Activism

Misjudging Women Misjudging Women

In Gonzalez v. Carhart, Justice Anthony Kennedy has utterly changed the course of abortion jurisprudence.

May 16, 2007 / Feature / Jessica Arons

Laboring for Edwards Laboring for Edwards

John Edwards is meticulously laying the groundwork to become the candidate of organized labor, insisting prosperity can expand only if unionization expands.

May 10, 2007 / Editorial / Marc Cooper

Better to Be a Chimpanzee Better to Be a Chimpanzee

To qualify for charity, a homeless Austrian chimp has petitioned the courts to be granted human status. If he wins, expect a surge of humans going over to the other side.

May 8, 2007 / Editorial / Barbara Ehrenreich

The Future of the Party? The Future of the Party?

Did the recent College Democrats of New York State Convention augur a new day for the Democratic Party?

Apr 27, 2007 / Feature / Habiba Alcindor

Regrets Only Regrets Only

The Supreme Court's recent antichoice decision shows how deeply disinformation has seeped into the abortion debate.

Apr 26, 2007 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Murder in Monterrey Murder in Monterrey

A labor organizer was beaten to death after exposing exploitative labor practices in the United States and Mexico.

Apr 25, 2007 / Feature / Felicia Mello

Silencing New Voices Silencing New Voices

What happens when a student magazine committed to fostering dialogue opens its pages to critical views on Israel?

Apr 20, 2007 / Feature / Eyal Press

Fevered Imagination Fevered Imagination

Artists try to wake up a sleepwalking public to the dangers of climate change.

Apr 19, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lawrence Weschler

Don’t Bet on Offsets Don’t Bet on Offsets

Erasing your "carbon footprint" is tougher than it seems.

Apr 19, 2007 / Feature / A.C. Thompson and Duane Moles

Curbing Abortion Rights Curbing Abortion Rights

Newcomer Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito showed their true stripes by supporting a landmark late-term abortion ban.

Apr 18, 2007 / Feature / Karen Houppert

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