![Supreme Nightmare](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/FEATURE_Ratt-Woe.jpg)
Supreme Nightmare Supreme Nightmare
Tearing down women’s rights.
May 5, 2022 / OppArt / Ratt and Shout Your Abortion
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Strippers Seize the Moment, Turning a Lockout Into a Picket Line Strippers Seize the Moment, Turning a Lockout Into a Picket Line
How many assaults, rapes, and shootings will it take for these performers to be afforded even the basic protections a union could provide?
May 5, 2022 / Antonia Crane
![Whatever It Takes, Democrats Must Defend Abortion Rights](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/GettyImages-1395263009.jpg)
Whatever It Takes, Democrats Must Defend Abortion Rights Whatever It Takes, Democrats Must Defend Abortion Rights
Voters did their part by electing Democrats in 2020. It’s past time these elected leaders did theirs.
May 5, 2022 / Atima Omara
![It’s Time for Democrats to Do More Than Vote-Shaming](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/AP20070708402056-1.jpg)
It’s Time for Democrats to Do More Than Vote-Shaming It’s Time for Democrats to Do More Than Vote-Shaming
Despite their control of the House, Senate, and presidency, Democrats won’t take responsibility for an unprecedented attack on reproductive rights on their watch.
May 4, 2022 / Aída Chávez
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Finally a Change of Strategy in the Push for Brittney Griner’s Freedom Finally a Change of Strategy in the Push for Brittney Griner’s Freedom
The State Department is at long last seeing the basketball star as the “wrongfully detained” person she is.
May 4, 2022 / Dave Zirin
![Kathy Boudin’s Remarkable Journey](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/image0.jpg)
Kathy Boudin’s Remarkable Journey Kathy Boudin’s Remarkable Journey
Until I met Kathy, I had never witnessed the kind of self-study she engaged in to understand who she was before the crime that defined her life—and how she could begin to make amen...
May 4, 2022 / Obituary / Elizabeth Gaynes
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Yes, We Will Fight for “Roe.” But We Are Also Mourning. Yes, We Will Fight for “Roe.” But We Are Also Mourning.
I’d like to say the folks at the Emily’s List gala were fired up and ready to fight—but that would be missing the undercurrent of trauma in the crowd.
May 4, 2022 / Joan Walsh
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Gladys Bentley Gladys Bentley
Talent, boldness, courage.
May 4, 2022 / OppArt / Ibtisam Tasnim Zaman
![The Fate of Abortion Rights Rests Not in D.C. but in the Statehouses](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/GettyImages-1240417235.jpg)
The Fate of Abortion Rights Rests Not in D.C. but in the Statehouses The Fate of Abortion Rights Rests Not in D.C. but in the Statehouses
With legislation codifying Roe deadlocked in Washington, Democrats must focus attention and resources on statehouse elections.
May 4, 2022 / John Nichols
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We Cannot Rely on Billionaires to Create Necessary Guardrails on Social Media We Cannot Rely on Billionaires to Create Necessary Guardrails on Social Media
Nothing makes the case for public ownership of online public spaces like a billionaire proposing to buy one.
May 3, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel