John Boehner’s Downfall Had Nothing to Do With His Position on Abortion John Boehner’s Downfall Had Nothing to Do With His Position on Abortion
The conflict with hardliners that led to the Speaker’s resignation was about tactics, not ideology.
Sep 25, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
This Tattooed, Head-shaven, Straight-talking Mayor Wants to Be the Next Senator From Pennsylvania This Tattooed, Head-shaven, Straight-talking Mayor Wants to Be the Next Senator From Pennsylvania
John Fetterman talks inequality, immigration, drug legalization, same-sex marriage, “bittergate,” and how to revive post-industrial America.
Sep 25, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Do Sex-Work Diversion Programs Fail? Why Do Sex-Work Diversion Programs Fail?
New York’s scheme to divert sex workers from the criminal justice system has often further criminalized them.
Sep 25, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Breaking: John Boehner Leaving Congress, Speaker Post Before November Breaking: John Boehner Leaving Congress, Speaker Post Before November
After years of clashing with far-right conservatives, Boehner’s situation apparently became untenable.
Sep 25, 2015 / George Zornick
Illegal Abortion Is Dangerous, Birth Control Works, and Other Inconvenient Truths for Pro-Lifers Illegal Abortion Is Dangerous, Birth Control Works, and Other Inconvenient Truths for Pro-Lifers
Ross Douthat thinks abortion could be criminalized without sacrificing women’s equality or well-being. He’s sorely mistaken.
Sep 24, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Conditions of Emergence: On Elena Ferrante Conditions of Emergence: On Elena Ferrante
In the pseudonymous author’s Neapolitan Novels, the price of leaving Naples is that you can never be at home again.
Sep 24, 2015 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
Carly Fiorina’s Planned-Parenthood Distortions Get Worse Carly Fiorina’s Planned-Parenthood Distortions Get Worse
The footage Fiorina described during last week’s debate doesn’t actually exist, so a PAC supporting her tried to create it.
Sep 23, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
The False Compassion of Pope Francis The False Compassion of Pope Francis
No, women who get abortions aren’t automatically excommunicated from the Catholic Church. But you wouldn’t know that from the pope.
Sep 21, 2015 / Frances Kissling
The Problem With Idolizing Sexual Liberation The Problem With Idolizing Sexual Liberation
For a lot of people, the contemporary sexual regime celebrating pleasure above all else isn’t that much fun.
Sep 14, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg
In the Year of #BlackGirlMagic, Marion Jones Is Missing In the Year of #BlackGirlMagic, Marion Jones Is Missing
In this magical year of women in sports, we would do well to remember the triumphs and lessons of Marion Jones.
Sep 11, 2015 / Dave Zirin