Tiller’s Killer Puts Abortion on Trial Tiller’s Killer Puts Abortion on Trial
Judge Warren Wilbert has ruled that Scott Roeder, confessed killer of Kansas abortion provider George Tiller, couldn't be considered for lesser crimes than first-degree murder. Tod...
Jan 29, 2010 / Feature / Sharon Lerner
Nazia Quazi Update Nazia Quazi Update
There's been a new development since my last column appeared: the Embassy has told Ms. Quazi to send an itinerary for her departure. What that means is unclear, because she still ...
Jan 23, 2010 / Katha Pollitt
The Love We Lost The Love We Lost
Like the terrorist, the sex offender is a new category of human being.
Jan 21, 2010 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski
VideoNation: Tony Kushner on LGBT Rights and Obama’s Agenda VideoNation: Tony Kushner on LGBT Rights and Obama’s Agenda
Leading gay rights activist Tony Kushner explains why Obama's first year signals a bright future for LGBT issues.
Jan 20, 2010 / The Nation Video
The Decade in Feminism, Continued The Decade in Feminism, Continued
Surveying a decade of feminism in 1000 words was clearly beyond my powers of compression even after I'd jettisoned the whole world outside the United States. Several people wr...
Jan 15, 2010 / Katha Pollitt
Willing to Reconsider Willing to Reconsider
OK, so I've been a feminist against marriage for as long as I can remember but I will if you will.
Jan 13, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Terror in Uganda Terror in Uganda
Uganda is a country where homosexuality is already illegal, where violent attacks are common and where rape is used to 'cure' people of their sexual orientation. Now, a shocking ne...
Jan 12, 2010 / Peter Rothberg
More Ways to Give! More Ways to Give!
One very irate reader complains in the bletters section that Palestine is missing from my donations column. MADRE, which partners with sister organizations around the world, supp...
Dec 23, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
Round Two: The Coming Battle Over Abortion Funding Round Two: The Coming Battle Over Abortion Funding
The prochoice movement stops playing nice in the fight for healthcare reform.
Nov 23, 2009 / Feature / Sharon Lerner
Red Scare, Black Scare Red Scare, Black Scare
The birthers, the anticommunist crazies, the "Obama as Witch Doctor" caricatures: they're all of a piece, welded to sex.
Nov 19, 2009 / JoAnn Wypijewski