Transgender People Are More Visible Than Ever. So Why Is There More Anti-Trans Legislation Than Ever, Too? Transgender People Are More Visible Than Ever. So Why Is There More Anti-Trans Legislation Than Ever, Too?
Maybe “visibility” is not enough.
Mar 4, 2016 / Jos Truitt
Why We Need Women in Power Why We Need Women in Power
Women legislators tend to promote women’s issues. How do Bernie supporters think we should get gender parity in government?
Mar 3, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Asking For A Friend: How Do I Express My New Gender Presentation Without Buying Into Consumerism? Asking For A Friend: How Do I Express My New Gender Presentation Without Buying Into Consumerism?
And another person asks—can I donate welfare dollars to Bernie?
Mar 3, 2016 / Asking for a Friend / Liza Featherstone
How Much More Proof Does the Supreme Court Need That Clinic Closures Restrict Abortion Access? How Much More Proof Does the Supreme Court Need That Clinic Closures Restrict Abortion Access?
Justice Anthony Kennedy, expected to be the swing vote in the pivotal case against Texas, suggested a lower court might need to gather more information.
Mar 2, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter
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
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
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
Planned Parenthood has been vindicated again and again. Demand that the witch hunt end.
Feb 26, 2016 / Take Action / NationAction
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’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