In the midst of the #MeToo movement and in the wake of gymnastic doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse trial, Congress members of both parties vote to protect young athletes.
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Gold Medalist Aly Raisman is Suing Olympic Organizations for Failing to Stop Larry Nassar
The former gymnast claims the organizations were well aware of Larry Nassar’s decades-long abuse and molestation of young athletes—and did nothing to intervene.
Team USA’s Women Athletes are Winning Big in PyeongChang
Team USA has moved up to fourth place in medals won at the 2018 Winter Olympics—and the nation has women to thank for it.
What the Global Community Can Learn from Korea’s Olympic Unification
In the midst of a “my nuclear button is bigger than yours” competition between the President of the United States and the North Korean Supreme Leader, the Unified Korean Women’s Hockey team is exactly the type of “sports diplomacy” the world needs right now.
We Heart: The Women Athletes Getting Political in PyeongChang
Sports and politics have long been intertwined. With the 2018 Winter Olympics in full swing, athletes—especially female athletes—are speaking out.
It Stops Now: Justice Has Finally Been Served to Larry Nassar’s Victims
Judge Rosemarie Aquilina sentenced Larry Nassar, a now-disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor accused of sexual assault and abuse by over 160 girls and women, to up to 175 years in prison—telling him she had “just signed [his] death warrant.”
Strong is the New Pretty
In a time of fear and cynicism, it’s easy to feel powerless. But we could do this one thing—we could watch and hope, listen to the anthems, celebrate the warriors.
10 Women Who Made Olympic History in Rio
65 new Olympic and 19 world records set at the 2016 Games. Many of those new records – as well as some Olympic firsts — were achieved by women.
Claressa Shields is Another Olympian Breaking Boundaries for Women and Girls
Women’s boxing will not even be televised on most channels, and fans have to find the matches online. But this stigma won’t stop Shields. After all, she is a fighter.
Seeing Women Slay Matters
Women’s victories, in Rio and in U.S. politics, have elicited at least one shared reaction—that they will inspire future generations of women and girls to compete. But does—and will—it work?