The Authoritarian Agenda Behind Attacks on Contraception

Amanda Marcotte writes for RH Reality Check: “…the mask slips more and more all the time, and the public is beginning to be clear about how radical the anti-choice agenda really is. And the thing is that when you drop the bloviating about fetal life an…

Obama’s Porn Problem With Liberals

McKay Coppins writes: “[T]his week, news broke that the Obama administration had quietly shuttered the only Justice Department unit that exclusively fought adult obscenity . . . The Daily Beast reached out to several liberal anti-porn advocates and asked…

The Death of Roe v. Wade

In this piece for Slate, Dahlia Lithwick makes note of Terry O’Neill’s appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show, where she discussed threats to women’s right to abortion.

Rapes of Women in Military ‘A National Disgrace’

Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) writes for the San Francisco Chronicle: “Women in the U.S. military are more likely to be raped by fellow soldiers than killed by enemy fire. I know what you’re thinking – it sounds too unbelievable to be true. But it’s not.…

Koch’s web of influence

John Aloysius Farrell reports for The Center for Public Integrity (via Reader Supported News): “Charles and David Koch, the owners of the country’s second-largest private corporation, are libertarians of long standing, who contend that government regulat…