Title IX
Organizers of the Women's March on Washington Have Targeted the NRA
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The Dept. of Education Is Taking Misogynists More Seriously Than Rape Survivors
I work with a rape survivor advocacy group that was barred from meeting with Betsy DeVos yesterday. Watching her Department of Education meet with "men's rights" groups and spout rape myths isn't just disheartening—it's dangerous.
The Christian Lawyers Quietly Working to Erase LGBTQ Rights
The Alliance Defending Freedom is behind a massive—and massively successful—legal effort to dismantle the rights of LGBTQ students nationwide.
Girls' High School Football Title IX Suit Misses The Point
A group of Utah female youth players want their local school districts to offer the sport. But maybe nobody should be playing it.
Betsy DeVos Ignores Title IX’s 45th Anniversary
VICE Sports inquired with the Department of Education about what celebrations Betsy DeVos and the department might be planning for the anniversary. They provided no information.
Baylor's Interim President Was Just Another Part of the Problem
A recent deposition reveals David Garland to be willfully ignorant at best, and a coward at worst.
DeVos still refuses to say if she’d punish LGBTQ discrimination
Betsy DeVos thinks all discrimination is wrong, but she won't say if the Department of Education, under her authority, will withhold funds from schools that do it.
Walmart Discriminated Against Thousands of Pregnant Women, Lawsuit Alleges
"No one should have to choose between her job and the health of her pregnancy."
Indiana University Is Banning Athletes with a Criminal History of Sexual or Domestic Assault
The school's new policy will apply to prospective freshmen, current students, or transfer applicants who have been convicted of or plead guilty to a felony sexual assault charge.
The Feminist Professor Who Says Students Took the Campus Rape Debate Too Far
In "Unwanted Advances," provocative feminist author Laura Kipnis argues that issues of consent and power should be treated with more nuance on college campuses. But is it realistic to think that shifting the rhetorical framework around sexual assault...
Baylor Names First Female President in School History, Which Changes Nothing
Linda A. Livingston is the first woman to serve as president of Baylor University in the school's 142-year history—a history that has recently been shaped by scandal. Is a glass cliff waiting for her in Waco?