Gender and Sexuality

The Staggering Costs of Sexual Harassment

The Staggering Costs of Sexual Harassment The Staggering Costs of Sexual Harassment

Settlements offer a semblance of justice, but they don’t make victims of sexual harassment whole.

Sep 3, 2021 / Bryce Covert

Activists protest the Texas abortion ban

This Is What the First Hours of a Near-Total Ban on Abortion Look Like This Is What the First Hours of a Near-Total Ban on Abortion Look Like

The Texas law SB 8 will force abortion clinics in the state to turn away about 80 percent of all patients.

Sep 2, 2021 / Amy Littlefield

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What Can Democrats Do to Fight Texas’s Abortion Ban? Lots. What Can Democrats Do to Fight Texas’s Abortion Ban? Lots.

The only question is how far Democrats are willing to go to defend women’s rights.

Sep 2, 2021 / Elie Mystal

“Roe v. Wade” Will Functionally Cease to Exist in Texas

“Roe v. Wade” Will Functionally Cease to Exist in Texas “Roe v. Wade” Will Functionally Cease to Exist in Texas

Unless the Supreme Court steps in, the country’s most dangerous anti-abortion law will go into effect, banning abortions after six weeks and placing a cash bounty on providers.

Aug 31, 2021 / Elie Mystal for The Nation

Protest for Afghanistan in India

“Hear Our Cries”: What Terrifies an Afghan Women’s Rights Activist “Hear Our Cries”: What Terrifies an Afghan Women’s Rights Activist

K, an anonymous advocate for Afghan women, speaks out while hiding from the Taliban in Kabul.

Aug 25, 2021 / Q&A / Mona Tajali

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Letters From the September 6/13, 2021, Issue Letters From the September 6/13, 2021, Issue

The good place… Overconsumed…

Aug 24, 2021 / Our Readers

Mural in Taliban Controlled Afghanistan

Why We Lost in Afghanistan Why We Lost in Afghanistan

The United States embarked on creating a new Afghanistan founded on values cherished by most Americans—women’s rights, for example—but not necessarily by most Afghans.

Aug 23, 2021 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Simone Biles

Black Women Olympians Showed Us What It Means to Be Excellent—and Human Black Women Olympians Showed Us What It Means to Be Excellent—and Human

If there is a sea change in the way mental health is understood in elite sports, it is being led by Simone Biles and other Black women.

Aug 19, 2021 / Column / Kali Holloway

Attorneys with Justice X will hold a news conference to announce lawsuits against the LAPD over its alleged targeted attacks against journalists and activists

Why Transphobia Is at the Heart of the White Power Movement Why Transphobia Is at the Heart of the White Power Movement

Gender nonconformity threatens a worldview that is fixated on immutable and antiquated gender roles.

Aug 18, 2021 / Talia Lavin

US First Lady Laura Bush visits Afghanistan

White Feminists Wanted to Invade White Feminists Wanted to Invade

Afghan women never asked for US air strikes.

Aug 17, 2021 / Rafia Zakaria

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