Politics

How I Won a Florida Swing Seat as a Proud Abortion-Rights Supporter

How I Won a Florida Swing Seat as a Proud Abortion-Rights Supporter How I Won a Florida Swing Seat as a Proud Abortion-Rights Supporter

Consultants advised me not to talk about my work for Planned Parenthood. But I didn’t want to win an election if I could not be myself, and supporting reproductive freedom is found...

Dec 3, 2019 / Anna Eskamani

Republican Attacks on Abortion Don’t Send Democrats Running Scared Anymore

Republican Attacks on Abortion Don’t Send Democrats Running Scared Anymore Republican Attacks on Abortion Don’t Send Democrats Running Scared Anymore

In Virginia, Democrats won back the statehouse despite Republicans’ blatant lies.

Dec 3, 2019 / Feature / Joan Walsh

Meet the Fringe Zealot Behind One of the Country’s Most Extreme Anti-Abortion Measures

Meet the Fringe Zealot Behind One of the Country’s Most Extreme Anti-Abortion Measures Meet the Fringe Zealot Behind One of the Country’s Most Extreme Anti-Abortion Measures

Janet Folger Porter was once deemed too radical even for conservatives. Now she’s behind a wave of “heartbeat” bans sweeping the states.

Dec 3, 2019 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter

The Politics of Abortion Is Entering a New Era

The Politics of Abortion Is Entering a New Era The Politics of Abortion Is Entering a New Era

The Supreme Court won’t protect abortion access anymore. But thousands of activists will.

Dec 3, 2019 / Emily Douglas

The Grassroots Abortion-Access Movement: An Interactive Map

The Grassroots Abortion-Access Movement: An Interactive Map The Grassroots Abortion-Access Movement: An Interactive Map

There’s a nationwide movement of abortion clinics, abortion funds, doula networks, and organizing efforts fighting to close the gap between the right to an abortion, and access to ...

Dec 3, 2019 / The Nation

‘We Are So Much More Than Victims’

‘We Are So Much More Than Victims’ ‘We Are So Much More Than Victims’

Batool was just a teenager when the Syrian civil war broke out. After living through the worst of the fighting and years in exile, she’s making a new life in Berkeley.

Dec 2, 2019 / John Washington

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Donald Trump Is a Category 5 Political Disaster Donald Trump Is a Category 5 Political Disaster

Instead of amplifying his dangerous rhetoric, the mainstream media should be covering the real victims of his rule.

Dec 2, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt

Workers Are Heading Back to the Picket Lines

Workers Are Heading Back to the Picket Lines Workers Are Heading Back to the Picket Lines

Despite job growth, employees face daunting precarity—and they’re fed up.

Dec 2, 2019 / Bryce Covert

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Fetal Personhood Is Maternal Punishment Fetal Personhood Is Maternal Punishment

When society values the life of a fetus over that of a living person, women pay the steepest price.

Dec 2, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Dooming the Paris Climate Accord

Dooming the Paris Climate Accord Dooming the Paris Climate Accord

Trump takes out the USA and the world.

Nov 29, 2019 / OppArt / Randall Enos

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