A Forum on “Dobbs”: “We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat” A Forum on “Dobbs”: “We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat”
One year after the overturning of Roe, contributors in the Nation-verse have much to say about its impact.
Jun 22, 2023 / Various Contributors
It’s Time to Call Abortion Bans What They Are—Torture and Cruelty It’s Time to Call Abortion Bans What They Are—Torture and Cruelty
The US must learn from other countries where denials of abortion are considered intentional, state-inflicted torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment.
Jun 9, 2023 / Payal Shah and Akila Radhakrishnan
Pat Robertson’s Genocidal God Has Called Him Home Pat Robertson’s Genocidal God Has Called Him Home
The political preacher who made the religion look bad.
Don’t Reform the Courts. Disempower Them. Don’t Reform the Courts. Disempower Them.
The Supreme Court’s extreme anti-worker decision calls for a radical response.
Jun 2, 2023 / Jeet Heer
What the Brutal Death of Gabriella Gonzalez Tells Us About Domestic Violence Post-“Roe” What the Brutal Death of Gabriella Gonzalez Tells Us About Domestic Violence Post-“Roe”
Texas’s extreme abortion and gun laws have left victims of intimate partner violence more vulnerable than ever.
May 26, 2023 / Mary Tuma
Ron DeSantis’s Copycat Strategy Is Failing Ron DeSantis’s Copycat Strategy Is Failing
The Florida governor’s bungled campaign launch makes clear there is only room for one Trump.
May 26, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Focusing on the Differences Between DeSantis and Trump Is Plainly Absurd Focusing on the Differences Between DeSantis and Trump Is Plainly Absurd
In the areas where Americans would be most severely affected, there’s hardly a fly’s hair of separation between them.
May 25, 2023 / Clarence Lusane
The Collapse of This Texas Health Care Program Is Putting Women’s Lives in Danger The Collapse of This Texas Health Care Program Is Putting Women’s Lives in Danger
For low-income, rural, and uninsured women across the state, the Healthy Texas Women program means access to lifesaving medical care—and it may soon disappear.
May 22, 2023 / Julie Poole
How the US Military’s Fertility Policies Are Leaving Women to Suffer How the US Military’s Fertility Policies Are Leaving Women to Suffer
Antiquated and discriminatory rules around fertility treatments are making the struggle to have a child immeasurably more difficult for many military families.
May 18, 2023 / Britta Lokting
Pay No Attention to the GOP “Debate” on Abortion Pay No Attention to the GOP “Debate” on Abortion
A leading anti-abortion group criticized Trump for not supporting a nationwide abortion ban. Then backed down. They know they’ll get their way, anyway.
May 16, 2023 / Joan Walsh