Platner faces pressure to drop out of Maine Senate race after sexual assault allegation
Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, is facing mounting pressure to drop out of the race following
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From the chatroom to the classroom, these women professors face the manosphere in real life
Julie Shayne has spent the better part of her teaching career navigating campus politics made complicated by being a woman.
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