Outside the Beltway

The Nigerian terrorist group has released an unknown number of the 110 girls kidnapped from a boarding school last month.

Repeated studies have demonstrated their bias against women and minorities. Why do we use them to make employment decisions?

The Supreme Court appears ready to strike down a California law requiring Crisis Pregnancy Centers to provide information on abortion.

A feel-good story is unlikely to have a happy ending.

It may be time for transparency on pay structures so employees know what others in comparable positions are making.

Another Federal Court has ruled in favor of a student seeking to use the restroom facilities that correspond with their gender identity.

While examples of Hollywood sexism are seemingly endless, this is not one of them.

What is CPAC telling us about the contemporary conservative movement?

While the glass ceiling in high-level posts was shattered decades ago, men still dominate the field.

Women voters are turning decidedly against Donald Trump, this could pose problems for Republican in 2018 and beyond.

Your tax dollars at work.

Federal Appeals Court Judge Alex Kozinski is resigning immediately after a barrage of sexual harassment allegations.

Some Democratic Senators are suggesting that Al Franken should reconsider his decision to resign from the Senate.

Another one bites the dust.

Al Franken’s Senate career reaches its inevitable end.

A fitting honor for women who have brought to light an issue that was swept under the rug for far too long.

A seventh woman has come forward to accuse Senator Al Franken of having groped her as calls mount from his Democratic colleagues for him to resign.

The longest-serving member of the House has retired amid allegations of sexual misconduct.

Senator Al Franken faces new charges of sexually inappropriate conduct on the same day that House Democrats are beginning to pressure one of their members to resign.

The latest domino to fall in the ongoing wave of sexual harassment and abuse revelations is Matt Lauer.

More troubles for Minnesota Senator Al Franken.

Drip, Drip, Drip?

New York Senator Kristen Gillibrand says Bill Clinton should have resigned over his affair with Monica Lewinsky. Raising the question of just how stringently we should apply the standards of today to the events of the past.

An overwhelming majority of Australians voted in favor of marriage equality in a non-binding referendum. The ball is now in the court of the nation’s legislature to move forward.

Another big change for the Boy Scouts.

Reversing an Obama Era position, the Justice Department has rescinded a legal interpretation that purported to apply previously adopted civil rights laws to transgender individuals.

A Federal appellate court has ruled that a transgender student must be allowed to use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars discrimination based on sexual orientation, but its reasoning is questionable at best.

The Supreme Court has decided to return the case involving a transgender student’s right to use the bathroom corresponding to their gender identity to the Fourth Circuit rather than deciding it during this term.

Not surprisingly, the Trump Administration has revoked guidelines to public schools that required accommodation of transgender students.

Another major change for the Boy Scouts.

A movement motivated by hurt and fear turned into a political force eight years ago. Can another follow suit?

A Federal Jury orders Rolling Stone to pay up.

A Federal Court has barred the Federal Government from enforcing guidelines on the rights of transgender students in public schools.

Unlike previous civil rights changes, this one came without much fanfare, fight, or even discussion.

The Senate has passed an amendment to a military spending bill that would require women to register for the draft.

Begun, the bathroom wars have.

The political fight over North Carolina’s so-called “Bathroom Bill” has moved to the Federal Courts.

The passage of a new law in North Carolina has revealed an apparent obsession among some on the right with who gets to use which restroom.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign and its supporters seem to be getting frustrated by the fact that younger women are seemingly more interested in her opponent than in her.

Is this really ‘infuriating’ news?

Rolling Stone faces yet another legal headache over last year’s story about a campus rape that never took place.

Houston voters rejected a broad anti-discrimination law largely due to a campaign that focused almost exclusively on concerns about transgender rights.

In which I change my mind on an important topic.

Erick Erickson has disinvited Donald Trump from the RedState Gathering. What finally pushed him over the edge?

The Defense Department is working to fully integrate transgender troops.

The winners of the Women’s World Cup will get paid far less than the men that played last year, but that’s not because of sexism.

There’s a lot of pandering and outright nonsense in the wake of the Supreme Court’s legalization of gay marriage.