Keeping Focus on Fighting Genital Mutilation Keeping Focus on Fighting Genital Mutilation
Is the campaign to fight female genital mutilation meeting new resistance not only in traditional societies but among Western anthropologists?
Nov 3, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Marriage in Maine in Dead Heat Marriage in Maine in Dead Heat
On November 3, Mainers will decide whether to keep a law that made Maine the fifth state to legalize same-sex marriage. Polls predict a nail-biting finish.
Nov 2, 2009 / Feature / Daniel Chandler
Where’s the Birth Control? Where’s the Birth Control?
Another complication in healthcare reform legislation has emerged: so far, it fails to require insurers to cover basic preventive services for women, including contraception.
Oct 30, 2009 / Sharon Lerner
A New Generation Rises at J Street A New Generation Rises at J Street
The new progressive Jewish organization J Street has benefited from the blogosphere's interest. But will exposure turn into political mobilization?
Oct 29, 2009 / Feature / Britt Harwood
Working Women: Strength in Numbers Working Women: Strength in Numbers
First feminism was dead because it was a "failure"; now it's dead because it was such a success.
Oct 28, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Right to Remain Naked? The Right to Remain Naked?
Obsessions over sex have little to do with sexual behavior and everything to do with policing.
Oct 28, 2009 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Big League Blues Big League Blues
The NFL is only the highest-profile example of the economic crisis pervading the world of sports.
Oct 28, 2009 / Dave Zirin
Ten Things You Can Do to Reduce Incarceration Ten Things You Can Do to Reduce Incarceration
Come out of the closet about your drug use; hire a formerly incarcerated person; vote for politicians who are smart on crime.
Oct 28, 2009 / The Nation
Joe Lieberman and the Opt-Out Revolution Joe Lieberman and the Opt-Out Revolution
Progressives rejoiced when Sen. Harry Reid announced that the Senate healthcare bill would include a public option. But the jubilation was short-lived.
Oct 28, 2009 / Feature / Lindsay Beyerstein
Judge Real in Alex Sanchez Case Is Surreal Judge Real in Alex Sanchez Case Is Surreal
The evidence against Alex Sanchez is quite refutable, but that assumes a fair trial. And that's not possible in Judge Real's courtroom.
Oct 28, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden