Society

Jeremy Scahill Gets a Shoutout on the Colbert Report Jeremy Scahill Gets a Shoutout on the Colbert Report

Despite what McCain thinks, the US military doesn't always do things according to official policy. Stephen Colbert knows that, and so does Jeremy Scahill.

Sep 30, 2010 / Video / Press Room

Year of the Conservative Woman? Betsy Reed Debates the GOP’s Princella Smith Year of the Conservative Woman? Betsy Reed Debates the GOP’s Princella Smith

With more men than women supporting Sarah Palin, who really benefits from the GOP's 'Year of The Conservative Woman'?

Sep 30, 2010 / Video / Democracy Now!

Just Say Yes to Prop 19

Just Say Yes to Prop 19 Just Say Yes to Prop 19

California's Proposition 19 would make it legal for adults to possess marijuana for personal use. Passing it would signal a major victory in the war against the "war on drugs....

Sep 30, 2010 / Editorial / The Editors

A Few Facts About Farmworkers A Few Facts About Farmworkers

Poor farmers, stupid Americans and lying politicians.

Sep 30, 2010 / Blog / Eric Alterman

Feminist Mothers, Flapper Daughters? Feminist Mothers, Flapper Daughters?

Young feminists aren't disdaining the movement, they're claiming it—but they want a bigger place in it.

Sep 30, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Linda McMahon’s Body Count Linda McMahon’s Body Count

Linda McMahon says she is running for the US Senate from Connecticut because she wants to "put people first." Those people clearly don't include the people who made ...

Sep 30, 2010 / The Notion / Dave Zirin

Sex and the GOP

Sex and the GOP Sex and the GOP

The Republican Party is hard-selling its hot Mama Grizzlies. But it's mostly men—not women—who are buying.

Sep 30, 2010 / Feature / Betsy Reed

Democrats: Remember the Ladies!

Democrats: Remember the Ladies! Democrats: Remember the Ladies!

The party's reluctance to capitalize on its feminist successes makes it look scared—and weak.

Sep 30, 2010 / Feature / Rebecca Traister

Howls of Anger, and of Liberation

Howls of Anger, and of Liberation Howls of Anger, and of Liberation

The new film Howl reveals how Allen Ginsberg's radical poem marked a coming out not only for his generation but also for himself.

Sep 29, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Sarah M. Seltzer

Who Stole Feminism?

Who Stole Feminism? Who Stole Feminism?

By focusing on gender alone, institutional feminists opened the door for the Mama Grizzlies.

Sep 29, 2010 / Feature / Jessica Valenti

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