What Do GOP Gains Mean for Healthcare? Abortion Rights? What Do GOP Gains Mean for Healthcare? Abortion Rights?
The most significant threats may come from the state level: Republicans picked up several governorships, and the Affordable Care Act requires the cooperation of states to set up...
Nov 3, 2010 / Lindsay Beyerstein
The SBA List’s ‘Pro-Life’ Lies The SBA List’s ‘Pro-Life’ Lies
The GOP hit group is on an alarmingly successful crusade to confuse voters about the healthcare law.
Oct 28, 2010 / The Notion / Betsy Reed
Michelle Bachelet, New Head of UN Women: Where There Is Poverty, ‘the State Cannot Be Neutral’ Michelle Bachelet, New Head of UN Women: Where There Is Poverty, ‘the State Cannot Be Neutral’
The choice of former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet to head the new United Nations agency for women may be the most important and smartest appointment Ban Ki-moon makes in his...
Sep 27, 2010 / Barbara Crossette
Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the GOP’s War Against Women’s Rights Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the GOP’s War Against Women’s Rights
Five Republican Senate nominees recently announced that they do not support a woman's right to an abortion even in the case of rape or incest.
Sep 17, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the GOP’s War Against Women’s Rights Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the GOP’s War Against Women’s Rights
Five Republican Senate nominees recently announced that they do not support a woman's right to an abortion even in the case of rape or incest.
Sep 17, 2010 / Video / The Rachel Maddow Show
On ‘Friday Night Lights’, Abortion Stigma Goes Primetime On ‘Friday Night Lights’, Abortion Stigma Goes Primetime
Manipulating information women who are seeking abortion receive is a staple of antichoice politics. A recent episode of Friday Night Lights reveals how damaging that strategy is.
Aug 26, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Nancy Northup
Crossing the Line Crossing the Line
Women on the US-Mexico border seek alternatives to embattled abortion clinics.
Aug 26, 2010 / Feature / Laura Tillman
Katha Pollitt Wins ‘Lifetime Achievement’ American Book Award Katha Pollitt Wins ‘Lifetime Achievement’ American Book Award
The Nation's Katha Pollitt has been awarded the thirty-first annual American Book Award's prestigious "Lifetime Achievement" prize, celebrating her contributions both as an essayist and a poet. This is Pollitt's first American Book Award; she will be honored on September 19 at the awards ceremony in San Francisco. Pollitt is the author of several collections of essays; her most recent books include Learning to Drive and Other Life Stories(2007) and her second collection of poetry, The Mind-Body Problem (2009). Other ABA winners this year include Amiri Baraka, Dave Eggers and Pamela Ushuk. Pollitt has written for The Nation since 1980, and her regular column, "Subject to Debate" has run since 1995. You can read more about the awards here. The ceremony is open to the public. Pollitt's recent columns can be found here, and information and links for all of Pollitt's books can be found on her website.
Aug 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Press Room
UNC Allows Students to Exclude Abortion Coverage From Health Care Plan UNC Allows Students to Exclude Abortion Coverage From Health Care Plan
At the urgings of a student pro-life group, UNC now gives students the choice to exclude abortion coverage from their student health insurance plans.
Aug 17, 2010 / StudentNation / Carrie Battan
This Week At TheNation.com: Progressives & Obama… Plus, Three Videos and a Big Award. This Week At TheNation.com: Progressives & Obama… Plus, Three Videos and a Big Award.
Eric Alterman on pushing for a progressive Presidency. Plus: Colin Robinson takes on Amazon.
Jul 16, 2010 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel