Brett Kavanaugh Is a Liar—So Why Couldn’t Democrats Call Him One? Brett Kavanaugh Is a Liar—So Why Couldn’t Democrats Call Him One?
News reports are not helping by wrongly presenting the hearing as a “he said/she said” affair.
Oct 3, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman
On the Campaign Trail, Anguish Over the Kavanaugh Nomination Is a Powerful Motivation On the Campaign Trail, Anguish Over the Kavanaugh Nomination Is a Powerful Motivation
Women candidates in Georgia remembered Anita Hill, believed Dr. Christine Blasey Ford—and put their anger into campaigning.
Oct 2, 2018 / Joan Walsh
A Woman Can Never Be Likable Enough A Woman Can Never Be Likable Enough
From an early age, we’re taught to please men. What if we got angry instead?
Oct 2, 2018 / Katha Pollitt
The Heart-Wrenching Trauma of the Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh Hearings The Heart-Wrenching Trauma of the Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh Hearings
It’s difficult. It hurts. It’s unfair. But women will keep telling our stories.
Sep 28, 2018 / Joan Walsh
Letters From the October 22, 2018, Issue Letters From the October 22, 2018, Issue
Lessons From and for AOC Thank you for an excellent cover story, “The AOC Effect,” about the Democratic Party’s new rock star, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [Sept. 10/17]. Although I am…
Sep 27, 2018 / Our Readers
Rachel Cusk’s Struggle to Break Free Rachel Cusk’s Struggle to Break Free
In her Outline trilogy, the English novelist finds a freedom in art that she cannot locate in life.
Sep 27, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Maggie Doherty
‘I Want People to Hear Me’: An Interview With Savannah West ‘I Want People to Hear Me’: An Interview With Savannah West
Black on Campus used technology, travel, text messaging, and the sheer force of will to build community as we learned to meet deadlines.
Sep 26, 2018 / StudentNation / Melissa Harris-Perry
Reasons to Believe Reasons to Believe
10 ways to respond to Brett Kavanaugh’s defenders.
Sep 26, 2018 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Take Action to Support Survivors and Oppose Brett Kavanaugh Take Action to Support Survivors and Oppose Brett Kavanaugh
Republicans continue to rush Kavanaugh’s confirmation and dismiss the serious allegations.
Sep 25, 2018 / NationAction
Brett Kavanaugh’s Fox News Interview Was a Disaster—for Him Brett Kavanaugh’s Fox News Interview Was a Disaster—for Him
He was stiff and unconvincing—and he put claims on the record that could easily be disproved.
Sep 25, 2018 / Joan Walsh