Gender and Sexuality

Protesters at Women's March

Our March Into Power Our March Into Power

The battle ahead is daunting, but for the first time since the election I feel we have a fighting chance to topple tyranny.

Jan 23, 2017 / Pamela Newkirk

Taconic Correctional Facility in Bedford Hills, N.Y.

Why It Matters That an Imprisoned Domestic-Violence Survivor Was Granted Clemency Why It Matters That an Imprisoned Domestic-Violence Survivor Was Granted Clemency

Only three survivors have been granted clemency in New York State history. Will others follow?

Jan 23, 2017 / Victoria Law

Photos of Resistance: Inside the DC Women’s March

Photos of Resistance: Inside the DC Women’s March Photos of Resistance: Inside the DC Women’s March

Over 500,000 people flooded the streets of the nation’s capital to protest everything President Trump stands for.

Jan 22, 2017 / Photo Essay / Tracie Williams

Pussy Power Fights Back

Pussy Power Fights Back Pussy Power Fights Back

In rallies around the world, millions of people—women and men—stand up to the grabber in chief.

Jan 21, 2017 / Joan Walsh

A Brief History of Women’s Protests

A Brief History of Women’s Protests A Brief History of Women’s Protests

Starting from Lysistrata.

Jan 19, 2017 / Michelle Dean

Abortion access

Reproductive Rights Are More Popular Than Ever, but Anti-Choice Lawmakers Are About to Take Power Reproductive Rights Are More Popular Than Ever, but Anti-Choice Lawmakers Are About to Take Power

Just as the pro-choice movement is getting proactive, Washington will get even more hostile.

Jan 19, 2017 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Utah Protesters

How to Resist Donald Trump in DC This Weekend How to Resist Donald Trump in DC This Weekend

Are you traveling to the nation’s capital this weekend? Here’s what you can do. 

Jan 18, 2017 / no-paywall / George Zornick

Chelsea Manning Photo

Chelsea Manning Will Be Free! Chelsea Manning Will Be Free!

How Obama came to commute Manning’s sentence, and what her leaks revealed about America.

Jan 17, 2017 / Interview / Greg Grandin and Chase Madar

Sanctuary City Immigration

This Weekend, Join Rallies to Protect Immigrants and Save Our Health Care This Weekend, Join Rallies to Protect Immigrants and Save Our Health Care

The fight against Donald Trump’s scary, damaging agenda has already begun.

Jan 13, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction

What Happens to a Feminist Dream Deferred?

What Happens to a Feminist Dream Deferred? What Happens to a Feminist Dream Deferred?

Three writers consider what the 2016 election reveals about the state of feminism today.

Jan 12, 2017 / That’s Debatable / Melissa Murray, Kathleen Geier, and Catherine Powell

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