Nannie Helen Burroughs: A tower of strength in the labor world Nadia E. Brown and Danielle Phillips-Cunningham - March 6, 2025 A new book by Danielle Phillips-Cunningham offers insights and inspiration on the power of labor organizing.
Black voters as saviors – and scapegoats Nadia E. Brown, Christopher J. Clark, Anna M. Mahoney, Periloux Peay, and Michael G. Strawbridge - November 1, 2024 The data suggest it’s time to look beyond the old idea that Black Americans are a monolithic voting bloc.
What Biden’s new Title IX rules will and won’t do Zein Murib - May 2, 2024 The rules seek to protect transgender students, but won't help transgender athletes.
What Mary Peltola’s win in Alaska may mean for Indian country Elise Blasingame - September 12, 2022 Rep.-elect Peltola joins the U.S. House of Representatives this week and is on the ballot again in November.
Can Congress resurrect Roe if it’s overturned? Well, it could try. Amanda Hollis-Brusky - May 4, 2022 The Supreme Court might well strike that down, too.
On Labor Day, we remember the Black women who helped win labor rights Danielle Phillips-Cunningham - September 2, 2021 100 years ago, Nannie Helen Burroughs launched the National Association of Wage Earners — part of her effort to integrate comprehensive labor reform into the movement for voting rights.
The Supreme Court struck down a key United Farm Workers win. The decision has some infamous echoes. Erin Mayo-Adam - July 1, 2021 Four things to know about a ruling that could endanger many government regulations.
Five states ban transgender girls from girls’ school sports. But segregating sports by sex hurts all girls. Elizabeth Sharrow - April 16, 2021 When Title IX first segregated school sports into girls’ and boys’ teams, it was meant to be temporary.
Transgender sports bans raise an awkward question: Why categorize healthcare and sports by sex at all? Heath Fogg Davis - April 7, 2021 Here’s how American forms, policies, and regulations push citizens to think about gender in culturally specific ways.
Mitch McConnell once knew all about the filibuster’s racist history. What changed? Saladin Ambar - March 29, 2021 We know from his own writings that McConnell is aware of the filibuster’s ‘racial history’