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This is happening against the will of the American people. The vast majority – 77% – support Roe v Wade Abortion access in America is hanging by a thread. On Wednesday, I sat in the US supreme court and listened to the case – June Medical Services v Russo – that could be the beginning […] More
Bloomberg is indisputably on the record saying things that make it clear he is simply a richer version of Trump Sign up for the Week in Patriarchy, a newsletter on feminism and sexism sent every Saturday. Continue reading… More
A century after the 19th amendment, Ellen Carol DuBois makes the familiar new and sheds light on a fight against injustice It was a decidedly anticlimactic end to a life-changing campaign. The document was sent by train to Washington in the middle of the night. A government employee met the train and rushed it to […] More
The vice-president’s daughter is increasingly becoming a link between anti-abortion organizations and the youth vote America’s anti-abortion movement has a new darling with an indisputable pedigree and a firm link to the heart of the White House: Charlotte Pence Bond, vice-president Mike Pence’s middle daughter. I joke with people that I’m not very political, which […] More
During an annual three-day holiday, shoppers are allowed to buy computers and clothing tax-free, but a proposal to include tampons has gotten pushback Women can’t be trusted around tax-free tampons. If you cut the price of menstrual products they’re bound to go tampon-mad and buy boxes of the stuff, just for the hell of it. […] More
Interview Rachel Cooke Interview Ilhan Omar: ‘I always stand up to bullies’ Rachel Cooke Ilhan Omar became a national figure in 2018 as one of only two Muslim women ever elected to the US Congress. The Somali-born politician tells Rachel Cooke about growing up a refugee, being the focus for Republican rage – and standing […] More
What’s left, America? US politics In the third part of our series on the American left we examine how Hillary Clinton’s defeat radicalised women in a way that her campaign did not ‘I had nothing to lose. What were they going to take away from me?’ Illustration: Guardian Design/The Guardian En route from Chicago to […] More
