Roe v. Wade and Beyond: Ruth Rosen Responds
On the day that Roe v. Wade was handed down, I felt a mixture of elation and panic. A new future loomed in which unwanted pregnancies would no longer send women to quacks, rushing them to hospitals with raging infections and perhaps to … {…}
The Tea Party and Angry White Women
When the Tea Party emerged in 2009, most progressive critics characterized it as a sprawling movement of “angry white men.” But it is also a party of angry white women. Everyone in the Tea Party shares an ideology that calls … {…}
Democracy in Action
Years later, I would tell my friends never to shirk their jury summonses. This is the most democratic experience you’ll ever have, I’d insist. But when I first arrived at the Alameda County Superior Courthouse, located in what was the … {…}
Toxic Terror
Diamond: A Struggle For Envioronmental Justice in Louisiana’s Chemical Corridor by Steve Lerner {…}
The Last Page
In early October 2001, grief still gripped much of the nation. Anthrax-laced letters kept the public, as well as media, in a state of acute anxiety. In this tense atmosphere, the U.S. government quietly changed its policy governing the Freedom … {…}
Ex-Convicts and Civil Death
Imagine a corporate executive who’s been convicted of embezzlement. He serves his sentence and some years later, having paid his debt to society, leaves prison a free man. Now he’s an ex-convict, in fact, an ex-felon. Should we allow him … {…}
The Longest Revolution
American women entered the twentieth century without the right to vote and ended it with the right “to have it all” as long as they “do it all.” Progress? It depends on whom you ask. The nation’s citizens are deeply … {…}
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Traversing the U.S. Food System: An Interview with Tracie McMillan· May 22, 2013 ·
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All for One and One for All: A Response to Marshall Sahlins· May 21, 2013 ·
