for

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern faced online vitriol at a rate between 50 and 90 times higher than any other high-profile figure. Because men commit the vast majority of

Which Trump has been formally accused of before.

Wednesday, Sept. 8, marks Native Women’s Equal Pay Day—the day it takes Native women in America to earn what non-Hispanic white men finished making on December 31 of last year.

Why would a brilliant attorney and mother of three take her own life? Because the dysfunctional U.S. family court system took her kids and drove her—like so many others—over the

Like you, late on Friday, we heard the terrible news that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg—the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court and a true champion for justice and

One million immigrants await permanent residency from a lagging, 1990s-established quota system that leaves immigrants with advanced degrees in limbo for 151 years—creating an unprecedented green...

The problem is not mental illness. The problem is not violent video games. The problem is a social pathology of aggrieved entitlement and misogyny mixed with white supremacy, aided and

“In the Depp v. Heard trial, behaviors that are common to survivors were relentlessly mocked and misunderstood,' said Dr. Emma Katz, author of Coercive Control in Children's and Mothers' Lives.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern faced online vitriol at a rate between 50 and 90 times higher than any other high-profile figure. Because men commit the vast majority of

Our series explores how and why democracy and women’s rights are inextricably intertwined.

“In the Depp v. Heard trial, behaviors that are common to survivors were relentlessly mocked and misunderstood,' said Dr. Emma Katz, author of Coercive Control in Children's and Mothers' Lives.

It’s unclear why Senator Perdue was interested in tax regulation that would impact only a tiny set of the richest Americans. The effort, which wasn’t successful, could have helped several

The long awaited defamation trial between Lukasz Gottwald and pop star Kesha has been given a July trial date after almost 10 years. In the wake of the Depp-Heard case,

It’s time to rethink how we talk about abortion. Gabrielle Blair, a Mormon woman and mother of six, argues that the onus of preventing unwanted pregnancies should fall to those

As soon as Scott Roeder was named the sole suspect in the point-blank shooting death of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, the Los Angeles Times, CNN, ABC, NBC and FOX

In an opinion issued on Wednesday, Jan. 26, the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) helped clear the way for the Equal Rights Amendment. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.)

A new lawsuit Zurawski v. Texas marks the first time patients directly affected by abortion laws have sought to challenge them in court. Filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights

It’s time to rethink how we talk about abortion. Gabrielle Blair, a Mormon woman and mother of six, argues that the onus of preventing unwanted pregnancies should fall to those