Traumatic Pregnancies Are Awful. Dobbs Will Make That So Much Worse.
Co-published with The Washington Post. Some pregnancies and births are difficult enough to give mothers PTSD. When a pregnancy is unwanted, the physical and psychological strains will …
When Innocence Isn’t Enough
Co-published with The New Republic. Christopher Dunn has spent more than 30 years in prison for a murder he and others say he didn’t commit. The state of …
What Are Other Names for Juneteenth? The U.S. Is Betraying the Spirit of ‘Jubilee Day’
Co-published with Teen Vogue. We’re still waiting on “a real age of emancipation,” writes Braxton Brewington.
Why Canceling Student Debt Should Be a Universal Benefit
Co-published with The Nation. The lesson from the Corinthian debt strikers: Should President Biden cancel student loan debt, it should be done without making debtors jump through hoops.
Abortion and College Admissions: Roe v. Wade Decision Makes Students Reconsider School Choices
Co-published with Teen Vogue. “I would not consider going to school in a state where abortion is against the law."
Roe and Privacy Rights: The Risk to Birth Control, Gay Marriage, and More
Co-published with Teen Vogue. Conservative justices on the Supreme Court seem open to a larger-scale rollback of civil liberties, Namrata Verghese writes.
I was wrongly detained at the border. It’s part of a larger problem.
Co-published with The Washington Post. It shouldn’t be so hard to differentiate between law-abiding U.S. citizens and wanted criminals.
News from Somewhere
Co-published with The Baffler. A growing number of unhoused people are refusing to live on the run, working to stop evictions and to build something lasting where they …
“Women afraid of dying while / they are trying to find their life.” Poetry of Abortion by Alissa Quart
Co-published with Literary Hub. Katha Pollitt introduces “Clinic,” a documentary poem by Alissa Quart.
Short Circuit
Co-published with Salt Lake City Weekly. A tax break for Utah seniors could be a lifeline—if only people knew about it.
Let’s Make Journalism Work for Those Not Born Into an Elite Class
Co-published with Columbia Journalism Review. The piece also addresses our forthcoming initiative Working Sources, an online archive of experts that go beyond the typical think tank usual …
“The Great Resignation” Is a Great Exaggeration
Co-published with The Nation. Workers are quitting their jobs in record numbers, but it’s not a turning point for labor power.