Gender and Sexuality

The Big Lie at the Heart of the Texas Abortion Clinic Case

The Big Lie at the Heart of the Texas Abortion Clinic Case The Big Lie at the Heart of the Texas Abortion Clinic Case

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the first significant test of abortion rights in a decade.

Mar 1, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

How Pro-choice Republicans Are Helping Donald Trump

How Pro-choice Republicans Are Helping Donald Trump How Pro-choice Republicans Are Helping Donald Trump

Once again, he’s willing to buck Republican orthodoxy when it’s helpful to him.

Mar 1, 2016 / George Zornick

Standardized Tests Are a New Glass Ceiling

Standardized Tests Are a New Glass Ceiling Standardized Tests Are a New Glass Ceiling

Women do better in class and worse on tests—and there are consequences.

Mar 1, 2016 / Feature / Andrew Hacker

Tell Paul Ryan: Leave Planned Parenthood Alone

Tell Paul Ryan: Leave Planned Parenthood Alone Tell Paul Ryan: Leave Planned Parenthood Alone

Planned Parenthood has been vindicated again and again. Demand that the witch hunt end.

Feb 26, 2016 / Take Action / NationAction

Ashley Williams interrupts Hillary

We Spoke to Ashley Williams, the Black Queer Organizer Who Interrupted Hillary Clinton We Spoke to Ashley Williams, the Black Queer Organizer Who Interrupted Hillary Clinton

Their thoughts on presidential politics, the Black Lives Matter movement, and what can be gleaned from movements of the past.

Feb 26, 2016 / Alex Lubben

Jacqueline Susann

Jacqueline Susann’s Queer Feminism Jacqueline Susann’s Queer Feminism

How does Valley of the Dolls actually hold up as a read 50 years later?

Feb 26, 2016 / Tim Murphy

Thank You, Martina Navratilova, for Changing Everything

Thank You, Martina Navratilova, for Changing Everything Thank You, Martina Navratilova, for Changing Everything

Speaking to tennis legend Martina Navratilova reminded me of the incredible impact her mere presence had on my life.

Feb 23, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Eve Ensler Reads Emma Goldman

Eve Ensler Reads Emma Goldman Eve Ensler Reads Emma Goldman

On October 24, 2015, The Nation feted its 150th anniversary with an unprecedented celebration at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn in a renovated Civil War–era Tobacco Warehouse. Fea…

Feb 18, 2016 / 150th Anniversary / The Nation

The Art of Politics

The Art of Politics The Art of Politics

Two shows offer food for political thought in a chaotic election season.

Feb 12, 2016 / Tiffany Bradley

Comix Nation

Comix Nation Comix Nation

ignore this…

Feb 11, 2016 / Comix Nation / Matt Bors

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