Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. An “intersection,” we all know, is where two streets cross, or “intersect.” We usually think of an “intersection” as ...

What is intersectionality? This relatively new term has to do with each individual's unique experiences of discrimination and stigma, experiencing intersecting layers of oppression from different ...

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Kimberlé Crenshaw, the law professor at Columbia and UCLA who coined the term intersectionality to describe the way people’s social identities can overlap, tells TIME about the politicization of her ...

If someone were to randomly ask me, “What are you?” I’d think they were asking me about my race—I’m Filipino and white, but those aren’t the only aspects of my identity that define me as a person. I’m ...

Among the many questions raised concerning intersectionality and human rights in Egypt and Lebanon, none revolved around where to draw the line with sexual and gender oppression. That line has already ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation once hosted an employee training session focused on the concept of intersectionality, according to new documents. The documents came to light shortly after it was ...

The 2019 International Women’s Day asks a necessary and provocative question: How can we move toward a more gender-balanced world? More than a day on the calendar, International Women’s Day is the ...

Earlier this week, an auditorium of young people at Lewis & Clark Law School was prevented from hearing the ideas of a speaker whom a student organization invited to campus when protesters exercised a ...