Gender and Sexuality

Violence Against LGBT Youth Behind Bars Violence Against LGBT Youth Behind Bars

Daniel Redman joins The Nation on Grit TV to describe how the brutal and dysfunctional juvenile justice system sends queer youth to prison in disproportionate numbers, fails to ...

Jul 8, 2010 / Video / The Nation on Grit TV

After 65 Years, A UN Agency for Women After 65 Years, A UN Agency for Women

"Gender mainstreaming" at the United Nations failed. Will an agency solely dedicated to promoting women's rights in development do better?

Jul 7, 2010 / Barbara Crossette

At G8, Obama, Clinton Must Speak With One Voice for Safe Abortion Access At G8, Obama, Clinton Must Speak With One Voice for Safe Abortion Access

Hillary Clinton has unequivocally stated that all women around the world must have the right to abortion. Will Obama confirm that position at the G8 summit this weekend?

Jun 25, 2010 / Jessica Arons and Shira Saperstein

Economic Anxiety and the Gay Marriage Debate Economic Anxiety and the Gay Marriage Debate

Proposition 8, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and Civil Unions? Nation Senior Editor Richard Kim and writer Reihan Salam talk it all out on Bloggingheads.tv.

Jun 24, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Women on Top?

Women on Top? Women on Top?

Is our society on the verge of becoming a matriarchy? In your dreams.

Jun 24, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt

‘I Was Scared to Sleep’: LGBT Youth Face Violence Behind Bars

‘I Was Scared to Sleep’: LGBT Youth Face Violence Behind Bars ‘I Was Scared to Sleep’: LGBT Youth Face Violence Behind Bars

Across the US, the juvenile justice system sends queer youth to prison in disproportionate numbers, fails to protect them from violence while they're inside and condones attempts t...

Jun 21, 2010 / Daniel Redman

Leading Cornell Doctor Performing Genital Cutting

Leading Cornell Doctor Performing Genital Cutting Leading Cornell Doctor Performing Genital Cutting

Who’d have thought a celebrated Ivy League medical center would be practicing genital cutting on small children?

Jun 21, 2010 / StudentNation / Carrie Battan

The Kids Are Just Fine, Thanks The Kids Are Just Fine, Thanks

The organization that funded research bashing donor conception fights against marriage rights for same-sex couples. Should what they say about non-traditional families be trusted?

Jun 18, 2010 / The Notion / Emily Douglas

Mama Grizzlies to Working Moms: Drop Dead

Mama Grizzlies to Working Moms: Drop Dead Mama Grizzlies to Working Moms: Drop Dead

Fresh faces aside, the Republican Party's stance on the issues that matter to working mothers is as regressive as it's ever been.

Jun 16, 2010 / Editorial / Betsy Reed

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell: The Year of the Woman? Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell: The Year of the Woman?

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell join host Laura Flanders in studio to kick off The Nation on Grit TV. 

Jun 14, 2010 / Nation in the News / The Nation on Grit TV

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