“Too much of the media has been focused on the Washington blame game,” Nation editor-in-chief Katrina vanden Heuvel says, “and women and children’s voices have been absent from so many of the conversations.” Speaking on To The Contrary, vanden Heuvel sheds light on the panoply of programs integral to women’s lives that are getting the axe.

—James Cersonsky

The Republican Party is trying its hardest to attract women voters, quips Tom Tomorrow.