Gender and Sexuality

Hillary Women

Inequality Among Women Is Crucial to Understanding Hillary’s Loss Inequality Among Women Is Crucial to Understanding Hillary’s Loss

Working-class women who voted for Trump tell us a lot about feminism’s relationship to class politics.

Nov 11, 2016 / Kathleen Geier

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Letters From the November 28, 2016, Issue Letters From the November 28, 2016, Issue

Blowing in the idiot wind…
Necessary trouble...

 All we are saying is... 
The true silent majority?…

Nov 10, 2016 / Our Readers

Nevada Voters

10 Things Progressives Need to Do Now 10 Things Progressives Need to Do Now

Starting November 9, we have our work cut out for us.

Nov 8, 2016 / Ai-jen Poo

Jail Cell Madison

5 Books You Need to Understand the Origins of Incarceration 5 Books You Need to Understand the Origins of Incarceration

Elizabeth Hinton’s celebrated new book, From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime (Harvard, 2016) comes at an electric political moment. “I hope,” says Hinton, “that my research…

Nov 8, 2016 / Elizabeth Hinton

Don’t Tell Trump: Minnesota Is About to Elect a Pioneering Somali-American Muslim Woman

Don’t Tell Trump: Minnesota Is About to Elect a Pioneering Somali-American Muslim Woman Don’t Tell Trump: Minnesota Is About to Elect a Pioneering Somali-American Muslim Woman

It matters that Ilhan Omar will be elected to the Minnesota state legislature on the same day that Minnesotans reject Donald Trump.

Nov 7, 2016 / John Nichols

The Syrian War’s Women Refugees Face a Particularly Harsh Exile

The Syrian War’s Women Refugees Face a Particularly Harsh Exile The Syrian War’s Women Refugees Face a Particularly Harsh Exile

In Iraq, Lebanon, and other countries in the region, Syrian women are still under siege.

Nov 7, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Asking for a Friend: My Young Daughter Is Trans—How Do I Get Her on the Right Soccer Team Without Forcing Her to Come Out?

Asking for a Friend: My Young Daughter Is Trans—How Do I Get Her on the Right Soccer Team Without Forcing Her to Come Out? Asking for a Friend: My Young Daughter Is Trans—How Do I Get Her on the Right Soccer Team Without Forcing Her to Come Out?

Another reader is worried that his artisanal carpentry limits him to crafting for the 1 percent.

Nov 4, 2016 / Liza Featherstone

Donald Trump

Donald Trump: The View From the Rust Belt Donald Trump: The View From the Rust Belt

Gary Younge on Indiana’s Trump supporters, Katha Pollitt on women voters, Tom Frank on e-mail leaks, and Adam Shatz on Obama, race, and racism

Nov 3, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Hillary Clinton Has One More Badly Behaved Man Left to Vanquish

Hillary Clinton Has One More Badly Behaved Man Left to Vanquish Hillary Clinton Has One More Badly Behaved Man Left to Vanquish

Could the clouds of testosterone billowing from the campaign have something to do with the fact that Donald Trump is facing a woman?

Nov 2, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Essential Ferrante

The Essential Ferrante The Essential Ferrante

How the Italian novelist’s demand to remain anonymous reveals her true identity.

Nov 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick

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