Abortion on Demand
Today, in many states, all abortions of viable embryos and fetuses are banned regardless of why are where they occur....
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The Lesson of War We Don’t Learn
Each one is more horrible than the last—and yet, each time, we fall into line. What could persuade us to say no?
It’s a horrible irony that those who answer the call for patriotic sacrifice are, in a sense, the best among us....
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Why Women Are Still Second-Class Citizens in the United States
As Women’s History Month begins, let’s start with the present
Without access to affordable, safe, child care, women have less access to work. Period....
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Rumor Has It
Why Now? With Claire Potter, Episode 15
A conversation with historian Christopher Elias about his book, "Gossip Men."...
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Listen to Joe: (Some) Republicans Do Want To Take Your Social Security and Medicare
They always have: here’s the history the GOP doesn’t want you to know
Republicans are always trying to cut virtually every program that makes life worth living—education, the arts, research—and social programs...
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All the News That’s Fit to Print
Why Now? With Claire Potter, Episode 12
A conversation with historian Kathryn McGarr about American journalism, foreign policy, and her new book....
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You Can Never Be Too Rich—Or Too Thin
If you really want to go back to the origins of American fitness culture, it doesn’t start in a gym as we know it: it starts in circuses and world’s fairs, where these strong men and women are on stage, flexing their muscles, wearing different costumes. ...
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Why I Joined Twitter Blue
And why so many people are quietly doing it too
Twitter Blue is essentially a different Twitter—and the other, nonsubscription one is not neglected or "broken"—it got broke....
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You Are Dead to Me
Why Now? With Claire Potter, Episode 11
A conversation with New York Times editor Clay Risen about obituaries as popular history...
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If Republicans Can’t Elect a Speaker, What Else Can’t They Do?
Kevin McCarthy’s epic fail reveals Nancy Pelosi’s legacy to the Democratic Party
Nancy Pelosi’s greatest strength as a liberal was in her mastery of the possible while at the same time accommodating dissenters, idealists, and change-makers to this fact of life. This is what she taught her caucus....
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First, Pick the Right Wife
Why Now? With Claire Potter, Episode 8
A conversation with historian Robin Morris, author of "From Goldwater Girls to Reagan Women: Gender, Georgia, and the Growth of the New Right" about how women activists transformed the GOP ...
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Verdi, Dante, and Dahlia Lithwick
A conversation with Slate's Supreme Court reporter about her new book, "Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America"...
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