Prochoice Puritans Prochoice Puritans
As prochoicers seek to reframe their arguments, injecting more moralism into the antiabortion debate will not keep abortion legal and accessible.
Jan 26, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt
What’s Race Got to Do With It? What’s Race Got to Do With It?
Socially conservative black churches may be ripe for exploitation by the Christian right on gay marriage. But that's only part of the story.
Jan 25, 2006 / Column / Gary Younge
A Is for Anti-Woman A Is for Anti-Woman
What's at stake for women if Samuel Alito is confirmed to the US Supreme Court? Reproductive rights are only the tip of the iceberg.
Jan 19, 2006 / Sharon Lerner
Is Fear the Best Way to Fight AIDS? Is Fear the Best Way to Fight AIDS?
Thanks to the fear tactics advocated by the Bush Administration and abetted by many health activists, gay and bisexual men have been engaged in a one-sided conversation about safe ...
Jan 6, 2006 / Kai Wright
Of Queers and Kong Of Queers and Kong
From Brokeback Mountain's closeted cowboys to King Kong's embrace of Anne Darrow, Hollywood has queered cherished icons of masculinity. But the two films paint a bleak picture: Lov...
Jan 5, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Richard Goldstein
Ho-Ho-Holiday Donations, Early Edition Ho-Ho-Holiday Donations, Early Edition
Tsunami. Hurricane. Earthquake. War. Poverty. Injustice. It's been a tough year, but here's a list of extraordinary groups who deserve a place on your holiday gift list.
Nov 23, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt
What Would Alito Do? What Would Alito Do?
If Samuel Alito is confirmed to the US Supreme Court, his impact on limiting reproductive rights would be certain and swift, due to his record and to two key abortion rights cases ...
Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Sharon Lerner
Sheryl Swoopes: Out of the Closet–and Ignored Sheryl Swoopes: Out of the Closet–and Ignored
WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes has just come out of the closet. But why didn't anyone care?
Nov 4, 2005 / Dave Zirin
Genes, Genius, Genies Genes, Genius, Genies
The right has ushered in a moment of cult celebrity for the pre-born. But let's not be seduced by this idea of personhood. Remember the poor and not-so-perfect post-born children ...
Nov 3, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Serious Questions for Samuel A. Alito Jr. Serious Questions for Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Questions for Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr.: What are the rights of an individual before the law? Are these rights any different from what Alito views as the rights of ...
Nov 1, 2005 / Morton Mintz