Switzerland’s Mika Brunold thanked his opponent, Brazil’s João Lucas Reis da Silva, for inspiring him after the historic victory in Austria on Sunday.
Switzerland’s Mika Brunold thanked his opponent, Brazil’s João Lucas Reis da Silva, for inspiring him after the historic victory in Austria on Sunday.Open
Women are 73% more likely to be seriously injured in a car accident. Research says it’s because the crash dummies used are designed around the average build of a man. Eve Van Dyke had a firsthand experience of being on the wrong side of that statistic. She joined Jacob Soboroff to talk about why nothing has been done to fix it.
Master Sgt. Amiah Sale spent nearly 20 years in the U.S. Army until her career was cut short due to President Trump's ban on transgender troops. Sale, who is a plaintiff in the transgender active-duty case, and GLAD Law Staff Attorney Michael Haley join Peter Alexander to share more on her story and the impact that losing more than 4,000 transgender troops would have on the military.
The WNBA, Major League Baseball and even a golf startup spent the summer as unlikely proxies in some of the country's fiercest national conflicts. Why it matters: American culture has shattered into thousands of tiny shards of glass . But sports remains one of the few forces powerful enough to pull much of the country into the same moment — making it a prime target for political fights. - That kind of shared attention has become a scarce and ultra-valuable resource for activists, politicians and companies. Zoom in: This summer's fights have blown up far beyond the fan bases involved. - Caitlin Clark, the WNBA's biggest star, spent the season absorbing hard fouls. The fight over whether refs were protecting her quickly became a fight…
The WNBA, Major League Baseball and even a golf startup spent the summer as unlikely proxies in some of the country's fiercest national conflicts. Why it matters: American culture has shattered into thousands of tiny shards of glass . But sports remains one of the few forces powerful enough to pull much of the country into the same moment — making it a prime target for political fights. - That kind of shared attention has become a scarce and ultra-valuable resource for activists, politicians and companies. Zoom in: This summer's fights have blown up far beyond the fan bases involved. - Caitlin Clark, the WNBA's biggest star, spent the season absorbing hard fouls. The fight over whether refs were protecting her quickly became a fight…Open
Gloria Steinem spent more than half a century arguing that equality wasn’t just a women’s issue, it was a democratic imperative. She passed away peacefully in her home at 92-years-old on Wednesday. Michele Goodwin and Kathy Spillar of Ms. magazine join Jacob Soboroff to reflect on the legacy that the feminist icon left behind.
The feminist icon insisted that women were not a niche audience — and proved it in 1971 with the start of an influential publication owned and operated by them.
“We are the women that our parents warned us about, and we are proud.” Throughout her life, the late Gloria Steinem called for women’s rights, reproductive freedom, political equality and more. Listen to Steinem over the decades, in her own words.