The Military Needs A New Way to Handle Sexual Assault The Military Needs A New Way to Handle Sexual Assault
A new bill proposed by Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Joni Ernst is a good start, but it’s not enough.
May 26, 2021 / Andrea Mazzarino
Brett Kavanaugh Remains As Incorrigible as Ever Brett Kavanaugh Remains As Incorrigible as Ever
In a recent decision, the man who argued he shouldn’t be judged by his youthful indiscretions had no problem sending young people to prison for life without parole.
May 21, 2021 / Column / Elie Mystal
Rushing to Judgment on Scott Stringer Rushing to Judgment on Scott Stringer
The facts are too scarce, and the stakes are too high, to jump to conclusions.
May 11, 2021 / Katha Pollitt
Philip Roth and His Defensive Fans Are Their Own Worst Enemies Philip Roth and His Defensive Fans Are Their Own Worst Enemies
Why did it take a sexual assault scandal to raise red flags about a deeply flawed biography?
Apr 30, 2021 / Jeet Heer
Blake Bailey’s Life as a Man Blake Bailey’s Life as a Man
The disgraced writer’s Philip Roth biography is a document of a misogynist literary world. But I had to read the book to get the whole story.
Apr 28, 2021 / 2021 Year in Review / Katha Pollitt
How the Violence Against Women Act Failed Women How the Violence Against Women Act Failed Women
The provision of the 1994 Crime Bill sponsored by then-Senator Joe Biden has contributed to mass incarceration and state violence.
Mar 23, 2021 / Abigail Higgins and Olúfémi O. Táíwò
The Roots of the Atlanta Shooting Go Back to the First Law Restricting Immigration The Roots of the Atlanta Shooting Go Back to the First Law Restricting Immigration
The Page Act of 1875, outlawing “lewd and immoral” Chinese women, codified the bigotry directed at Asian women from their earliest migration to the US to today.
Mar 22, 2021 / Mari Uyehara
The Massacre in Atlanta Was As Predictable as White Supremacy The Massacre in Atlanta Was As Predictable as White Supremacy
There are lots of people working overtime to try to prove that the mass shooting of six Asian women wasn’t motivated by bigotry. It was.
Mar 18, 2021 / Elie Mystal
It’s Time to Investigate the FBI—for Its Deep-Fake Kavanaugh Investigation It’s Time to Investigate the FBI—for Its Deep-Fake Kavanaugh Investigation
While most Democrats seem resigned to Kavanaugh's presence on the Supreme Court, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is pushing to keep the case against him alive.
Mar 17, 2021 / Elie Mystal
Mexico’s Women Demand Justice on Gender Violence Mexico’s Women Demand Justice on Gender Violence
Enraged at institutional failure to address the mounting crisis, they have occupied the National Human Rights Commission.
Sep 16, 2020 / Meaghan Beatley