by Robin Abcarian Do MAGA Republicans hear themselves? Earlier this month, as he speculated on Newsmax about how Vice President Kamala Harris might perform as the Democratic […]
Tag: sexism
Sept. 10 letters to the editor
‘The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on’ I am the widow of a professor emeritus of the former Department of Foreign Languages at West Virginia University. […]
A declaration of non-independence — for women
by Carla Hall If men could get pregnant, the saying goes, the Declaration of Independence might well have declared that all men are endowed with the right […]
Casey DeSantis as Lady Macbeth?
by Susan Estrich Here we go again. A strong, prominent woman in the political arena comes under attack for being too strong, too ambitious, having too big […]
Why do so many young white men in America find fascism ‘cool’?
by Omer Aziz Last fall, just blocks from my apartment in Cambridge, Mass., a gang of neo-Nazis gathered in Harvard Square on a Sunday afternoon. Videos showed […]
Haley’s ‘test’ idea a nonstarter, but America has aged leadership issue
How convenient that presidential hopeful Nikki Haley’s proposed mental-competency test for politicians would kick in at age 75 — just below the age of her only other […]
W.Va. in trouble with ignorance at the helm
There’s nothing quite like the chill of terror that runs down your spine when you realize the people dictating the laws that constrain your life are a […]
Alito’s draft willfully misrepresents history
In its May 7 cold opening, Saturday Night Live took a jab at Justice Samuel Alito’s reference to a Dark Ages legal treatise. Host Benedict Cumberbatch, playing […]
Medical bias can be deadly. Our research found a way to curb it
by Damon Centola Ask most any woman about her experience with the American health care system and you will likely hear stories of medical maltreatment in the […]
Does GOP bill assume white fragility? Or whitewash history?
by Rekha Basu One thing we might all agree on is there’s no shortage of subjects on which to disagree. Guns, politics and religion; differing ideologies on […]