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How the US Denies Justice to Victims of Sexual Violence Worldwide

How the US Denies Justice to Victims of Sexual Violence Worldwide How the US Denies Justice to Victims of Sexual Violence Worldwide

The Helms Amendment bans the use of US foreign aid for all abortion care, including for victims of sexual assault. This International Women's Day, it's time to remember the...

Mar 8, 2013 / Jessica Arons

This International Women’s Day, Remember: Saudi Women Still Can’t Drive

This International Women’s Day, Remember: Saudi Women Still Can’t Drive This International Women’s Day, Remember: Saudi Women Still Can’t Drive

As long as the ban continues, the theocracy should at least give women access to affordable transportation—but it won’t budge.

Mar 7, 2013 / Katha Pollitt

Looking Back, Moving Forward Looking Back, Moving Forward

Journalists need to hold themselves to higher standards, as do their ombudsmen.

Mar 7, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Supreme Court: Uphold the Voting Rights Act!

Supreme Court: Uphold the Voting Rights Act! Supreme Court: Uphold the Voting Rights Act!

Section 5 is as necessary today as it was in 1965, when Alabama state troopers beat freedom marchers in Selma.

Mar 6, 2013 / Ari Berman

Who’s Afraid of Sheryl Sandberg?

Who’s Afraid of Sheryl Sandberg? Who’s Afraid of Sheryl Sandberg?

Feminists were quick—too quick—to question the Facebook COO's motives for writing Lean In, her self-help manifesto.

Mar 6, 2013 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Why Major League Baseball Owners Will Cheer the Death of Hugo Chavez

Why Major League Baseball Owners Will Cheer the Death of Hugo Chavez Why Major League Baseball Owners Will Cheer the Death of Hugo Chavez

The late president wanted to protect Venezuelan players shipped off to the US—not exactly something the MLB empire eagerly embraced.

Mar 6, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Anatomy of a Failed Campus: What Happened At NYU’s Tisch Asia? Anatomy of a Failed Campus: What Happened At NYU’s Tisch Asia?

Amid the university's rapid international expansion, there is a story of an NYU campus that failed. So what happened in Singapore? It depends who you ask. 

Mar 6, 2013 / StudentNation / Zoƫ Schlanger and StudentNation

Jellyfish or Fossil? On Louis Agassiz

Jellyfish or Fossil? On Louis Agassiz Jellyfish or Fossil? On Louis Agassiz

Frustrated, stubborn, committed to bad science, was Louis Agassiz anything other than a laughingstock?

Mar 6, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Wineapple

INFOGRAPHIC: How Universal Preschool Is an Economic Boon to Working Mothers

INFOGRAPHIC: How Universal Preschool Is an Economic Boon to Working Mothers INFOGRAPHIC: How Universal Preschool Is an Economic Boon to Working Mothers

Working parents will benefit enormously from an affordable, quality place to send their kids.

Mar 6, 2013 / Bryce Covert

Reading Bob Woodward

Reading Bob Woodward Reading Bob Woodward

 A smoking-gun demonstration of how the formerly great reporter trims his sails according to the power politics of the moment.

Mar 6, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

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