Nation Topics - Gender and Sexuality | The Nation

Yes, the NRA and ALEC pushed pro-gun bills, but they were helped in many instances by Democrats too afraid to take on one of the culture war’s signal issues.

The brouhaha over Hilary Rosen’s comments was not really about whether what stay-home mothers do is work.

Mark Jordan and Jay Michaelson seek hope for gay religious practice in heretical churches and the Hebrew Bible.

The texting, globe-trotting secretary of state has become the Post-Teen Choice Favorite. But memification carries its own pitfalls.

Who will speak for the rights of the unborn now that Rick Santorum is gone from the race? 

It is a painfully awkward dance for a party more accustomed to trampling on women’s rights.

The Supreme Court—as well as the Obama administration—upholds the right of the world’s biggest jailer to strip everyone who comes into its grasp.

If they believe that in exercising control over women's reproductive functions, they will also control women's voices, they are wrong.

Dale Carpenter's exceptional account of the history of Lawrence v. Texas.

The pursuit of reproductive freedom and civil freedom need to be seen as one and the same.