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The Fight Against Brett Kavanaugh Is Just Beginning

The Fight Against Brett Kavanaugh Is Just Beginning The Fight Against Brett Kavanaugh Is Just Beginning

After occupying Senator Chuck Grassley’s office last week, activists vow to keep the uprising going.

Sep 24, 2018 / Gabriel Thompson

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The Fate and Future of Christine Blasey Ford The Fate and Future of Christine Blasey Ford

What lies ahead for the women who expose the despicable pasts of powerful men?

Sep 19, 2018 / Rafia Zakaria

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McDonald’s Workers Walk Out Over Sexual Harassment McDonald’s Workers Walk Out Over Sexual Harassment

“Hold the burgers, hold the fries, keep your hands off our thighs.”

Sep 18, 2018 / Rebecca Grant

Before We Even Begin to Have a Conversation About Forgiving Brett Kavanaugh

Before We Even Begin to Have a Conversation About Forgiving Brett Kavanaugh Before We Even Begin to Have a Conversation About Forgiving Brett Kavanaugh

Christine Blasey Ford has come forward with highly credible allegations of sexual assault that deserve a full airing and much reflection.

Sep 17, 2018 / Katha Pollitt

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Young Jean Lee’s Domestic Surrealism Young Jean Lee’s Domestic Surrealism

In her newest play, Lee offers us a look at the straight white man as a specimen.

Sep 11, 2018 / Alisa Solomon

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How ‘No More Miss America’ Announced a Feminist Upheaval How ‘No More Miss America’ Announced a Feminist Upheaval

A bold and irreverent protest 50 years ago put a renewed women’s liberation movement on the public map—and offers important lessons for today’s resistance.

Sep 7, 2018 / Laura Tanenbaum and Mark Engler

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Letters From the September 24-October 1, 2018, Issue Letters From the September 24-October 1, 2018, Issue

‘68 Letdown What a gigantic disappointment the special 1968 issue, “Year of Global Insurrection” [Aug. 27/Sept. 3], must be for anyone who was actually alive and aware in ‘68 and e…

Aug 30, 2018 / Letters / Our Readers

The Women of Impressionism

The Women of Impressionism The Women of Impressionism

Mary Cassatt, Elizabeth Nourse, Berthe Morisot, and Rosa Bonheur were as central to Impressionism’s shifting and often contradictory currents as their male counterparts.

Aug 30, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Melania Trump: Hero of the People?

Melania Trump: Hero of the People? Melania Trump: Hero of the People?

Amy Wilentz on the first lady, plus Katha Pollitt on the politics of motherhood, and Lee Saunders on unions after Janus.

Aug 30, 2018 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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Power in the Ivory Tower Power in the Ivory Tower

What on earth is going on at NYU?

Aug 29, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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