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Weekly Media Round Up: June 27, 2025

Welcome to the Media Round Up! This week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. Hitting a paywall? Some sources allow a few free articles without a subscription, and your university or local library may offer free access. For example, AU students, faculty, and staff have access to popular newspapers through the …

The Doors for Women are Being Slammed Shut. We Must Keep Them Open.

In 2011, I moved to Washington, D.C. to work in the Office of Global Women’s Issues. I only half joke when I tell people now that I knocked on the door until they let me in. And for over a decade, on and off, I was proud to be a part of an office driving …

Weekly Media Round Up: May 30, 2025

Welcome to the Media Round Up! This week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. Hitting a paywall? Some sources allow a few free articles without a subscription, and your university or local library may offer free access. For example, AU students, faculty, and staff have access to popular newspapers through the …

Why AANHPI Heritage Month Is a Call to Action Not Just Celebration

May was officially designated as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in 1992 to honor two significant historical milestones: the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants to the United States on May 7, 1843, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad largely built by Chinese laborers on May 10, 1869. These events mark foundational contributions of …

The High Cost of Exclusion: How Cutting Subsidized Loans Could Set Women—and Society—Back

A college degree remains one of the most reliable pathways to economic mobility. But by pricing women out of higher education, we risk reinforcing generational cycles of poverty, particularly in communities of color. This not only entrenches income inequality but also slows national economic growth. The looming threat of eliminating subsidized federal student loans is …

Weekly Media Round Up: May 2, 2025

Welcome to the Media Round Up! Each week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. Hitting a paywall? Some sources allow a few free articles without a subscription, and your university or local library may offer free access. For example, AU students, faculty, and staff have access to popular newspapers through the …

The Problem: The Broken Rung

Women are ­doing every­thing they can to prepare themselves for successful ­careers, especially when it comes to their educations. Women earn degrees at higher rates than men, and on average graduate with better grades. However, despite getting 59% of U.S. college degrees today, women represent only 48% of those entering the corporate workforce. And at …

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