At Catholic Hospitals, a ‘Right to Life’ but Not a Right to Death At Catholic Hospitals, a ‘Right to Life’ but Not a Right to Death
Five states permit doctors to help terminally ill patients end their lives, but Catholic hospitals still refuse to let their patients “die with dignity.”
Oct 8, 2015 / Katherine Stewart
Fetal-Tissue Bans Are All About Making Abortion Providers Look Like Monsters Fetal-Tissue Bans Are All About Making Abortion Providers Look Like Monsters
Life-saving research is collateral damage in the war on Planned Parenthood.
Oct 8, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Culture That Capitalism Created The Culture That Capitalism Created
An interview with Boots Riley.
Oct 8, 2015 / Laura Flanders
Why We Can’t Have Nice Things—Like Gun Control Why We Can’t Have Nice Things—Like Gun Control
Gun extremists in Congress, heavily backed by weapons manufacturers and the NRA, wield wildly disproportionate influence.
Oct 8, 2015 / The Editors
Letters From the October 26, 2015, Issue Letters From the October 26, 2015, Issue
Papal buzzkill… sister act… Bern, baby, bern… fuzzy math?… Greider the great…
Oct 8, 2015 / Our Readers and Bryce Covert
Comix Nation Comix Nation
Oct 8, 2015 / Jen Sorensen
Major Report Exposes Insidious Campaign Against Pro-Palestine Activists on US Campuses Major Report Exposes Insidious Campaign Against Pro-Palestine Activists on US Campuses
Universities often face overwhelming, disproportionate pressure from powerful donors to censor the speech of professors and students.
Oct 8, 2015 / Radhika Sainath
Ben Carson Just Keeps Getting More Awful. Why? Ben Carson Just Keeps Getting More Awful. Why?
The mild-mannered reactionary used to be the anti-Trump. Now he’s one-upping him on guns. This won’t end well.
Oct 7, 2015 / Joan Walsh
Insider Trading Hits the Sports World Insider Trading Hits the Sports World
FanDuel and DraftKings are enmeshed in a rank scandal whose stink has spread to their sports league partners as well as ESPN.
Oct 7, 2015 / Dave Zirin
The New Cold War Is Now Being Waged on Three Fronts: Ukraine, Europe and Syria The New Cold War Is Now Being Waged on Three Fronts: Ukraine, Europe and Syria
It need not be on any of them.
Oct 7, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen