Ruth Rosen, a former columnist for the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle, is a pioneering professor of gender and society and an award-winning journalist whose most recent book is The World Split Open: How the Modern Women’s Movement Changed America. www. ruthrosen.org
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Free Contraception Is in Danger Again
A Supreme Court case may prioritize employers' religious freedoms over women's health.
Ruth Rosen
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Republicans (Still) Have a ‘Female Problem’
In the 2014 midterms, women will be the battleground. And one party has a leg up.
Ruth Rosen
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Why the Relentless Assault on Abortion in the U.S.?
We're still not comfortable with recreational sex.
Ruth Rosen
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How Antiwar Activism Empowers Women
Ruth Rosen