NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

Women's soccer shows how far we've come since Title IX – and what battles remain

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor

Five members of the women’s national soccer team recently filed a complaint alleging the sport’s governing body in the U.S. violated the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by paying them less than the men.

In their complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the women detail how their pay and...

Read more: Women's soccer shows how far we've come since Title IX – and what battles remain

More Articles ...

  1. Offshore drilling: why it makes economic sense to wait
  2. The novel and play that predicted Donald Trump's rise – and countered a swell of Great Depression demagoguery
  3. Reconsidering Body Worlds: why do we still flock to exhibits of dead human beings?
  4. Taxpayers beware: tax software may end up costing more than you think
  5. The most American pop culture phenomenon of them all
  6. Will a new government report on health dangers of climate change get people to care? The science says: perhaps
  7. Tiny flea reveals the devastating costs of invasive species
  8. Four questions Belgians should ask about the Patriot Act
  9. Customer service on hold: we hate phone menus and don’t trust virtual assistants like Siri
  10. Are drones really dangerous to airplanes?
  11. We need a national conversation about sensible drone laws
  12. Are robots taking our jobs?
  13. What schools don't tell you about campus sexual assault
  14. Do prehistoric Pueblo populist revolutions presage American politics today?
  15. Will the Tesla Model 3 recharge the U.S. electric vehicle market?
  16. Why make-believe play is an important part of childhood development
  17. Winning Wisconsin won't fix Bernie Sanders' superdelegate problem
  18. From Panama papers to Brazilian bribes: why corruption is so costly
  19. When covering elections, journalists face a debilitating dilemma
  20. How drones can improve scientific research in the field
  21. Why X-ray astronomers are anxious for good news from troubled Hitomi satellite
  22. Fewer poor students are being enrolled in state universities. Here's why
  23. 'What has happened to the American Dream?'
  24. From Panama papers to Brazilian bribes: why corruption is so bad
  25. Are Trump and Sanders rewriting the rules on money in politics?
  26. What's the backlash against gender-neutral bathrooms all about?
  27. Can I trust my robot? And should my robot trust me?
  28. Aging voting machines threaten election integrity
  29. CRISPR dispute raises bigger patent issues that we're not talking about
  30. Doctors don't talk to their patients about sexual health. Here's why they should
  31. Is the American Dream dead?
  32. Explainer: What do child prodigies have in common with kids with autism?
  33. Who needs to be in an ICU? It's hard for doctors to tell
  34. Syrian refugees next door?
  35. Why so many Americans think they're #blessed
  36. How can we help young adults with autism thrive in the workplace?
  37. Why is the U.S. unwilling to pay for good public transportation?
  38. When will rooftop solar be cheaper than the grid? Here's a map
  39. Why so many baseball experts whiffed with last year's predictions
  40. We need to look beyond unemployment to fix labor market inequality
  41. ISIS has changed international law
  42. The waning influence of American political parties
  43. Eco-authenticity: advocating for a low-carbon world while living a high-carbon lifestyle
  44. Why the new SAT is a reminder to improve the teaching of writing
  45. Know your bugs – a closer look at viruses, bacteria, and parasites
  46. How Anonymous hacked Donald Trump
  47. Tuberculosis kills thousands of people every day – we aren't doing enough to stop it
  48. A new strategy for drought-stressed cities: graywater recycling
  49. How the Supreme Court made economic inequality a whole lot worse
  50. What if the FBI tried to crack an Android phone? We attacked one to find out