Katha Pollitt of The Nation writes: “Of course the ERA won’t mandate equal representation in Congress or anywhere else, but the very fact that it evokes the possibility is what’s exciting about it. The ERA would switch the paradigm from how much equality…
At Slate’s “XXfactor” blog, Amanda Marcotte writes: “The conservative claim, made by Trotter, that guns are an ‘equalizer’ is about as serious a misrepresentation as you can muster when it comes to violence against women. Most violence against women is p…
An obituary in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for Dr. Thomas E. Allen says: “
At RH Reality Check, John Tomasic writes: “But when it came to mounting a defense in the Stodghill case, Catholic Health’s lawyers effectively turned the Church directives on their head. Catholic organizations have for decades fought to change federal an…
Lisa Wade, a professor of Sociology at Occidental College, writes at The Society Pages: “Women’s closets are often mocked as a form of self-indulgence, shop-a-holicism, or narcissism. But this isn’t fair. Instead, if a woman is class-privileged enough,…
