What Do Young Black Women Want From This Election? What Do Young Black Women Want From This Election?
“Black women are always the ones who are asked to save folks, whether or not we get thanked or supported for it.”
Sep 9, 2020 / StudentNation / Kristen Johnson
A Thank You Note A Thank You Note
This column spanned almost five years, and I was lucky to be able to help during so many drastic changes in our world.
Sep 4, 2020 / Liza Featherstone
Our Future is Intersectional Our Future is Intersectional
Biden-Harris, ticket out of Trumpland.
Aug 25, 2020 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
The Problem With NYC’s New Women’s Rights Monument The Problem With NYC’s New Women’s Rights Monument
As statues topple across the US, a new women’s rights monument in Central Park has sparked debate over whether statues are a redeemable form of remembrance.
Aug 25, 2020 / Erin L. Thompson
How to Dismantle White Supremacy How to Dismantle White Supremacy
To end systemic racism, the country needs a comprehensive racial justice program even more sweeping than the Marshall Plan.
Aug 21, 2020 / Barbara Smith
The DNC Refuses to Address the Elephant in the Room The DNC Refuses to Address the Elephant in the Room
The Supreme Court will be lost for a generation if Biden loses, dooming almost all progressive policy ideas. But no Democrats are talking about it.
Aug 20, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Canceling Margaret Sanger Only Helps Abortion Opponents Canceling Margaret Sanger Only Helps Abortion Opponents
When Planned Parenthood took the name of the organization’s founder off its flagship clinic in Manhattan, they bought into anti-choice propaganda.
Aug 20, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Letters From the August 24/31, 2020, Issue Letters From the August 24/31, 2020, Issue
An ounce of prevention… Abortion and the court… Color-blind reporting…
Aug 11, 2020 / Our Readers and Maia Hibbett
No Matter Who Biden Chooses as VP, It Will Be a Bittersweet Win for Women No Matter Who Biden Chooses as VP, It Will Be a Bittersweet Win for Women
By the end of Biden’s VP vetting, it seemed the 11th commandment of women’s politics is “Thou shalt never be just right.”
Aug 6, 2020 / Joan Walsh
AOC, Speaking Truth to Power AOC, Speaking Truth to Power
Accosted by fellow representative Ted Yoho, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave an extraordinary speech against misogyny that resonated widely.
Aug 3, 2020 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández, Andrea Arroyo, and Steve Brodner