Anti-Choice Amendments Fail in Senate Finance Committee Anti-Choice Amendments Fail in Senate Finance Committee
Two anti-choice amendments considered by the Senate Finance Committee today were soundly defeated.
Sep 30, 2009 / Feature / Sharon Lerner
Can the NFL Tackle Homophobia? Can the NFL Tackle Homophobia?
Some National Football League players appear to be turning over a new leaf when it comes to gay rights, but a history of homophobia still haunts the sport.
Sep 29, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
The Student Sex Column Movement The Student Sex Column Movement
The explosion of student sex columns, as captivating as they are controversial, represents a campus movement possessed of the same subversive potential that fueled 1960s student ac...
Sep 28, 2009 / Feature / Alex DiBranco
Missing from Healthcare Bills: Coverage for Reproductive Health Missing from Healthcare Bills: Coverage for Reproductive Health
Health reform promises support for comprehensive care. That promise plainly does not extend to women who depend on public funds and seek abortions.
Sep 25, 2009 / Sylvia Law
Healthcare Reform–at the Price of Women’s Health? Healthcare Reform–at the Price of Women’s Health?
If Republicans don't have much hope of derailing healthcare reform, they still have a shot at seriously limiting women's access to affordable reproductive healthcare.
Sep 24, 2009 / Feature / Sharon Lerner
Stop the Sex Scare in Sports Stop the Sex Scare in Sports
The salacious sports media and the puritanical zealots that run international track and field have joined forces to hit a new low.
Sep 14, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin and Sherry Wolf
Factoring People Into Climate Change Factoring People Into Climate Change
More and more experts now say that climate change and population increase should be viewed together. Local politicians in developing countries often try to heat up the issue.
Sep 14, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Sexual Healing Sexual Healing
"Female sexual dysfunction" is a case in point of a runaway medical system that requires huge profits, hence new sicknesses, pills and procedures.
Sep 10, 2009 / JoAnn Wypijewski
Shotgun Adoption Shotgun Adoption
Christian agencies lavish support services on pregnant women--if they give up their babies.
Aug 26, 2009 / Feature / Kathryn Joyce
Sex-Testing Victim Semenya Stands Tall Sex-Testing Victim Semenya Stands Tall
The ongoing obsession in the West over Caster Semenya's gender only serves to highlight the understanding and acceptance shown her in South Africa.
Aug 26, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin