As Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey and Paul Haggis are all in court, it is clear that there has, in fact, been forward motion – in the courts, in our workplaces, in society
Author: Jill Filipovic, CNN
Fired Chem Professor Shows What’s Wrong w/Academia
A Perfect Metaphor for GOP’s Stand on Abortion
What Red State Governors Just Don’t Get About New York City
Eliza Fletcher’s Case Points to One Pervasive Failure
Jill Filipovic writes that the case of Eliza Fletcher points to one pervasive failure of the state and of law enforcement: The utter failure nationwide to adequately analyze rape kits and report the results.
Democrats Must Admit School Closures Were a Problem
As American students return to school, it’s time to admit we have a problem. Thanks to Covid-related school shutdowns, our school children have suffered unprecedented learning losses, with 9-year-olds seeming to have lost some two decades worth of pro…
Good Guy With a Gun? The Problem Is All the Guns
Amid the pain and anger at the failed police response to the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and after an armed bystander’s intervention helped stop a mass shooter at a mall in Indiana, Jill Filipovic says we simply cannot rely on more guns to solve o…
Stop Cheering for a Fetus’s Right To Ride in an HOV Lane
It’s understandable for those who believe in women’s fundamental right to bodily autonomy to want to savor any moment that clarifies just how dystopian US anti-abortion measures are, says Jill Filipovic, but cheering for a Texas woman’s attempt to dri…
Guns Are a Battle Over What Kind of America We Want
Why Trump-Appointed Judge’s Mask Decision Is Disastrous
Jill Filipovic rejects as specious a federal judge’s ruling that the CDC overstepped its authority in issuing the directive requiring masks on airplanes and other forms of mass transit.