Women trial lawyers share their experiences of destructive sexism in the courtroom.
Discrimination
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
Ellen Pao Is Ready to Name Names
In an excerpt from her upcoming book, Pao reveals the harassment and discrimination she experienced at a Silicon Valley venture firm.
Posted inEditor's Pick
What Thomas Jefferson Taught Me About Charlottesville, and America
A personal essay in which Joshua Adams, a Black graduate of the University of Virginia, traces the roots of the recent racist attack there back to UVA’s problematic but venerated founder, Thomas Jefferson.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
Architecture and Religious Bias: A California Case Study
When a group of Sufis wanted to build a large sanctuary in the California hills, locals pushed back and the town grew divided.
Posted inBlog Post, Commentary, Current Events
Trump’s Twitter Usage May Be His Downfall
Donald Trump is in love with Twitter, “Brokeback Mountain”-style.
Posted inCurrent Events, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
‘I felt dirty, a lesser person somehow than when I had left a week before.’
Rafia Zakaria’s essay in The Baffler on flying while Muslim is an important read that exposes a long list of things that most white, non-Muslim Americans never have to worry about while traveling.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
If Oprah Can’t Achieve Permanent Weight Loss, Can Anyone?
Writer and television producer Caissie St. Onge, writing in Vox, on Oprah, diets, and liking (or not liking) yourself — and how all the money and drive in the world doesn’t help.