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Men’s And Women’s NCAA March Madness Facilities, Separate And Unequal, Spark Uproar

By NPR News March 20, 2021

Connecticut guard Saylor Poffenbarger (4) is defended by St. John's guard Danaijah Williams (24) and forward Cecilia Holmberg (11) during the fourth quarter of an NCAA college basketball game in New York last month. The women's NCAA championship begins Sunday. CREDIT: Kathy Willens/AP

While the set-up for the men's teams included a number of power racks with Olympic bars and weights, the women were provided with a set of dumbbells and yoga mats for the three weeks they will be in the tournament bubble. The post created another sort of March Madness.Read More

How Bernice Sandler, ‘Godmother Of Title IX,’ Achieved Landmark Discrimination Ban

By NPR News January 12, 2019

Bernice "Bunny" Sandler battled discrimination on the basis of sex, helping create Title IX legislation to give women and girls more opportunities in education and athletics. CREDIT: J.M. Eddins Jr./MCT via Getty Images

Bernice Sandler, the "godmother of Title IX" who died recently at the age of 90, is being remembered this week for her lifelong fight to reverse decades of institutional bias in U.S. schools and open new paths for women and girls.Read More

Betsy Devos Proposes New Education Dept. Rules To Protect Students Accused Of Sexual Assault

By Scott Leadingham November 16, 2018

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks with the media after a series of listening sessions about campus sexual violence in July 2017. Among the significant changes is that schools can make it harder to prove allegations. Alex Brandon/AP

Among the significant changes is that schools could make it harder to prove allegations. Instead of only a "preponderance of the evidence," schools could demand "clear and convincing evidence."Read More