Lizzy Ratner
Senior Editor
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CultureOctober 15, 2017
Harvey Weinstein’s Greatest Enabler Was Hollywood Itself
The entire film industry is built on pervasive and entrenched sexism. That’s what needs to change.
Lizzy Ratner
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Immigration PolicyJanuary 26, 2017
Nobody Wanted to Take Us In: The Story of Jared Kushner’s Family, and Mine
As Trump bars refugees and Muslim immigrants from coming to this country, it’s worth remembering the Jews who were shut out the last time we closed our borders—like Jared Kushner’s grandmother.
Lizzy Ratner
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Journalists and JournalismOctober 20, 2016
Amy Goodman: ‘The State Cannot Stop This Journalism.’
Goodman goes free as a North Dakota judge concludes that covering the Dakota Access Pipeline is not a crime.
Lizzy Ratner
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Journalists and JournalismOctober 15, 2016
Amy Goodman Is Facing Jail Time for Reporting on the Dakota Access Pipeline. That Should Scare Us All.
The charges against Goodman are a clear attack on journalism and freedom of the press.
Lizzy Ratner
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ActivismMay 18, 2016
Michael Ratner Was a Fearless Warrior for Justice—He Was Also My Beloved Uncle
My relationship with Michael was entwined not only with questions of war, peace, and justice—but also with more intimate questions of family, aspirations, disappointments, anxiety, and joy.
Lizzy Ratner
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TheaterOctober 22, 2015
John Cameron Mitchell’s Journey From Reaganite to Punk Queen
As Hedwig prepares a national tour, its creator talks with our editors about the show’s genesis, ’90s New York, and socialist project management.
Kai Wright and Lizzy Ratner
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Books and IdeasDecember 24, 2014
‘The Story of Hurry’—a Children’s Book that Brings Gaza to Life
In this uncommon book by Emma Williams, Jean Stein and Ibrahim Quraishi, a donkey tries to cheer Gaza’s traumatized children—by becoming a zebra.
Lizzy Ratner
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FeminismMay 23, 2014
The Tabloid Shaming of Chirlane McCray Ignores the Realities of Motherhood
So she was ambivalent at first. So were a lot of us.
Lizzy Ratner
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LGBTQ ActivismFebruary 5, 2014
Two High-Profile Lawsuits Are Challenging Virginia’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban
Could one of them be on the road to the Supreme Court?
Lizzy Ratner
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EducationDecember 4, 2013
Sound Science Prevails in Texas Textbook Debate
Despite conservatives’ best efforts, Texas students will learn that evolution and global warming are real.
Lizzy Ratner