HHS: Let’s Treat ALL Women Like Children HHS: Let’s Treat ALL Women Like Children
Did you assume the politicization of science was gone with the Bush administration and the reality-based community was back in charge? Think again.
Dec 8, 2011 / Blog / Katha Pollitt
‘As a Father of Two Daughters,’ Obama Embraces Politics Over Science on Emergency Contraception ‘As a Father of Two Daughters,’ Obama Embraces Politics Over Science on Emergency Contraception
The FDA made the right decision on EC—and Obama rejected it.
Dec 8, 2011 / Blog / Emily Douglas
Republican Ads Get Personal Republican Ads Get Personal
New TV ads from Rick Perry and Mitt Romney have tossed aside any policy discussion in favor of touting their personal religiosity.
Newt Gingrich (Serial Adulterer) Rises as Herman Cain (Alleged Adulterer) Falls Newt Gingrich (Serial Adulterer) Rises as Herman Cain (Alleged Adulterer) Falls
It’s insane that an affair—and not his cockamamie ideas—finished Cain.
Dec 7, 2011 / Editorial / JoAnn Wypijewski
Why Immigration Is a Feminist Issue Why Immigration Is a Feminist Issue
With draconian laws like Georgia’s HB 87 hitting women especially hard, women’s groups are taking up the fight for immigrants’ rights.
Dec 6, 2011 / Feature / Laura Flanders
Misogyny is Killing My Generation Misogyny is Killing My Generation
HIGH SCHOOL FINALIST: Suddenly, my opinion of a record I had been listening to for over eight years was turned on its head.
Dec 2, 2011 / Kevin Xiong
Nation Conversations: Jordan Smith: Reproductive Health? Not in Rick Perry’s Texas Nation Conversations: Jordan Smith: Reproductive Health? Not in Rick Perry’s Texas
As governor of Texas, Rick Perry has deliberately and systematically bankrupted state-provided healthcare for low income and uninsured women.
Dec 1, 2011 / Audio / The Nation
Netanyahu to Israeli Jews: Don’t Marry Americans Netanyahu to Israeli Jews: Don’t Marry Americans
New Israeli ads portray American Jews as ignorant lost souls.
Dec 1, 2011 / Blog / Dana Goldstein
Bishops vs. Women: Which Side Is Obama On? Bishops vs. Women: Which Side Is Obama On?
The president must decide what is more important: pandering to the Catholic hierarchy or protecting women's health.
Nov 30, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Rick Perry’s War on Women Rick Perry’s War on Women
How the Texas governor launched an assault on Planned Parenthood and women’s health.
Nov 30, 2011 / Feature / Jordan Smith