What a wild 50th birthday week Title IX had, with progress and setbacks during Pride month. First, the progress: The U.S. Department of Education released proposed changes to Title IX regulations that would fix some of the damaging alterations imposed…
Two powerhouses for women's rights celebrate their golden anniversaries in 2022: The National Women's Law Center and Title IX share a birthday year! You know I love history, but their influence today, in the here and now, gives me hope…
In honor of Title IX's 50th anniversary on June 23, my blog posts this month will feature the voices of activists from Title IX history who I had the pleasure of interviewing for my book 37 Words. First up: the…
The self-designated "protectors" of women's sports who loudly oppose allowing a few transgender girls and women to compete remain oddly silent about practices that unfairly give hundreds of women's playing slots to cisgender men year after year after year. An…
A little-noticed legal ruling this week could be a big deal for Title IX lawsuits going forward. If I'm reading this right, colleges and universities could be held accountable not only for cases in which they were deliberately indifferent to…
Readers of my book 37 Words know that its story arcs follow the history of Title IX activism. If you're anywhere near New York City between now and September 4, you can see a more visual representation of this in…
The leaked draft Supreme Court decision that could cancel abortion rights dominated headlines this week, but earlier abortion controversy altered Title IX history in ways that are worth remembering. Read more about this in my article in The Washington Post Made by History…
Child sex trafficking isn't the first thing most people think of when they consider sexual harassment and assault in higher education. But it's more common than you may think. And perpetrators are almost all white, male academics, according to a…
You don't need to be Agatha Christie to wonder why Title IX is a mystery to most people. Congress passed this civil rights law a half-century ago. Activists demanding an education free of sex discrimination have generated headlines for 50…
The New Press published 37 Words this week, and early copies have been arriving for the past week to those who pre-ordered the book. It's in the top 100 books by sales in three categories on Amazon: federal education legislation;…