Militarizing Schools Isn’t the Answer to Gun Violence Militarizing Schools Isn’t the Answer to Gun Violence
We’ll soon graduate a generation of young people who may have trouble reading and writing and adding but will be experts at ducking and covering.
Jul 1, 2022 / StudentNation / William Astore
How Paula Rego’s Abortion Pictures Changed the Conversation How Paula Rego’s Abortion Pictures Changed the Conversation
When well-meaning critics described her subjects as downtrodden, Rego shot back, “These women are not victims.”
Jul 1, 2022 / Margaret Spillane
The Biden Administration Needs to Act Like a Blue State The Biden Administration Needs to Act Like a Blue State
California, Oregon, and Washington are taking more action to protect abortion rights than the federal government.
Jul 1, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky
Is Our First Black Female Supreme Court Justice “Integrating Into a Burning House”? Is Our First Black Female Supreme Court Justice “Integrating Into a Burning House”?
I watched Ketanji Brown Jackson’s swearing-in with happiness, but she was sworn in with the dumpster fire of this last term blazing in the background.
Jun 30, 2022 / Joan Walsh
Warning: This Supreme Court Is Hazardous to Your Health Warning: This Supreme Court Is Hazardous to Your Health
The past week has effectively supplied us with the data on two natural experiments that reveal just how dangerous this court is.
Jun 30, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves
What Young People Face Without “Roe” What Young People Face Without “Roe”
With power in the hands of the states after Dobbs v. Jackson, college students are ready to continue the decades-long fight for abortion rights.
Jun 30, 2022 / StudentNation / Sofia Andrade
Michele Goodwin on the End of Abortion and Anatol Lieven on Ukraine Michele Goodwin on the End of Abortion and Anatol Lieven on Ukraine
On this episode of Start Making Sense, we revisit the history of forced pregnancy under the slave regime in antebellum America, and speculate on how the war will end in Ukraine.
Jun 30, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
Life After “Roe” Will Be Worse Than We Feared Life After “Roe” Will Be Worse Than We Feared
We are dealing with religious fanatics, with police chiefs on a mission and prosecutors looking to make their careers in deeply red places.
Jun 29, 2022 / Katha Pollitt
Mark Meadows Is the Biggest January 6 Coward. Also, Perhaps, a Criminal. Mark Meadows Is the Biggest January 6 Coward. Also, Perhaps, a Criminal.
The Trump chief of staff should be in prosecutors’ crosshairs, not for his cowardice but for his support for Trump’s violent coup attempt.
Jun 29, 2022 / Joan Walsh
Harlem Renaissance! Harlem Renaissance!
Mural at 125th Street, NYC.
Jun 29, 2022 / OppArt / Anonymous and Peter Kuper