Katha Pollitt | The Nation

I'd like to get away with a crime, too. How great a writer do I have to be to have the Swiss government protect me?

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Some pointers for the president's meeting with King Abdullah.

Having trouble picturing the extent of the damage? This website pours it all over your address.

The abortion rights cause has suffered by being cut off from the larger story of reproductive and sexual life, which is much more complex than can be captured by either "choice" or “freedom.”

The Kentucky crackpot wants less regulation on businesses, but more regulation on women's health.

I'm blogging to raise $$$$ for the National Network of Abortion Funds. Can you help? I'll give you a book!

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As if things couldn't get any worse for Haiti, 1.2 million people are now homeless, living in crowded makeshift open-air "spontaneous settlements" without shelter beyond maybe a bedsheet. The rainy season is on its way. It's hard to imagine the misery – no protection from the elements, no sanitation--to say nothing of the risks of epidemic disease.