William Grimes, for The New York Times, writes in an obituary for feminist and historian Gerda Lerner: “In the mid-1960s, armed with a doctorate in history from Columbia University and a dissertation on two abolitionist sisters from South Carolina, Dr. L…
Rosalind S. Helderman writes for The Washington Post: “A record number of women and racial minorities were elected to the 113th Congress, which was sworn in Thursday. Among them was the first Buddhist to join the Senate, as well as the first Hindu and th…
Laura Bassett and Jennifer Bendery write on Huffington Post:
Jamilah King writes for Colorlines: “Just in case you needed a new reality TV show to loathe, there’s this: Oxygen Network’s ‘All My Babies’ Mamas.'”
Jackson Katz writes on Huffington Post: “Many of us whose work touches on the subject of masculinity and violence have long been frustrated by the failure of mainstream media — and much of progressive media and the blogosphere as well — to confront the…