Politics
We Know College Feminists Care About Sexual Assault. But What About Abortion?
Oct 24, 2014For many students attending schools in East and West Coast states, the legislative efforts to restrict abortion access commonly found in red states can seem quite distant from their own daily gender struggles.
When Guns Trample Speech, Do We Have a Democracy?
Oct 21, 2014A speech by feminist Anita Sarkeesian was canceled by Utah State University because, even under the threat of a massacre, the state demands that guns cannot be prohibited in public spaces.
Chart: Values of Homes Owned by African Americans Take Outsized Hit Compared to Those Owned by Whites
Oct 20, 2014Between 2010 and 2013, inflation-adjusted median home values fell by 4.6 percent for white households and 18.4 percent for African American households.
What Would Elections Be Like If Everyone Voted?
Oct 20, 2014Campaigns spend an incredible amount of time, money and effort trying to get their people to the polls. What if that just wasn't an issue?
Did Austerity Abet the Ebola Crisis?
Oct 20, 2014A conversation with Terry O'Sullivan, an expert in the dynamics of catastrophic disease outbreaks, on the high human cost of cutbacks to public-health funding.
Republicans Target Georgia Voter Registration Drive With Questionable Charges of Fraud
Oct 17, 2014A recent study finds that if 60 percent of unregistered African Americans and other people of color in the Peach State registered to vote, their votes would likely be enough to sway statewide elections. So GOP leaders are pushing back.
Whether Lies or B.S., Netanyahu's Interviews Pose Special Challenges for Journalists
Oct 16, 2014The storyline and most of the details of a tale told by the Israeli prime minister on American television were deliberately untrue.
Abortion Without Apology: A Prescription for Getting the Pro-Choice Groove Back
Oct 14, 2014Only by reclaiming abortion as a fundamental right and normal part of health care can the pro-choice movement hope to win, writes Katha Pollitt in a lively new book.
More Trade Agreements Won't Fix the Mess Made by Austerity
Oct 14, 2014Even T-TIP's supporters know it will have little more than a trivial effect on growth.
Will the Right's Relentless War on Women Prove a Boon to Dems in the Midterms?
Oct 10, 2014Nine Senate seats remain toss-ups. Republicans need six of those seats to win the Senate. Women voters could keep that from happening, but only if they show up to vote.
Unpredictable Schedules Inflicted on Workers are Wrecking People's Lives
Oct 10, 2014This nationwide trend goes virtually undetected when we take the economy’s temperature each month.
Sex, Lies and the Secret Service
Oct 10, 2014What does it mean when a partisan of the Secret Service appears to declare a war of leaks on the White House?
Mass Deportations Driven By Politics of Midterm Elections
Oct 09, 2014Dog-whistling on the right is responsible for much of this heartbreak. But fault also lies with the Obama administration.
Mailers Sent By Koch Group Appear Designed to Misdirect Voters in Key U.S. Senate Race
Oct 07, 2014North Carolina election officials are investigating a mailer that the Americans for Prosperity Foundation sent to thousands of would-be voters in the state that contained bad information about registration.
It’s Not a Skills Gap That’s Holding Wages Down: It's the Weak Economy, Among Other Things
Oct 07, 2014Workers’ ability to handle technological advances doesn’t explain what’s happened to American wages.
