The Left

Holiday Giving: Second Pandemic Winter Edition

Holiday Giving: Second Pandemic Winter Edition Holiday Giving: Second Pandemic Winter Edition

Republicans are on the move, and so are Covid and climate change—give now, before things get even worse!

Dec 9, 2021 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Protest, with someone holding a sign reading NO MANDATE OUR BODIES OUR CHOICE

The Right’s Bad-Faith Argument About Bodily Autonomy The Right’s Bad-Faith Argument About Bodily Autonomy

Justice Amy Coney Barrett wants to catch us in a trap where either we concede the state’s right to coerce reproduction or we abandon the state’s right to mandate vaccines.

Dec 8, 2021 / David M. Perry

What We Get Wrong About Adoption

What We Get Wrong About Adoption What We Get Wrong About Adoption

Activists and political leaders promote adoption as a social good, looking past the complex experiences of adoptees and the parents who relinquish them.

Dec 7, 2021 / Gretchen Sisson and Jessica M. Harrison

Xiomara Castro

Honduras Elects a Socialist—but Will She Be Allowed to Govern? Honduras Elects a Socialist—but Will She Be Allowed to Govern?

Xiomara Castro’s administration won’t have it easy: Corrupt networks permeate every branch of government.

Dec 6, 2021 / Jared Olson

Thinking Beyond “Roe”

Thinking Beyond “Roe” Thinking Beyond “Roe”

If Supreme Court rules as expected, a group of committed abortion rights supporters is ready to fight to “liberate abortion.”

Dec 2, 2021 / Amy Littlefield

The Supreme Court

The Christian Legal Army Behind the Ban on Abortion in Mississippi The Christian Legal Army Behind the Ban on Abortion in Mississippi

The Alliance Defending Freedom has been laying the groundwork to end legal abortion for years. But that’s just the beginning.

Nov 30, 2021 / Amy Littlefield

Pramila Jayapal Has Made Her Case to Be Pelosi’s Successor

Pramila Jayapal Has Made Her Case to Be Pelosi’s Successor Pramila Jayapal Has Made Her Case to Be Pelosi’s Successor

The chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus could be in line to step into the Democratic leader’s shoes.

Nov 26, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Rep. Jamaal Bowman

Purge at DSA: Why Are Activists Trying to Expel Representative Bowman? Purge at DSA: Why Are Activists Trying to Expel Representative Bowman?

Jamaal Bowman’s victory over Eliot Engel, former chair of the House Foreign Relations committee, was celebrated by the left. Now, some in the socialist organization are calling for...

Nov 22, 2021 / Ross Barkan

Texas Capitol

The Withering Away of the States Can’t Happen Soon Enough The Withering Away of the States Can’t Happen Soon Enough

It’s time for a new federalism that brings suburbs and central cities together to promote equity, growth, and sustainability.

Nov 19, 2021 / Nathan Newman

Joe Biden speaks at a podium that reads

Biden’s Progressive Vision Just Isn’t Enough Biden’s Progressive Vision Just Isn’t Enough

Progressivism once looked to the future; today, it’s stuck in the past.

Nov 19, 2021 / Andrew J. Bacevich

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