Labor Rights for All: The Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery Labor Rights for All: The Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery
The domestic workers’ rights movement offers powerful lessons for the broader fight against forced labor, trafficking and servitude.
Nov 7, 2013 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Nisha Varia and Foreign Policy In Focus
Barnard College’s New Sex Restrictions Barnard College’s New Sex Restrictions
If the Barnard administration takes the idea that adult women should have control over their bodies seriously, then students and RAs should be able to decide for themselves how oft...
Nov 6, 2013 / StudentNation / George Joseph and StudentNation
Thinking Like a Conservative (Part Five): Epistemology and Empathy Thinking Like a Conservative (Part Five): Epistemology and Empathy
Have you ever noticed how many conservatives cannot believe a sane, sincere, intelligent person could disagree with them? That's a central component of the right-wing mind.
Nov 6, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein
The Right Thinks Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice Cuccinelli Wasn’t Conservative Enough The Right Thinks Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice Cuccinelli Wasn’t Conservative Enough
The GOP’s loss in Virginia is causing the Tea Party to double down on the conservative crazy.
Nov 6, 2013 / Blog / Michelle Goldberg
Q&A: Texas Passed a Law Restricting Abortion Rights—Meet One of the Women Fighting Back Q&A: Texas Passed a Law Restricting Abortion Rights—Meet One of the Women Fighting Back
Texas Equal Access fund Executive Director Merritt Tierce says the fight against Texas’ new abortion laws will continue and intensify.
Nov 5, 2013 / Blog / Jessica Valenti
Will ENDA Be the Next Casualty of the GOP’s Internal Crisis? Will ENDA Be the Next Casualty of the GOP’s Internal Crisis?
Dim prospects for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in the House illustrate how far right of the American mainstream the GOP has drifted.
Nov 5, 2013 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
‘After Tiller’: The Abortions No One Wants To Talk About ‘After Tiller’: The Abortions No One Wants To Talk About
The acclaimed documentary turns an compassionate lens on a complicated, multi-faceted issue.
Nov 5, 2013 / Blog / Laura Flanders
Parents and Teachers Rally to Save North Carolina Schools Parents and Teachers Rally to Save North Carolina Schools
Parents and teachers rallied today in North Carolina to participate in a “walk in” to raise awareness about education budget cuts and low teacher salaries.
Nov 4, 2013 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Writing as Woman’s Work Writing as Woman’s Work
The devaluation of “content” is bad for readers and for democracy.
Oct 30, 2013 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
There Is Still Misogyny in Progressive Movements There Is Still Misogyny in Progressive Movements
Here’s what to do about it.
Oct 29, 2013 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith