Writer Reihan Salam says that, as men lose jobs, the greatest effect of our Great Recession may be the “death of macho.”

Supreme Court nomination sweepstakes in high gear. A woman is expected. We’ll look at gender, the candidates, and the court.

Are we in the age of “bromance”? The buddy flick “I Love You, Man” has guys talking again about male bonding.

Relationship violence and the Chris Brown-Rihanna story. We ask what it takes to break the cycle of abuse.

A week from today, it could be over for Hillary Clinton. She may roar back in Texas and Ohio. But if she doesn’t, we may be watching the last week of the strongest bid in history by a woman for the White House.
And we’re pausing today to ask what role gender — and maybe sexism [...]

The issue of women and power is very much in the news. But look beyond Hillary Clinton’s push for the White House, and only two percent of the CEOs of the Fortune 1000 are women. Two percent — forty years after women stood up for liberation.
Nina DiSesa has grabbed and wielded corporate power. She’s been [...]

It was the Double O Express, as Oprah Winfrey pumped up crowds for Barack Obama on Saturday from Iowa to South Carolina to New Hampshire.
For Hillary Clinton, the sight of Oprah and Obama drives home one of the great surprises — and ironies — of this historic campaign: that the first woman with a real [...]