gender equality

How to Remember the 'Notorious RBG'

by Peniel Joseph

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's "Notorious RBG" persona unfortunately obscures the fact that the late justice had a few blind spots, especially with regard to racism. Considering her faults is essential to understand the empathy and solidarity people need to work together for change. 

Ruth Bader Ginsburg had to Leave America to See how Unfairly it Treated Women

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's research trip to Sweden at age 29 challenged her to see that gendered divisions of labor and opportunity in American society were not automatic or necessary. 

June Willenz, Champion of Women in the Military, Dies at 95

She didn’t serve in the military herself. But she saw the armed services denying equal benefits to female veterans, and she crusaded to make a difference.

Do Millennial Men Want Stay-at-Home Wives?

by Stephanie Coontz

New research indicates a stall, maybe even a retreat, in the movement toward gender equality.