Susan Collins Tries to Have Her #MeToo Cake and Eat It Too Susan Collins Tries to Have Her #MeToo Cake and Eat It Too
Either you believe Christine Blasey Ford, or you don’t.
Oct 5, 2018 / Zoë Carpenter
It’s Time for Men to Join the Fight Against Brett Kavanaugh It’s Time for Men to Join the Fight Against Brett Kavanaugh
As women continue the exhausting work of educating the world about sexual assault, men need to step up and offer some meaningful support.
Oct 5, 2018 / Daniel Altschuler and Darius Gordon
Kavanaugh’s Defenders in Congress Don’t Care About Process Kavanaugh’s Defenders in Congress Don’t Care About Process
The hearings reveal disparities in who gets to speak out—and who must remain silent.
Oct 4, 2018 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
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