What Does the Religious Right Want From Romney? What Does the Religious Right Want From Romney?
Bryan Fischer brags that social conservatives forced Mitt to fire a gay staffer. What else would they like to make him do?
May 3, 2012 / Ben Adler
Women: Occupy the Left Women: Occupy the Left
Why is it so hard to understand that women's rights are an economic issue?
May 2, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Gay Romney Aide Resigns Gay Romney Aide Resigns
Mitt's new foreign policy spokesman, Richard Grenell, suddenly resigned Tuesday afternoon. Was he forced out by anti-gay social conservatives?
May 1, 2012 / Ben Adler
What Feminists Can Learn From the GOP What Feminists Can Learn From the GOP
Republican opposition to the Violence Against Women Act demonstrates the power and importance including the most marginalized.
Apr 27, 2012 / Jessica Valenti
Did Conservative Sting Operatives Target Planned Parenthood—Again? Did Conservative Sting Operatives Target Planned Parenthood—Again?
Has an anti-choice group secretly videotaped “patients” asking about sex-selective abortion?
Apr 24, 2012 / Jessica Valenti
Not Just Labor Rights; Scott Walker Is Also Dismantling Women’s Rights Not Just Labor Rights; Scott Walker Is Also Dismantling Women’s Rights
Wisconsin's governor is not just attacking labor rights, and voting rights, he's attacking access to reproductive rights. And Wisconsin women are losing some vital Planned Pa...
Apr 20, 2012 / John Nichols
Guns, Gays and Democrats Guns, Gays and Democrats
Yes, the NRA and ALEC pushed pro-gun bills, but they were helped in many instances by Democrats too afraid to take on one of the culture war’s signal issues.
Apr 18, 2012 / Richard Kim
In Nebraska, an Unlikely Alliance Fights for Prenatal Care for Undocumented Women In Nebraska, an Unlikely Alliance Fights for Prenatal Care for Undocumented Women
Both Planned Parenthood and Nebraska Right to Life support a measure to restore healthcare coverage to “unborn children.”
Apr 18, 2012 / Emily Douglas
Pikuach Nefesh: On God and Gays Pikuach Nefesh: On God and Gays
Mark Jordan and Jay Michaelson seek hope for gay religious practice in heretical churches and the Hebrew Bible.
Apr 17, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Mark Oppenheimer
When Will the Obama Administration Take a Stand on LGBT Issues? When Will the Obama Administration Take a Stand on LGBT Issues?
Despite Obama's campaign pledge, fighting LGBT discrimination is not a strong point for the White House.
Apr 16, 2012 / Melissa Harris-Perry