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Illegal Abortion Is Dangerous, Birth Control Works, and Other Inconvenient Truths for Pro-Lifers Illegal Abortion Is Dangerous, Birth Control Works, and Other Inconvenient Truths for Pro-Lifers

Ross Douthat thinks abortion could be criminalized without sacrificing women’s equality or well-being. He’s sorely mistaken.

Sep 24, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Hear! Hear! George Scialabba

Hear! Hear! George Scialabba Hear! Hear! George Scialabba

A gathering of luminaries and friends—including artist Joseph Ciardiello, with this drawing—celebrated the essayist and critic on the day of his retirement.

Sep 24, 2015 / Rick Perlstein

This Isn’t the Roberts Court—It’s the Kennedy Court

This Isn’t the Roberts Court—It’s the Kennedy Court This Isn’t the Roberts Court—It’s the Kennedy Court

The Court’s results are mixed, not because of John Roberts’s leadership but because of Anthony Kennedy’s more balanced commitments.

Sep 24, 2015 / Feature / David Cole

The Promise of Jeremy Corbyn’s Victory

The Promise of Jeremy Corbyn’s Victory The Promise of Jeremy Corbyn’s Victory

He’s attracted more than 60,000 new members to the Labour Party, idealists inspired by a candidate offering more than cosmetic change.

Sep 24, 2015 / D.D. Guttenplan

Hairs to the Throne

Hairs to the Throne Hairs to the Throne

(Illustration: Victor Juhasz)…

Sep 24, 2015 / Victor Juhasz

Naples, Italy.

Conditions of Emergence: On Elena Ferrante Conditions of Emergence: On Elena Ferrante

In the pseudonymous author’s Neapolitan Novels, the price of leaving Naples is that you can never be at home again.

Sep 24, 2015 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

The Death of the Class-Action Lawsuit?

The Death of the Class-Action Lawsuit? The Death of the Class-Action Lawsuit?

Class actions were the weapon of the people—until the Roberts Court made it nearly impossible to file one.

Sep 24, 2015 / Feature / Herman Schwartz

Search and seizure: A drug bust in Kalamazoo, Michigan, November 12, 2009. (Credit: John Gress / Reuters)

Think Police Can’t Use Illegally Obtained Evidence Against You? Think Again. Think Police Can’t Use Illegally Obtained Evidence Against You? Think Again.

Thanks to the Roberts Court, there’s no penalty for ignoring a key 4th Amendment protection.

Sep 24, 2015 / Feature / Paul Butler

Unions in Jeopardy

Unions in Jeopardy Unions in Jeopardy

For decades the Supreme Court supported rules to protect collective bargaining. That era is over.

Sep 24, 2015 / Feature / Lily Eskelsen García

John Roberts Dismantled the ‘Crown Jewel’ of the Civil-Rights Movement

John Roberts Dismantled the ‘Crown Jewel’ of the Civil-Rights Movement John Roberts Dismantled the ‘Crown Jewel’ of the Civil-Rights Movement

The Supreme Court said that times have changed. So why were 180 restrictive voting laws passed after it gutted the Voting Rights Act?

Sep 24, 2015 / Feature / Theodore M. Shaw

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