President Obama on Title IX’s impact
Video on espnW.com: Andy Katz chats with President Obama about his thoughts on the impact of Title IX legislation and his role as a volunteer coach for his daughter’s basketball team.
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Twenty years on, ‘Year of the Woman’ fades
Karen Tumulty reports for The Washington Post: “At a moment when gender politics is thick in the air, it is a good time to reconsider another spring, exactly 20 years ago, when an unprecedented wave of women set their sights on Washington. That was the e…
The Not Yet Richer, Still Struggling for Economic Equality, Sex
Bryce Cover writes for The Nation: “The wave of optimism about women’s economic fortunes has crested yet again with the release of Liza Mundy’s latest book, The Richer Sex. Her thesis is that given certain trends, any day now women will outearn men, beco…
Why I demanded a voice for Sandra Fluke
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) writes for The Baltimore Sun: “Rush Limbaugh’s recent, despicable three-day attack against law student Sandra Fluke cast a spotlight on a national campaign by Republicans to turn back the clock on 50 years of progress on w…
How I wept after attempts to dissociate from Trayvon Martin’s death
Donna Britt writes for The Washington Post: “I cried for Trayvon, his parents, the girlfriend he chatted with on his cellphone moments before he was shot. I wept for millions of black parents for whom his slaying was an excruciating reminder of their chi…
