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Yale Rape Verdict Shows How ‘Yes Means Yes’ Can Be Murkier in Court

Alexandra Brodsky, a lawyer at the National Women’s Law Center who graduated from Yale College and Yale Law School, said, “Schools have adopted consent as an educational tool, but that sometimes means we end up...

American Express Joins Chorus Declaring Gender Pay Parity

Women make up 50 percent of American Express’s work force and only 30 percent of managers, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The U.S. gender pay gap has been stuck at around 20 percent for...

The most pressing question of Women’s History Month: What is feminism in 2018?

Of similar mindset regarding the women’s movement and what it is and what it should be is Fatima Goss Graves, the president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC). “The people saying, ‘The movement...

McDonald’s flipped its logo to ‘celebrate’ women. Then came the backlash

It is also not the first time women's groups have identified the minimum wage as a feminist issue. The National Women's Law Center, a nonprofit advocacy group, has argued that raising the minimum is key to closing the gender...

A College Student Was Found Not Guilty In A Rare Campus Rape Trial. Here’s Why The Case Is A Big Deal.

The case could also deter other sexual assault victims from taking their attacker to court because of how easily defense attorneys can spin past interactions and alcohol "to make juries skeptical of the victim," said...

Clarification: Oscar’s Time’s Up story

In a story March 2, The Associated Press reported that the Time’s Up movement in partnership with the National Women’s Law Center are using a legal fund to connect victims of harassment or discrimination with...