The alleged shooter of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords may have been mentally ill, but his hallucinatory fantasy world was informed by the real one.
Michelle Goldberg
Michelle Goldberg is a senior correspondent at The American Prospect. She is also the author of Kingdom Coming and The Means of Reproduction.
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What the Pill Gave Birth To
The convergence of modern contraception and women’s liberation was not intended or expected by the pill’s inventors.
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The Feminist Case for Flawed Reform
The anti-abortion provisions of both the House and the Senate versions of health care are a serious setback for reproductive rights. We need to support it nonetheless.
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Radical Realism
Ellen Willis’ cultural libertarianism allowed her to navigate the feminist sex wars of the 1980s with a grace and good sense that still stands up.
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A Pro-Life Death Sentence
The case of a pregnant Nicaraguan woman who has been denied treatment for cancer is yet another instance of how women’s health is disregarded by anti-abortion advocates.
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Futile Concessions
Health-care reform hinges on abortion, but the pro-choice movement has already lost.
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Tea Party, Meet the Religious Right
The upcoming tea-party convention has attracted a large number of high-profile conservative Christians. Could an alliance be next?
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Beauty Myths
Are impossible beauty standards a subconscious cultural reaction against women’s growing political power?
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The “Obama’s Jewish Problem” Meme.
Late last week, The New York Times published an 800-word story about a few right-wing Jews’ complaints that Barack Obama‘s Hannukah party was smaller than that of Bush, a purported sign of the White House’s callous indifference to the Jewish people. On Friday, the CBS News Political Hotsheet blog picked up the story with a […]
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Europe’s Roe v. Wade?
A case before the European Court of Human Rights rests on the question of whether reproductive rights should be universal.