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Having More Women on the Federal Courts Is Long Overdue
In a well-functioning democracy, representation matters not only in the legislative and executive branches of government but also in the courts.
Michele Goodwin
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January 31, 2023
Fresh Off Victory Against “Roe,” the Religious Right Is Pushing a Record Number of Anti-Trans Bills
The attacks on trans people echo the right’s anti-abortion playbook note for note. It’s up to us to recognize what’s really going on here.
Amy Littlefield and Heron Greenesmith
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January 31, 2023
The Mainstream Media’s Fearmongering About Trans Kids Is Nothing But Clickbait
In a transphobic world, parents of trans children have every reason to worry. It’s craven for journalists to take advantage of that fear.
McKenzie Wark
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January 31, 2023
What the Attacks on New Mexico Democrats Say About Being a Woman in Politics
Female politicians are three times more likely than their male colleagues to be targeted with threats and harassment.
Cecilia Nowell
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January 31, 2023
The Long, Bitter History of Globalism
A conversation with Tara Zahra about the early-20th-century origins of globalism, how debates over a globalized world have morphed across a century, and her new book, Against the World.
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
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January 27, 2023
Republicans Are Trapped by Their Party’s Anti-Abortion Extremism
Riled up anti-choice activists ensure that the fight over abortion will continue to dominate elections.
Jeet Heer
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January 27, 2023
“Restore Roe” Is Not the Answer to the Abortion Access Crisis
We deserve better than the return of a law that never worked for everyone.
Mary Drummer
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January 27, 2023
I’m the Proud Dad of a Drag Queen—and I Want a Better World for My Kid
Why are many thoughtful, well-educated people so ready to lump drag queens, nonbinary, and transgender people in a single rejectable category?
Ira Chernus
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January 26, 2023
Conservatives Have a Sketchy New Legal Plot to Ban the Abortion Pill
By forum-shopping their way to a hearing before a zealot judge, conservatives hope to win an unwinnable case—and not for the first time.
Elie Mystal
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January 26, 2023
Letters From the February 6/13, 2023, Issue
The pink tide and democracy… Netizen power… The rules of the game…
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