Gender and Sexuality

Chipping Away at Roe Chipping Away at Roe

Congress has once again passed a bill banning "partial-birth abortion." It's not the first time. President Clinton vetoed similar bans in 1996 and 1997.

Jun 12, 2003 / Wendy Chavkin

Far From Heaven Far From Heaven

During the early years of the civil rights revolution, Theodore Bilbo, the ferocious segregationist senator from Mississippi, published a book titled Take Your Choice: Separati...

May 29, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Michael Lind

Freedom of Choice Talking Points Freedom of Choice Talking Points

Though polls consistently show a majority of Americans supporting freedom of choice, abortion rights are facing their greatest attack since the Supreme Court decision Roe V.

May 1, 2003 / Jonah Engle

Sodomy for Some Sodomy for Some

So it looks like Rick Santorum won't go the way of Trent Lott.

May 1, 2003 / Richard Kim

The Naked and the Red The Naked and the Red

Led by a former Boeing machinist, Las Vegas exotic dancers are talking union.

Apr 3, 2003 / Feature / Marc Cooper

In the Waiting Room In the Waiting Room

"We are in a funding emergency today," read the e-mail from the New York Abortion Access Fund.

Apr 3, 2003 / Column / Katha Pollitt

A Win at Cracker Barrel A Win at Cracker Barrel

A lonely Cracker Barrel restaurant stands alongside the highway that runs near my house.

Jan 23, 2003 / M.V. Lee Badgett

Roe in Rough Waters Roe in Rough Waters

Thirty years later, abortion's political terrain is more complicated than ever.

Jan 22, 2003 / Feature / Jennifer Baumgardner

Christian Soldiers on the March Christian Soldiers on the March

Bush's handpicked delegates disrupt global conferences on women's rights.

Jan 16, 2003 / Feature / Jennifer Block

Holy Rock ‘n’ Rollers Holy Rock ‘n’ Rollers

In Hicksville, Long Island, on any given Sunday afternoon, pierced and tattooed teenagers in black clothing gather to listen and watch as groups of kids like themselves tear th...

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Lauren Sandler

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