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March 24, 2023
The GOP’s War on Obamacare Is Screwing Up Its War on Abortion
It’s an irony so delicious I hope Alanis Morissette writes a song about it.
Elie Mystal
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March 24, 2023
Why 60,000 Education Workers Walked Off the Job In Los Angeles
This week’s massive jobs action also represents a model for building worker power.
Alex Caputo-Pearl
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March 23, 2023
Women Are Waiting to Cheer the Misogynist’s Indictment
Donald Trump’s fall at the hands of proud porn actor Stormy Daniels would signal a rough but delightful kind of justice for millions of us.
Joan Walsh
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March 23, 2023
Katha Pollitt on Women in 2023, Plus Christian Appy on Protest in 1969
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, we review the bad news–and the good news–about American women. We’ll also talk about the Vietnam Moratorium protests.
Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
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March 22, 2023
New Fronts on the Abortion Fight
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Moira Donegan on anti-choice legal warfare.
Jeet Heer
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March 21, 2023
What Justice Really Means for Sexual Assault Survivors
Making an example of Harvey Weinstein, recently sentenced to prison, sends a message to the community that tolerated such abuses for years. But it may provide cold comfort to survivors of his abuse.
Judith L. Herman
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March 21, 2023
What an Epic Women’s Strike Can Teach Us Over 70 Years Later
The 1951 Empire Zinc strike made history and spawned a landmark labor film. Its impact is still reverberating today.
Natasha Varner
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March 20, 2023
Florida Man Trashes the Constitution and History in Pursuit of the White House
Thanks to an anemic opposition, Ron DeSantis won reelection by a landslide. But if national Democrats don’t learn from the Florida party’s mistakes, the governor could take his crackpot crusade even further.
Chris Lehmann for The Nation
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March 17, 2023
Pat Schroeder Would Have Changed American Politics Forever
For a moment in 1987, it felt like the trailblazing Colorado representative, who died this week, could become the first female president of the United States.
John Nichols
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March 16, 2023
For Women’s History Month, Let’s Make History
We can celebrate our progress, but this is no time to rest on our laurels. There’s still a lot to do—and to defend.
Katha Pollitt