Katha Pollitt

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Katha Pollitt is a columnist forĀ The Nation.

Raise a Glass to the Stay-at-Home Voter? Raise a Glass to the Stay-at-Home Voter?

Raise a Glass to the Stay-at-Home Voter?

How dismal was election night 2002?

Nov 21, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Letter to an Ex-Contrarian Letter to an Ex-Contrarian

Dear Christopher,

Nov 7, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Can You Spell Cannon Fodder? Can You Spell Cannon Fodder?

The New York City public school system doesn't have the money, time or organizational skills to make sure every child has a dictionary--or a desk.

Oct 24, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Dems Roll Over, Film at 11 Dems Roll Over, Film at 11

As in a paranoid novel by Don DeLillo, it all comes together in the end. The Democrats can't stand up to Bush on Iraq because they're afraid of looking soft on terrorism and Sa...

Oct 10, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Beyond Good and Evil Beyond Good and Evil

So now it's official.

Sep 26, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Slut Patrol Slut Patrol

In some parts of China, local officials keep track of women's menstrual periods. We haven't come to that, but anyone who thinks women's reproductive and sexual privacy is secure in...

Sep 12, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt

An Open Letter About Emergency Contraception An Open Letter About Emergency Contraception

The one thing that activists on every side of the abortion debate agree on is that we should reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies.

Aug 29, 2002 / Katha Pollitt and Jennifer Baumgardner

Join the EC E-mail Campaign Join the EC E-mail Campaign

America's rate of unwanted pregnancy is a huge public health scandal, but five years after being approved by the FDA, emergency contraception--the use of normal birth control p...

Aug 29, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Israel, There and Here Israel, There and Here

Refugee camp invasions. Suicide bombers. House demolitions. Suicide bombers. Arrests of children, curfews, roadblocks, collective punishments, dropping one-ton bombs on densely...

Aug 1, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt

School’s Out School’s Out

When the New York City Board of Education called on public schools to bring back the Pledge of Allegiance in the wake of 9/11, my daughter, a freshman at Stuyvesant High, thoug...

Jul 3, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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