Gender and Sexuality

Policing Pregnancy

Policing Pregnancy Policing Pregnancy

As abortion rights are eroded and fetuses are endowed with personhood, women are ending up in jail.

Apr 21, 2011 / Editorial / Michelle Goldberg

The Budget Stalemate Is Not About Abortion The Budget Stalemate Is Not About Abortion

Planned Parenthood gets no federal money to provide abortion care. So why does the media keep claiming the looming government shutdown is about “abortion”?

Apr 8, 2011 / Katha Pollitt

Improving the Economy Will Prevent Abortions Improving the Economy Will Prevent Abortions

Do Republicans really think they will prevent abortions by defunding Planned Parenthood?

Apr 8, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Improving the Economy Will Prevent Abortions Improving the Economy Will Prevent Abortions

Do Republicans really think they will prevent abortions by defunding Planned Parenthood?

Apr 7, 2011 / Video / MSNBC

Will the Justice Department Stand Up for Women Raped in Prison? Will the Justice Department Stand Up for Women Raped in Prison?

A new law to address systemic sexual violence behind bars still fails to protect the health and rights of women who are assaulted.

Apr 7, 2011 / Rachel Roth

Brazil at a Crossroads for LGBT Rights Brazil at a Crossroads for LGBT Rights

As Brazil's economy surges, hate crimes against gay, lesbian and transgender people surge as well.

Apr 5, 2011 / Erica Hellerstein

Deanna Zandt: Online Journalism’s Silver Lining Deanna Zandt: Online Journalism’s Silver Lining

While the press grapples with how to make Internet journalism profitable, social media is creating a more inclusive and democratic media.

Mar 31, 2011 / Video / The Nation Video

Elizabeth Taylor: What Becomes a Legend Most Elizabeth Taylor: What Becomes a Legend Most

Remembering the icon, a pro at sex and survival.

Mar 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski

Women Under the Budget Knife

Women Under the Budget Knife Women Under the Budget Knife

Despite all the talk of shared sacrifice, the drastic slashes to public sector jobs and social programs will hurt women the most.

Mar 30, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Cleveland, Texas and Gender Jim Crow Cleveland, Texas and Gender Jim Crow

In the wake of national scrutiny over the rape of an 11-year-old girl, African-Americans in Cleveland espoused the same moral exceptions that white Southerners used to excuse lynch...

Mar 29, 2011 / William Jelani Cobb

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