Society

Will Anna Politkovskaya’s Killer Finally Face Justice? Will Anna Politkovskaya’s Killer Finally Face Justice?

Five years after the death of the Russian journalist, police have arrested a central figure in the murder. But will the investigation get to the bottom of all the uncomfortable tru...

Oct 7, 2011 / Adam Federman

Militarism as a Family Value Militarism as a Family Value

At the Value Voters Summit in Washington, Republicans claim we cannot safely trim Defense spending. 

Oct 7, 2011 / Ben Adler

Free Speech, the Pro-Israel Lobby, and the Case of the ‘Irvine 11’ Free Speech, the Pro-Israel Lobby, and the Case of the ‘Irvine 11’

The “Irvine 11” are fast becoming First Amendment poster children. A closer look at the long history of several external organizations’ interest in their case, ho...

Oct 6, 2011 / StudentNation / Uzma Kolsy

The Legacy of Anita Hill, Then and Now

The Legacy of Anita Hill, Then and Now The Legacy of Anita Hill, Then and Now

Her Senate testimony made her into a feminist icon, but her new book underscores her enduring career as a professor and writer.

Oct 5, 2011 / Feature / Patricia J. Williams

A Thank-You Note to Anita Hill A Thank-You Note to Anita Hill

Because you spoke out twenty years ago, women no longer shrug off sexual harassment—we press charges.

Oct 5, 2011 / Feature / Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Black Women Still in Defense of Ourselves Black Women Still in Defense of Ourselves

Sexual harassment had been a common experience of black women’s work life since they arrived in America, and it was black women plaintiffs who first comprehended that sexual ...

Oct 5, 2011 / Feature / Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw

How Anita Hill Changed the World How Anita Hill Changed the World

From SlutWalks to class action lawsuits to ordinary women feeling empowered to speak out against sexual harassment—that’s change we can believe in.
 

Oct 5, 2011 / Feature / Katha Pollitt

Taking Up the Legacy of Anita Hill

Taking Up the Legacy of Anita Hill Taking Up the Legacy of Anita Hill

She put sexual harassment on the map, but twenty years later, more than half of all high school and college age women report being harassed.

Oct 5, 2011 / Feature / Jessica Valenti

Ban Birth Control? They Wouldn’t Dare…

Ban Birth Control? They Wouldn’t Dare… Ban Birth Control? They Wouldn’t Dare…

Wake up, sleepyheads: the antichoicers are coming for contraception.

Oct 5, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt

‘If the South Would Have Won’: The NFL and Hank Williams Jr. ‘If the South Would Have Won’: The NFL and Hank Williams Jr.

Hank Williams Jr compared Obama to Hitler. ESPN seemed surprised. We shouldn’t be.

Oct 5, 2011 / Dave Zirin

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