Gender and Sexuality

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What ‘The New York Times’ Won’t Tell You About Woman Suffrage What ‘The New York Times’ Won’t Tell You About Woman Suffrage

While Times readers have learned much about the failings of white suffragists, they have remained in the dark about the paper’s own strident attacks on the very idea of allowing wo...

Sep 10, 2020 / Mary Walton

For Trump, Defaming His Rape Accuser Is Part of His Job

For Trump, Defaming His Rape Accuser Is Part of His Job For Trump, Defaming His Rape Accuser Is Part of His Job

Such is the central claim at the heart of the DOJ’s attempt to intervene in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit against Trump.

Sep 9, 2020 / Elie Mystal

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What Do Young Black Women Want From This Election? What Do Young Black Women Want From This Election?

“Black women are always the ones who are asked to save folks, whether or not we get thanked or supported for it.”

Sep 9, 2020 / StudentNation / Kristen Johnson

A Thank You Note

A Thank You Note A Thank You Note

This column spanned almost five years, and I was lucky to be able to help during so many drastic changes in our world.

Sep 4, 2020 / Liza Featherstone

Our Future is Intersectional

Our Future is Intersectional Our Future is Intersectional

Biden-Harris, ticket out of Trumpland.

Aug 25, 2020 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

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The Problem With NYC’s New Women’s Rights Monument The Problem With NYC’s New Women’s Rights Monument

As statues topple across the US, a new women’s rights monument in Central Park has sparked debate over whether statues are a redeemable form of remembrance.

Aug 25, 2020 / Erin L. Thompson

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How to Dismantle White Supremacy How to Dismantle White Supremacy

To end systemic racism, the country needs a comprehensive racial justice program even more sweeping than the Marshall Plan.

Aug 21, 2020 / Barbara Smith

The DNC Refuses to Address the Elephant in the Room

The DNC Refuses to Address the Elephant in the Room The DNC Refuses to Address the Elephant in the Room

The Supreme Court will be lost for a generation if Biden loses, dooming almost all progressive policy ideas. But no Democrats are talking about it.

Aug 20, 2020 / Elie Mystal

Margaret Sanger

Canceling Margaret Sanger Only Helps Abortion Opponents Canceling Margaret Sanger Only Helps Abortion Opponents

When Planned Parenthood took the name of the organization’s founder off its flagship clinic in Manhattan, they bought into anti-choice propaganda. 

Aug 20, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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Letters From the August 24/31, 2020, Issue Letters From the August 24/31, 2020, Issue

An ounce of prevention… Abortion and the court… Color-blind reporting…

Aug 11, 2020 / Our Readers and Maia Hibbett

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