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sexism

Published
May 31, 2024

Lucasfilm head says women in ‘Star Wars’ ‘struggle’ due to ‘male dominated’ fandom

New series 'The Acolyte' has already come under fire from certain corners of the internet for its increased focus on the inclusion of women and people of color.
Published
October 15, 2023

Commentary: Why don’t women make as much as men? A Nobel economist has the answers.

Women, Claudia Goldin has pointed out, pay a ‘motherhood penalty.’ Men tend enjoy a ‘fatherhood premium.’
Published
July 28, 2023

Commentary: Kidnapping hoax should not distract us from real issue of missing Black women, girls

Real missing-person reports may elicit skepticism because of an Alabama woman’s false kidnapping tale.
Published
July 20, 2023

Commentary: Barbie is more than a longtime feminist flashpoint

Together, in the 1960s and ’70s, we weathered the societal upheavals that roiled women’s lives.
Published
June 11, 2023

Commentary: Expand Mainers’ eligibility for the Medicare Savings Program

There couldn’t be a better time to provide justice to the thousands of older Mainers now struggling to make ends meet.

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Published
April 10, 2023

Another View: The nursing workforce needs more men

As the U.S. health care system struggles with a labor shortage, a renewed focus on recruiting can only help.
Published
February 23, 2023

Our View: Maddie Ripley’s win a victory for all those who paved the way

Ripley, the first girl to win a wrestling state title in Maine, shares her victory with Lisa Nowak and others who fought to overcome sexism.
Published
September 29, 2022

Commentary: Biden administration offers thoughts and prayers on equal rights amendment. Can it do more?

In fact, it’s the direct responsibility of the administration to publish the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Published
September 28, 2022

Leonard Pitts: Let’s not be too smug about how Iran oppresses women

There is an understanding among men that women’s bodies are community property, ours to regulate, approve, criticize and use as we see fit.
Published
September 25, 2022

Commentary: The fathers writing abortion laws are showing no mercy for daughters

Last week CNN confirmed what the optics have long suggested: Male lawmakers, many of them fathers, are most eager to punish women for having an abortion.