November 19, 2018
—Frank Thames and Margaret S. Williams
Authors of Contagious Representation: Women’s Political Representation in Democracies around the World (2015) show us the global context of the historic 2018 US Midterm elections in regards to elected female candidates.
October 4, 2018
—Jill Norgren
Through the lens of the law profession, Norgren walks us through succinct points where education and legislation would help end workplace discrimination, and maybe aid ending discrimination outside the office too.
September 24, 2018
— Bernadette C. Barton
Barton discusses Stormy Daniels as a prime example of how working in the sex industry empowers women, even in when up against a bully like Donald Trump. Daniels’ background may prove a benefit rather than a burden in her attack of Trump to show the American public the truth about their president.
September 20, 2018
—Stephen Gottlieb
With recent developments in the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearing confirmation and rape allegations, author Stephen Gottlieb comments on the abuses of power on display
September 7, 2018
—Dawson Barrett
Americans are voting at the ballot box and with their feet—with a plethora of protests. This “movement of movements” is confronting issues like human caging, poverty, the de-funding of public institutions, global instability, and the de-regulation of industry.
August 25, 2018
—Joyce Antler
Radical feminists taught their generation that telling your story and listening to the stories of others are crucial steps to politicization. Fifty years later, aspiring women office-holders are learning that bearing witness to women’s experiences may be the best route to political success.
August 24, 2018
—Johanna Neuman
There is no formula for making social change. But as we mark Women’s Equality Day, a historian of women’s suffrage says there were several elements that distinguished the cause.
June 25, 2018
—David Orentlicher
If critics want to solve the problem of the Trump presidency, the answer lies not just in changing the president but more importantly in changing the presidency.