Why Domestic Violence Is an Economic Issue Why Domestic Violence Is an Economic Issue
Economic abuse is present in 98 percent of abusive relationships, and 60 percent of survivors report losing their jobs.
Sep 20, 2016 / Sady Doyle
A Part of Denise Riley’s Song A Part of Denise Riley’s Song
The shadow of ballad meter haunts Riley’s poems, which can never not be a sign of vitality.
Sep 20, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
Phyllis Schlafly Was Alt-Right Before Alt-Right Was Uncool Phyllis Schlafly Was Alt-Right Before Alt-Right Was Uncool
For 70 years the right-wing icon worked within the Republican Party, forging an organization that would welcome Donald Trump’s extremism.
Sep 7, 2016 / John Nichols
What Phyllis Schlafly Might Have Been, if It Weren’t for Women Like Phyllis Schlafly What Phyllis Schlafly Might Have Been, if It Weren’t for Women Like Phyllis Schlafly
The great defender of traditional domesticity was a whirling dervish of professional activity.
Sep 6, 2016 / Katha Pollitt
The Burkini Ban Represents Everything That Is Wrong About France’s Approach to Minorities The Burkini Ban Represents Everything That Is Wrong About France’s Approach to Minorities
The country’s militant secularism treats otherness as a temporary phase on the road to assimilation.
Sep 2, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Andrew Cuomo’s Fragile Masculinity Andrew Cuomo’s Fragile Masculinity
His macho paternalism won't solve New York's problems.
Sep 2, 2016 / Alexis Grenell
The Green Party’s Jill Stein Wants a Green New Deal The Green Party’s Jill Stein Wants a Green New Deal
Plus Katha Pollitt on burkinis, and Harold Meyerson on labor victories for Labor Day.
Sep 1, 2016 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Notes From Many Years Notes From Many Years
Helen Gurley Brown’s ideas about women were often as retrograde as the ones she claimed to fight. Why is she still appealing?
Sep 1, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Madeleine Schwartz
Love in a Time of Capital: An Interview With Moira Weigel Love in a Time of Capital: An Interview With Moira Weigel
The author of a new history of dating talks with Nation advice columnist Liza Featherstone.
Aug 29, 2016 / Q&A / Liza Featherstone
France Has a Strange Concept of Feminism—and Secularism France Has a Strange Concept of Feminism—and Secularism
Local bans on “burkinis” aren’t only wrong—they’re counterproductive.
Aug 25, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt