Nation Topics - Gender and Sexuality | The Nation

After the 2012 elections, women in Washington have a long to-do list—and it doesn’t stop at reproductive rights.

Hate crimes in America—and elsewhere—add up to the world’s longest war. 

Life on San Francisco’s streets for women over 50 is filled with hardships, small and large.

Planned Parenthood has concluded that “choice” is not always the best rallying cry. But it can still pack a punch.

After taking some hits, the movement for abortion rights is pushing back—and has some new tricks up its sleeve.

Exploding the myth of the “two Indias,” the brutal attacks on women have shown that there is only one, where social Darwinism reigns. 

Refusing to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, Republicans are leaving rape victims with few options.

Long waits and too few providers are consigning more and more women to illegal abortions.

Our civil rights discourse must address the ways our institutions systemically oppress certain communities.