Gender and Sexuality

U.S. Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Governor Kasich holds a campaign town hall meeting in Peterborough

John Kasich Is No Moderate When It Comes to Abortion Rights John Kasich Is No Moderate When It Comes to Abortion Rights

Unless a federal judge steps in, Cincinnati could become the largest metro area in the United States without access to abortion.

Sep 8, 2015 / Blog / Dani McClain

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Feminism Does Not Depend on Whether You Take Your Husband’s Name Feminism Does Not Depend on Whether You Take Your Husband’s Name

Changing your name is not a feminist act. At the same time, you have not betrayed feminism if you change your name.

Aug 31, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg

Students Protest BLM

What a Band of 20th-Century Alabama Communists Can Teach Black Lives Matter and the Offspring of Occupy What a Band of 20th-Century Alabama Communists Can Teach Black Lives Matter and the Offspring of Occupy

On the 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking history, Hammer and Hoe, author Robin D.G. Kelley discusses the lessons Alabama’s forgotten black communists can offer today’s activis...

Aug 31, 2015 / Sarah Jaffe

New Orleans Public Housing

Former Residents of New Orleans’s Demolished Housing Projects Tell Their Stories Former Residents of New Orleans’s Demolished Housing Projects Tell Their Stories

When public housing was demolished post-Katrina, black women were especially hard hit. A new report examines what their lives look like now.

Aug 28, 2015 / Dani McClain

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Forensic Analysis Shows the Real Planned Parenthood Scandal Is the Videos Themselves Forensic Analysis Shows the Real Planned Parenthood Scandal Is the Videos Themselves

A review finds evidence the sting videos had been “manipulated” and “deceptively edited.”

Aug 27, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

Planned Parenthood rally in DC

Even If You Haven’t Had an Abortion, You Owe Planned Parenthood Even If You Haven’t Had an Abortion, You Owe Planned Parenthood

And it’s your responsibility to fight back against the war on reproductive rights.

Aug 27, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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Letters From the September 14-21, 2015, Issue Letters From the September 14-21, 2015, Issue

The end of water… a nuclear double standard… sharing the austerity…

Aug 27, 2015 / Letters / Our Readers

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Turkey Is Using ISIS as Cover for Its War Against Kurdish Activists Turkey Is Using ISIS as Cover for Its War Against Kurdish Activists

Exclusive interviews with survivors and witnesses of an Islamic State bombing show that the Turkish government has finally declared war… on the activists ISIS attacked.

Aug 26, 2015 / Nathan Robinson

August 26, 1920: The 19th Amendment Goes Into Effect, Granting Women the Vote

August 26, 1920: The 19th Amendment Goes Into Effect, Granting Women the Vote August 26, 1920: The 19th Amendment Goes Into Effect, Granting Women the Vote

“The votes of women cast intelligently in the struggle against the present sick economic order may make considerable difference.”

Aug 26, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner

Samuel R. Delany

Samuel R. Delany Speaks Samuel R. Delany Speaks

The award-winning novelist discusses the intersection of race, sexual identity, and science fiction.

Aug 24, 2015 / Dispatch / Cecilia D’Anastasio

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