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Desperately Seeking Health Insurance Desperately Seeking Health Insurance

As crises go, medical insurance is not a very sexy one.

Jun 3, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Do You Feel a Draft? Do You Feel a Draft?

The main effect of bringing back the draft would be to further militarize the nation.

May 20, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Show & Tell in Abu Ghraib Show & Tell in Abu Ghraib

What are the thousand words, I wonder, that are worth the pictures of grinning US soldiers sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison?

May 6, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Down and Out in Texas Down and Out in Texas

Did you know that since January 1, women in Texas have not been able to obtain abortions from the sixteenth week of pregnancy on?

Apr 22, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Pregnant and Dangerous Pregnant and Dangerous

The good news is that Utah has dropped murder charges against Melissa Rowland, who rejected her doctors' advice to undergo an immediate Caesarean section and gave birth to a stil...

Apr 8, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Pull Over, NASCAR Dads Pull Over, NASCAR Dads

Single women under 65--those separated, widowed, divorced or never married--represent at least 24 percent of the voting-age population and a whopping 46 percent of voting-age wom...

Mar 25, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Protocols of Mel Gibson The Protocols of Mel Gibson

My friends had one question for me after I saw Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ: Is it anti-Semitic?

Mar 11, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt

Toothpaste, Cough Drops, Aspirin, Contraception Toothpaste, Cough Drops, Aspirin, Contraception

Please forward widely: "An Open Letter About Emergency Contraception," by Katha Pollitt and Jennifer Baumgardner

Feb 26, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Kristof to the Rescue? Kristof to the Rescue?

This morning I got an e-mail from Feminist Majority asking me to e-mail the President protesting the Iraqi Governing Council's approval of Resolution 137, which would abolish cur...

Feb 12, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Judy, Judy, Judy Judy, Judy, Judy

I used to think we should get rid of First Ladies.

Jan 29, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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