War on Women

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Gals, the GOP Wants Your Vote! Gals, the GOP Wants Your Vote!

Because every party needs some ladies.

Aug 18, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

Abortion protest

Black Women in the Rural South Are Still Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired Black Women in the Rural South Are Still Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired

A new report finds that too many suffer from rampant poverty and limited access to healthcare.

Aug 17, 2015 / Dani McClain

Trump Megyn Kelly

The GOP’s Contempt for Women The GOP’s Contempt for Women

Republicans may be trapped in a death spiral from which they cannot escape.

Aug 11, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

South Sudan

South Sudan’s War on Women South Sudan’s War on Women

Survivors say rape has become “just a normal thing” for women caught up in the country’s civil war.

Aug 7, 2015 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Samer Muscati

Boko Haram

Women and Girls Raped in Conflict Need Abortion Care—but the US Is Standing in Their Way Women and Girls Raped in Conflict Need Abortion Care—but the US Is Standing in Their Way

An international campaign is demanding that the US overturn the Helms amendment, saying it defies the Geneva Conventions.

Jul 24, 2015 / Barbara Crossette

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is applauded

We Need to Do More Than Fix the Pipeline to Get Parity for Women in Office We Need to Do More Than Fix the Pipeline to Get Parity for Women in Office

Without Title IX, women athletes would not have had the opportunities that they do today. We need a similar movement for women candidates.

Jun 19, 2015 / Cynthia Terrell

The Score: Workers Don't Get Pregnant, Do They?

The Stealthy Way Employers Keep Women Out of the Workforce The Stealthy Way Employers Keep Women Out of the Workforce

In the 21st century, the worker is still assumed to be a man.

Jun 17, 2015 / Editorial / Bryce Covert

Radical Histories: From Helen Gurley Brown to the Criminalization of Pregnancy

Radical Histories: From Helen Gurley Brown to the Criminalization of Pregnancy Radical Histories: From Helen Gurley Brown to the Criminalization of Pregnancy

The feminist movement surges into public consciousness, but backlash to basic freedoms never goes away.

Apr 7, 2015 / Timeline / The Nation

Who Has Abortions?

Who Has Abortions? Who Has Abortions?

We can, and should, support trans men and other gender-non-conforming people without erasing women from the fight for reproductive rights.

Mar 13, 2015 / Subject to Debate / Katha Pollitt

Tomorrow’s Election Could Determine the Future of Abortion Politics

Tomorrow’s Election Could Determine the Future of Abortion Politics Tomorrow’s Election Could Determine the Future of Abortion Politics

If Democrats lose Senate races in North Carolina and Iowa, will the party stop campaigning on reproductive rights?

Nov 3, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Goldberg

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