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How to Survive Being a Student-Survivor How to Survive Being a Student-Survivor

Important lessons on victims’ rights and the ways to maximize their luck with Title IX.

Oct 20, 2021 / StudentNation / Finley Muratova

Rikers Detainees Are Being Transferred From One “Hellhole” to Another

Rikers Detainees Are Being Transferred From One “Hellhole” to Another Rikers Detainees Are Being Transferred From One “Hellhole” to Another

Former and currently incarcerated people denounce Governor Kathy Hochul’s decision to transfer detainees as a temporary fix to the ongoing crisis at Rikers.

Oct 19, 2021 / Victoria Law

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Letters From the November 1/8, 2021, Issue Letters From the November 1/8, 2021, Issue

Our carbon bootprint… The forgotten forever war… Fuzzy math… Feminism: left and white? (web only)…

Oct 19, 2021 / Our Readers and Rafia Zakaria

Why Activists Are Calling on Kathy Hochul to “Free Them All”

Why Activists Are Calling on Kathy Hochul to “Free Them All” Why Activists Are Calling on Kathy Hochul to “Free Them All”

Speaking in midtown Friday, activists called on the New York governor to commute the sentences of abuse victims “as a first step towards reparations.”

Oct 15, 2021 / Victoria Law

LGBTQ rights supporters holding signs.

Texas Slams the Door on Trans Kids’ Playing Sports Texas Slams the Door on Trans Kids’ Playing Sports

In an abhorrent vote, the Texas legislature reaffirms its position as a reactionary body whose guiding ethos is cruelty.

Oct 15, 2021 / Dave Zirin

Texas Abortion Providers Are “Hitting Their Limits”

Texas Abortion Providers Are “Hitting Their Limits” Texas Abortion Providers Are “Hitting Their Limits”

Clinic staff are “very worried” about the stability of their jobs, explained one provider. And turning away patient after patient is taking its toll.

Oct 14, 2021 / Mary Tuma

Children in a Pre-K class

No, We Don’t Have to Pick Just One Policy to Help Kids and Families! No, We Don’t Have to Pick Just One Policy to Help Kids and Families!

And if Senator Joe Manchin is really pushing this, he should apologize to his West Virginia constituents—and the country.

Oct 14, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Katharine Hepburn

Breaking Glass: Curriculum “Diversity” and Its Discontents Breaking Glass: Curriculum “Diversity” and Its Discontents

On teaching literature and the limits of representation.

Oct 13, 2021 / Column / Diana Senechal

Joan Walsh on MSNBC

Women Yell Things to Me. But They’re All Compliments. Women Yell Things to Me. But They’re All Compliments.

Ever since I let my hair go to its natural white, I’ve gotten only positive feedback, especially from women. My conclusion? Representation matters—for older women, too.

Oct 12, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Virginie Despentes’s Philosophy of Rage

Virginie Despentes’s Philosophy of Rage Virginie Despentes’s Philosophy of Rage

Her manifesto King Kong Theory presents a seductive yet contradictory vision of feminism.

Oct 12, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Dilara O’Neil

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