Subject to Debate

Katha Pollitt

Women Who Ran With the Republicans (Politics, Society)

The GOP's hardcore antichoice policies are turning off more and more female voters, creating a huge opportunity for Democrats.

Katha Pollitt

The Bitter Tea of Greg Mortenson

How did he dupe us all? Americans love to be inspired by simple solutions to complicated problems—especially when the solutions are cheap and the problems are far away.

Katha Pollitt

After Budget Showdown, Women Under the Bus (Gender Issues, Conservatives and the American Right)

Planned Parenthood's funding may have survived, but Congress still trampled on women's rights.

Katha Pollitt

Women Under the Budget Knife (Education, Reproductive Rights, Economic Policy)

Despite all the talk of shared sacrifice, the drastic slashes to public sector jobs and social programs will hurt women the most.

Katha Pollitt

In Its Crusade Against Choice, Has the GOP Gone Too Far? (Reproductive Rights, Conservatives and the American Right)

Not content with depriving women of reproductive healthcare, House Republicans want to starve them and their children too.

Katha Pollitt

It Takes a Village, Not a Tiger (Education, Health, Youth, Poverty)

Whether you're a tiger mother, a soccer mom, a helicopter parent or something else, if you're not in poverty, then your kids will probably end up okay.

Katha Pollitt

Dr. Kermit Gosnell's Horror Show (Healthcare Policy, Reproductive Rights)

This is what illegal abortion looks like.

Katha Pollitt

Jared Loughner's Glock: Weapon of Mass Destruction (Guns and Gun Control)

Has it really come to this: an uphill battle to ban a gun that has no purpose except to kill thirty-three people before anyone can stop you?

Katha Pollitt