John Gerzema writes for Women’s E-News: “During the struggles of the feminist movement, endless arguments swirled around the concepts of “masculine” and “feminine” and the consequences of thinking about gender in a rigid way. Some people became so sensit…
Adam Liptak writes for The New York Times: “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 80, vowed in an interview to stay on the Supreme Court as long as her health and intellect remained strong, saying she was fully engaged in her work as the leader of the liberal opp…
Richard Eskow writes in an editorial at Truthout: “In every successful struggle there’s a time to celebrate a hard-fought victory. When it comes to Social Security, this is not that time.”
Krissah Thompson writes for The Washington Post: “The sisters were almost forgotten. Women were ubiquitous in the trenches of the civil rights movement, but were nearly left off the official program of the historic 1963 March on Washington. It was not su…
Philip Rucker writes for The Washington Post: “It was one of the most memorable lines of President Obama’s second inaugural address, a nod to ‘our forebears through Seneca Falls and Selma and Stonewall.’ On Thursday, as he took his college affordabilit