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How Abortion Pills Will Shape Our Future

How Abortion Pills Will Shape Our Future How Abortion Pills Will Shape Our Future

The Supreme Court may make it harder to get to an abortion clinic, but thanks to drugs, coat hangers can remain a thing of the past. 

Oct 10, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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As We Focus on Impeachment, Trump Is Restructuring the Country As We Focus on Impeachment, Trump Is Restructuring the Country

His administration is working hard to shut down immigration, eliminate environmental regulations, and undermine abortion rights.

Oct 8, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky

SCOTUS Is Back in Session and Cruelty Is on the Docket

SCOTUS Is Back in Session and Cruelty Is on the Docket SCOTUS Is Back in Session and Cruelty Is on the Docket

As the term begins, the conservatives are sharpening their knives—and LGBTQ rights, abortion, and gun control are all on the chopping block.

Oct 7, 2019 / Feature / Elie Mystal

Brett Kavanaugh Is About to Get His Hands on His First Abortion Case

Brett Kavanaugh Is About to Get His Hands on His First Abortion Case Brett Kavanaugh Is About to Get His Hands on His First Abortion Case

We knew this day would come. Susan Collins should have known, too.

Oct 4, 2019 / Elie Mystal

Edward Snowden Didn’t Reveal Anything Confidential in His New Book

Edward Snowden Didn’t Reveal Anything Confidential in His New Book Edward Snowden Didn’t Reveal Anything Confidential in His New Book

But the US government will still win its suit against the whistle-blower, says the lawyer who represented Daniel Ellsberg.

Sep 24, 2019 / Martin Garbus

How to Fight Brett Kavanaugh

How to Fight Brett Kavanaugh How to Fight Brett Kavanaugh

Removing a Supreme Court justice is nearly impossible—but Democrats can still weaken his power.

Sep 16, 2019 / Jeet Heer

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Mad About Kavanaugh? Impeach Him Mad About Kavanaugh? Impeach Him

And, for crying out loud, hold Susan Collins to account.

Sep 16, 2019 / John Nichols

Child Abuse as Official Government Policy

Child Abuse as Official Government Policy Child Abuse as Official Government Policy

That, plus Supreme Court clearance for a white-nationalist asylum policy, and GOP dirty tricks in North Carolina—all in a week’s work for the Trumpists.

Sep 13, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky

Trump’s Support of Boris Johnson Should Remind Congress of the Necessity of Impeachment

Trump’s Support of Boris Johnson Should Remind Congress of the Necessity of Impeachment Trump’s Support of Boris Johnson Should Remind Congress of the Necessity of Impeachment

Be wary of a president who celebrates abuses of power abroad and who, at home, imagines that the Constitution “allows me to do whatever I want.”

Aug 30, 2019 / John Nichols

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Letters From the August 26-September 2, 2019, Issue Letters From the August 26-September 2, 2019, Issue

Eyes wide open… The other stain… Sanders’s exceptionalism?… Human rights v. propaganda (web only)…

Aug 13, 2019 / Our Readers and Omar Barghouti

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