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Katha Pollitt

I don't like face-veiling either. But how does criminalizing Muslim women's clothing make them more equal?

If the boom years failed to lift poor mothers into the middle class, how are they faring now that the middle class is becoming the new poor?

For the Christian right, to reject a bigoted preacher is to deny "the right to pray."

Germany has problems--but on healthcare and gun control, it's way ahead of the States.

The Catholic Church's moral authority in the secular world is the most detestable aspect of the current scandal.

It's our turn now--and here's our list.

What makes for the most gender-egalitarian country in the world?

The Blue Dogs have gotten into his head.

Katha Pollitt is well known for her wit and her keen sense of both the...

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