The San Francisco Chronicle published my op-ed article about women finding their voices to speak out against sexual assault and harassment on campuses. It's online now; look for it in print on Thursday, Nov. 19. This Sunday, Nov. 22, CNN…
It's one thing to change the course of history. It's even rarer to know that's what you're doing, and perhaps rarer still to have fun doing it. While researching the people behind Title IX from its inception to today, I've vicariously…
A third of 96 school districts in the San Francisco Bay Area that responded to requests for public information did not identify a Title IX coordinator in their district -- something they are required to have by law. That law -- Title…
Current news articles and analyses provide helpful nuggets of background related to Title IX, such as a New York Times Magazine article on The Return of the Sex Wars. But to sample the bigger buffet of Title IX history from…
The Chicago Public School District just got its sports programs schooled by a Hall of Famer. Not a sports star, mind you, but Marcia Greenberger, co-president of the National Women’s Law Center. (Video: Greenberger describes her reasons for pursuing legal…
From 93-year-old Vincent Macaluso to young men on college campuses today, a long line of male allies to women helped bring us Title IX and are fighting to uphold its principles of fairness. (Video: The Godfather of Title IX) While…
So much of what passes for informed discussion about Title IX is tantamount to truthiness, the wonderful word coined by comedian Stephen Colbert. Some people prefer what they wish to be true instead of the historical reality of Title IX…
A nearly 13-hour sit-in by female students and their supporters at the University of California, Santa Barbara produced promises of change from the administration, providing an example of how far we've come and how far we've yet to go under Title…
Whatever you think of the outcome of the lawsuit by Ellen Pao claiming sex discrimination at the famed Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, a tactic used by the company's defense team could make one cringe -- character assassination. (Video: Bernice…
What do Title IX, the comedian Betsy Salkind, and the new film The Hunting Ground have in common? A historical thread that's about to change one sorry aspect of U.S. society. Finally. I hope. The Hunting Ground opens in cities across…