“Restore Roe” Is Not the Answer to the Abortion Access Crisis “Restore Roe” Is Not the Answer to the Abortion Access Crisis
We deserve better than the return of a law that never worked for everyone.
Jan 27, 2023 / Mary Drummer
I’m the Proud Dad of a Drag Queen—and I Want a Better World for My Kid I’m the Proud Dad of a Drag Queen—and I Want a Better World for My Kid
Why are many thoughtful, well-educated people so ready to lump drag queens, nonbinary, and transgender people in a single rejectable category?
Jan 27, 2023 / Ira Chernus
Conservatives Have a Sketchy New Legal Plot to Ban the Abortion Pill Conservatives Have a Sketchy New Legal Plot to Ban the Abortion Pill
By forum-shopping their way to a hearing before a zealot judge, conservatives hope to win an unwinnable case—and not for the first time.
Jan 26, 2023 / Elie Mystal
Letters From the February 6/13, 2023, Issue Letters From the February 6/13, 2023, Issue
The pink tide and democracy… Netizen power… The rules of the game…
Jan 26, 2023 / Our Readers
Rights and Wrongs Rights and Wrongs
January 22 marks the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, as we mourn the loss of 50 years of constitutional protections.
Jan 23, 2023 / OppArt / Christy Arbogast
Why Is Governor Kathy Hochul Waging War on Her Own Party? Why Is Governor Kathy Hochul Waging War on Her Own Party?
New York’s governor is a relic from a lost world.
Jan 20, 2023 / Jeet Heer
The Supreme Court’s Big Investigation Into the “Dobbs” Leak Was a Big Fake The Supreme Court’s Big Investigation Into the “Dobbs” Leak Was a Big Fake
The institution whose members claim to have the power to see into the minds of dead people couldn’t figure out who leaked the Dobbs draft.
Jan 19, 2023 / Elie Mystal
Abortion Rights Voters Are Reshaping Politics Abortion Rights Voters Are Reshaping Politics
A special-election victory in Virginia confirms that abortion rights will continue to be a key motivator in the critical state legislative elections of 2023.
Jan 17, 2023 / John Nichols
Pakistan’s Transgender Community Rises Up Pakistan’s Transgender Community Rises Up
In the wake of changing legal standards recognizing the self-determination of gender identity, transgender Pakistanis are taking steps to live openly.
The FDA’s Abortion Announcement Is Not What You Think The FDA’s Abortion Announcement Is Not What You Think
The FDA just reinforced "abortion exceptionalism" in health care and added paternalistic busywork for pharmacists dispensing medication abortion.
Jan 6, 2023 / Renee Bracey Sherman, Dr. Daniel Grossman, and Tracy Weitz