Nicholas Bakalar writes in the New York Times, “A new study suggests that people give higher customer satisfaction ratings to white men than to women and members of minorities, even when their performance is the same.”
On NPR’s website, Jennifer Pozner writes: “Think carefully: can you remember any passionate TV news debates about whether journalists or voters might want to get naked with Dick Cheney? No? Good. Because such an insulting, irrelevant topic would—and should—never be considered newsworthy. Unfortunately, this sort of drivel frequently passes for journalism when the politician at Read more …
Dave Zirn writes for The Nation: “Women athletes find themselves in the same vise they have been in for a century: with sexism on one side and homophobia on the other. Accepting this sexist construct has become conventional wisdom for how to market and sell women’s sports: sex, and specifically hetero sex, sells.”
Emily Bazar writes in USA Today, “Iranian women have been on the front lines of anti-government protests challenging the official results of the June 12 election, in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the victor.”
Joan Biskupic writes in USA Today, “In the term that ended Monday, the Supreme Court shifted more to the right, making it harder for people to bring civil rights claims, rejecting challenges by environmentalists and raising the standard for older workers alleging bias on the job.”
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