Unpacking gender bias in advertising
From J. Walter Thompson Worldwide, "New joint research from The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media at Mount Saint Mary’s University and J. Walter Thompson New York, in collaboration with University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering, analyzed more than 2,000 films from the

Checking in on a groundbreaking master's thesis more than half a century later
Jeanie Chung writes, "In 1955, Joan Feitler, AM’55—Joan Elden at the time—wrote a sociology master’s thesis: “The Woman Lawyer: A Report.” She talked to 50 female lawyers in Chicago to conduct the first academic study of women in the legal profession. The study’s two goals were to “obtain a general

How accusing a powerful man of rape drove a college student to suicide
Katie J.M. Baker writes, "Megan Rondini’s friends and family remember her as having an ironclad sense of right and wrong. Her childhood nickname was 'Rules Rondini' because she was such a principled board game player. As an honors student at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Megan offered rid

Justice Ginsburg and the price of equality
Linda Greenhouse writes, "The flood of news in recent days has all but swamped a fascinating Supreme Court decision that deserves more than a footnote to the term now coming to an end. The ruling defied expectatoins in nearly every way that counted and suggests a more complex picture of the Roberts

Square, Inc. releases diversity and inclusion report
Square, Inc. released a diversity report last week, detailing rates of minority identity among employees--including sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, and more. From the repot: "We’re obviously not the first to share diversity data publicly. Our goal in releasing this report is to