"The fact that top male players are consistently ranked higher than top female players may have nothing to do with talent, and everything to do with statistics and external factors."

In Indiana, when a married opposite-sex couple uses a sperm donor, the state recognizes the birth mother’s husband as the child’s parent. When a married same-sex couple does the same thing, however, the state refuses to list the birth mother’s wife as the child’s parent.

This is what a breakthrough looks like.

This is what a breakthrough looks like.

Over 48 hours, 120 former and current law clerks to Ruth Bader Ginsburg stood on the courthouse steps over her casket, as she lay in repose at the U.S. Supreme Court. Nicknamed “RBG’s Army” in the press, they took 20-minute shifts for a day-and-night vigil.

Discrimination on the basis of being transgender is not just then about objecting to the idea of changing one’s sex but about what types of appearances and behaviors are acceptable for a woman.

Washington state now has arguably the most diverse court, state or federal, in American history; there are currently seven female justices, including the chief justice—a record for any state Supreme Court—and just one straight, white, male justice.

More than 6 million domestic workers nationwide—mostly women—can’t afford to stop working, even during a pandemic. They and their families have launched a manifesto called For Our Mothers’ Lives, demanding that domestic workers be put on paid leave. They are also collecting donations to help with rent, bills, and lost wages—anything that can make a difference in households where families are already having to choose between risking their health and going hungry

"There are no magic words to tell them, no behaviors to avoid. Victims don’t 'cause' rape, which means they can’t necessarily prevent it either. The real heavy lifting needs to be done with men and boys. Still, parents can make a difference in women’s experiences of college sexual assault—it just takes a different form than you might imagine."

"We are used to seeing women, especially women in public and the media, even in art, with smiling or inviting faces. And I didn’t want that. When I ask women to pose for these images, I tell them look at me and look at the camera as if you were looking at your harassers, tell me what you want to say to your harassers. I want you to look at the camera as if you were speaking to them."

The mermen began to appear in the summer of 2017 in Newfoundland, sunning themselves on harbor rocks and splaying out on a local bar.