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Stuart Kyle Duncan: the Trump-appointed judge working to ban Louisiana abortions The ultra-conservative fifth circuit court judge repeatedly upheld the ban in Texas and could result in clinic closures across Louisiana Activists supporting legal access to abortion protest outside the US Supreme Court. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images A landmark US Supreme Court ruling […] More
‘As guarded as Fort Knox’: the inside story of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign Thousands of hours of behind-the-scenes footage were shot of the former first lady’s disastrous bid for the White House. How did film-maker Nanette Burstein turn it all into a story of hope? ‘As guarded as Fort Knox’ … the candidate in Nanette […] More
What Mrs America gets right and what it gets wrong about 70s feminism Moira Donegan Mrs America gives Phyllis Schlafly a depth in fiction that was lacking in history but Shirley Chisholm is refreshingly portrayed as more than just a martyr Cate Blanchett as Phyllis Schlafly in the miniseries Mrs America, left, alongside the real […] More
Why has the media ignored sexual assault allegations against Biden? Arwa Mahdawi Conservatives who didn’t care about the multiple sexual assault allegations against Trump have seized on the accusations while liberals turn a blind eye Tara Reade, who worked with Joe Biden, alleges he inappropriately touched her in 1993. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images […] More
‘Opening a door that was closed too long’: the hunt for a female vice-president As Biden says he will pick a female running mate, experts say having a woman on the Democratic ticket will move the US closer to the first female president Stacey Abrams in Atlanta, Georgia, on 20 May 2018. As far back […] More
Of course I want him to choose a woman as his running mate. But his grand gesture feels more like pandering than policy Stacey Abrams? Kamala Harris? Elizabeth Warren? Nobody knows for sure whom Joe Biden will choose as a running mate if – as is almost certain – he wins the Democratic nomination, but […] More
In the US, it still seems that a smart, well-qualified hopeful must always lose to an ageing white man In the wake of the 2018 “blue wave”, when the party secured impressive midterms, the Democrats were poised to field one of the most diverse pool of presidential candidates in US history: people of colour, women, […] More
Former congressman Aaron Schock came out this week, with no acknowledgement of the harm he caused gay Americans Sign up for the Week in Patriarchy, a newsletter on feminism and sexism sent every Saturday. Continue reading… More
