Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Courtesy of Carl Timpone) A teacher who wouldn't cast her as a princess in a kindergarten skit shaped Kimberlé Crenshaw's views.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Civil rights advocate and legal scholar Kimberle Crenshaw speaks in New York City on Feb. 7, 2015. Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images In ...

“I don’t go to bed at night feeling bad about what MAGA has to say regarding critical race theory, intersectionality or Black people—they are on brand,” says Crenshaw, ground-breaking feminist thinker ...

Intersectionality is heralded as a solution for societal ills and condemned for undermining rational thought. To the degree that she can, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw prefers to steer clear of the ...

We speak with renowned legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw about right-wing efforts to curtail the teaching of African American history, queer studies and other subjects that focus on marginalized ...

In a new memoir, the legal expert shares how her experiences as a Black woman gave rise to frameworks the far-right has tried to weaponize. A teacher who wouldn’t cast her as a princess in a ...

In modern conversations on race and politics, a popular buzzword has emerged to describe the impact of belonging to multiple social categories. Known as intersectionality, the social theory has a ...

This story was originally reported by Sierra Lyons of The 19th. Meet Sierra and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. A teacher who wouldn’t cast her as a princess in a ...