Gender and Sexuality

A hospital worker in a hospital

Oregon Will Protect Reproductive Health Care When Hospitals Merge Oregon Will Protect Reproductive Health Care When Hospitals Merge

A landmark bill will ensure that health care services don’t disappear when Catholic hospitals take over other providers.

Jul 19, 2021 / Amy Littlefield

The Hometown Heroes parade

How Capitalism Invented the Care Economy How Capitalism Invented the Care Economy

This is what’s missing from the new conversation about care work.

Jul 16, 2021 / Premilla Nadasen

#FreeBritney movement

For Women Under Conservatorship, Forced Birth Control Is Routine For Women Under Conservatorship, Forced Birth Control Is Routine

Advocates were not surprised when Britney Spears said she wasn’t allowed to have her IUD removed. They’d heard similar stories before.

Jul 15, 2021 / Sara Luterman

Shulamith Firestone Wanted to Abolish Nature—We Should, Too

Shulamith Firestone Wanted to Abolish Nature—We Should, Too Shulamith Firestone Wanted to Abolish Nature—We Should, Too

Revisiting her brilliant, irritable, deeply flawed manifesto in the pandemic.

Jul 14, 2021 / Feature / Sophie Lewis

honey baked ham made by the author

The Art of the Meal The Art of the Meal

Sharing recipes and dinner-plate photos was a balm for isolation, and a reminder that magic is made in breaking bread together.

Jul 7, 2021 / Mary Lewis

Celebrating the Holidays

Celebrating the Holidays Celebrating the Holidays

Remembering our history.

Jun 30, 2021 / OppArt / Josh Gosfield

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Maybe We Shouldn’t Go Back to Normal Maybe We Shouldn’t Go Back to Normal

“Normal has always been a perilous reality.”

Jun 30, 2021 / Bri M.

Biden priest

Are Pro-Choice Catholics Worthy of Communion? Are Pro-Choice Catholics Worthy of Communion?

The backlash over the bishops’ challenge to Biden starts from the wrong premise.

Jun 29, 2021 / Michael F. Pettinger

Celebrating Pride Month

Celebrating Pride Month Celebrating Pride Month

A dance to LGBTQ!

Jun 29, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Stonewall Place

The Fight for LGBTQ Rights Must Include Reparations The Fight for LGBTQ Rights Must Include Reparations

If passed, a Senate resolution introduced in June would apologize to LGBTQ federal workers for historical acts of discrimination. Real reparations demand far more.

Jun 29, 2021 / Omar G. Encarnación

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