Is Donald Trump Really a Male Icon? I Hope to God Not. Is Donald Trump Really a Male Icon? I Hope to God Not.
I hate gender stereotyping. But I’m a boomer, and the fake-tanned, fake-haired coward is the opposite of a manly man from our generation.
Jun 4, 2024 / Joan Walsh
Project 2025 Has Bad Medicine for HHS Project 2025 Has Bad Medicine for HHS
Under Trump, the Department of Health and Human Services would become the “Department of Life” once again—and worse.
Jun 4, 2024 / Feature / Joan Walsh
Pride and Joy Pride and Joy
Pride Month (June) celebrates and commemorates the contributions and struggles of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. Pride Month began after the Stonewall riots...
Jun 3, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Mexico is Expected to Elect Its First Woman President Mexico is Expected to Elect Its First Woman President
Mexican elections are scheduled for June 2, following a surge of violence that led to the assassination of 34 candidates or potential candidates.
May 31, 2024 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo
It Shouldn’t Matter How You Got Too Drunk to Consent It Shouldn’t Matter How You Got Too Drunk to Consent
The message in New York State law is clear: If you get drunk or high or wasted, whatever happens is your fault. We have a chance to change that.
May 31, 2024 / Katha Pollitt
A Coming of Age Novel That Puzzles Through Gender A Coming of Age Novel That Puzzles Through Gender
In Griffin Hansbury’s Some Strange Music Draws Me In, a man’s recollections of his transition opens up into a nuanced examination of gender identity’s many contradictions.
May 27, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Grace Byron
Impeach Samuel Alito! Impeach Clarence Thomas! Impeach Samuel Alito! Impeach Clarence Thomas!
Corrupt insurrectionists have no place on the Supreme Court.
May 20, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Trapped by Domestic Violence Trapped by Domestic Violence
Street art in Oaxaca, Mexico.
The Roots of Trans Women’s Unjust Treatment The Roots of Trans Women’s Unjust Treatment
Jules Gill-Peterson’s A Short History of Trans Misogyny is an essential primer on the colonial and racist origins of hatred against those who refuse to adhere to the gender binary...
May 16, 2024 / Books & the Arts / McKenzie Wark
Abortion on the Ballot Abortion on the Ballot
Some states are considering giving putting the question of reproductve rights to voters in the November elections.
May 14, 2024 / OppArt / Judy Polstra