Does Talking About ‘Women’ Exclude Transgender People From the Fight for Abortion Rights? Does Talking About ‘Women’ Exclude Transgender People From the Fight for Abortion Rights?

Abortion fund activists respond to Katha Pollitt’s opposition to gender-neutral language.

Apr 22, 2015 / Our Readers and Katha Pollitt

The Old Consciousness The Old Consciousness

Hilary Mantel and Penelope Fitzgerald have saved historical fiction from a middlebrow wasteland.

Apr 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Leo Robson

In Our Orbit: Vigilance In Our Orbit: Vigilance

In Eric Foner’s Gateway to Freedom, the Underground Railroad is a network of dignity and defiance.

Apr 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner

Rivalries Rivalries

Clouds of Sils Maria is prolonged debate about the passage of time and the ceaseless rivalry of generations.

Apr 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Out of Habit Out of Habit

The soldier the patrol forgot in the garden, the patrol the border guards forgot at the checkpoint, the checkpoint the occupation forgot at the doorstep, the occupation the politician forgot in our lives, the politician who was a soldier of the occupation. The Merkava the army forgot at the school, the army the war forgot in the city, the war the general forgot in the room, the general whom peace forgot in our sleep, the peace that was driving the Merkava. They still open fire at our heads, without orders, just like that, out of habit. (translated from the Arabic by Fady Joudah)

Apr 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ghassan Zaqtan

Shelf Life Shelf Life

“There is no such thing as not voting” is the faith that Darryl Pinckney grew up in.

Apr 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman

At Least 10 Opposition Figures Have Died in Ukraine Just This Year At Least 10 Opposition Figures Have Died in Ukraine Just This Year

The spate of murders and suspicious suicides does not bode well for Ukraine’s democracy.

Apr 21, 2015 / James Carden

Comix Nation Comix Nation

Apr 21, 2015 / Matt Bors

Snapshot: Scorched Earth in California Snapshot: Scorched Earth in California

Apr 21, 2015 / Lucy Nicholson

Reading I.F. Stone on Earth Day: Why We Still Won’t Get Anywhere Unless We Connect the Dots Reading I.F. Stone on Earth Day: Why We Still Won’t Get Anywhere Unless We Connect the Dots

The ecological movement will get nowhere unless it recognizes the overlapping crises facing our society.

Apr 21, 2015 / Naomi Klein