Ron Unz, Latinos, Liberals, and Scholarship Ron Unz, Latinos, Liberals, and Scholarship
I was not surprised by "HisPANIC: the Myth of Immigrant Crime," Ron Unz's article in The American Conservative showing that Latinos in the US have a crime rate no higher...
Feb 11, 2010 / Katha Pollitt
How to Counterbalance Focus on the Family on Superbowl Sunday How to Counterbalance Focus on the Family on Superbowl Sunday
So here it is, Superbowl Sunday, or as I prefer to call it, Focus on the Fetus Sunday. If you support women's right to decide for themselves when and if to continue a pregnancy, ...
Feb 7, 2010 / Katha Pollitt
Focus on the Fetus Focus on the Fetus
The trouble with protesting the Tim Tebow ad: all most people see is pro-choicers trying to shut up a brave mother and her son.
Feb 4, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Please Support Partners in Health’s relief work in Haiti Please Support Partners in Health’s relief work in Haiti
If you've been wondering how and where to donate to Haiti relief work, have meant to give but haven't yet done so, have given already but can give more ($10?), you can't do better ...
Jan 27, 2010 / Katha Pollitt
Nazia Quazi Update Nazia Quazi Update
There's been a new development since my last column appeared: the Embassy has told Ms. Quazi to send an itinerary for her departure. What that means is unclear, because she still ...
Jan 23, 2010 / Katha Pollitt
Free Nazia Quazi Free Nazia Quazi
How far have women come if a country like Canada permits a father to imprison his daughter in the cage of Saudi laws?
Jan 21, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Decade in Feminism, Continued The Decade in Feminism, Continued
Surveying a decade of feminism in 1000 words was clearly beyond my powers of compression even after I'd jettisoned the whole world outside the United States. Several people wr...
Jan 15, 2010 / Katha Pollitt
The Decade for Women: Forward, Backward, Sideways? The Decade for Women: Forward, Backward, Sideways?
Feminist highs and lows of the first decade of the 2000s.
Jan 7, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt
More Ways to Give! More Ways to Give!
One very irate reader complains in the bletters section that Palestine is missing from my donations column. MADRE, which partners with sister organizations around the world, supp...
Dec 23, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
Time to Get Out Those Checkbooks Time to Get Out Those Checkbooks
Economists agree: Christmas presents are a waste of money. Give to these worthy charities instead.
Dec 16, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt