Stealth Assault on Reproductive Rights Stealth Assault on Reproductive Rights
When pro-choicers accuse anti-choicers of being anti-contraception they're often taken as crying wolf -- even though no anti-choice organization explicitly endorses birth contr...
Aug 4, 2008 / Katha Pollitt
Flocking to Faith Flocking to Faith
Obama's incredible faith-based initiative.
Jul 31, 2008 / Column / Katha Pollitt
McCain Opposes Contraception — Pass It On McCain Opposes Contraception — Pass It On
I realize it's not as world-shaking as the caricature of the Obamas on the cover of The New Yorker, which has the high-end media in a total tizzy. It's probably not even as imp...
Jul 17, 2008 / Katha Pollitt
Who’s Afraid of Judy Maccabee? Who’s Afraid of Judy Maccabee?
Women increasingly are taking leadership roles in Jewish life--and that's a problem?
Jul 2, 2008 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Feminists for McCain? Not So Much Feminists for McCain? Not So Much
NARAL and Planned Parenthood give him a big fat zero. What else do you need to know?
Jun 19, 2008 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Iron My Skirt Iron My Skirt
Once the bitterness of the present moment has faded, people will recognize they owe Hillary Clinton a standing ovation, even if they can't stand her.
Jun 5, 2008 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Déjà Vu in South Dakota Déjà Vu in South Dakota
It's going to take a concerted national effort to defeat the state's latest anti-choice ballot initiative.
May 22, 2008 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Backlash Spectacular Backlash Spectacular
From campus to courtroom, longstanding gains for women are being eroded everywhere you look.
May 8, 2008 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Preachers and Politics Preachers and Politics
For years, Democrats have been trying to shed their secular image in order to appeal to voters who think Jesus is a Republican. As the saying goes, be careful what you wish f...
Apr 30, 2008 / Katha Pollitt
Why Tom Hayden Makes Me Scream Why Tom Hayden Makes Me Scream
Hayden is employing an ancient literary-political device, in which a man wards off charges of sexism by citing the example of a woman.
Apr 24, 2008 / Katha Pollitt