There is no reason, in fact or in law, to erase the constitutional right to abortion, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Self-Determination Wrenched from Half US Population
Category: Women
Impending Roe v Wade Demise Spotlights Privacy Risk for Everyone
Remember Afghanistan
Many of the most severe restrictions that people expected the Taliban to impose have not yet materialized, writes Kern Hendricks.
Hoarding Welfare Funds Amid Rising Need in US
The situation shows how President Bill Clinton’s 1996 welfare reform has failed families who badly need direct cash assistance, writes Hannah Dreyfus.
UN Official Also on the Board of Shell
If Jane Holl Lute’s many endeavors outside the U.N. passed the institution’s ethics test, her latest gig became more complicated, Stéphanie Fillion reports.
Rural Taliban Accept Plan to Keep Educating Afghan Girls
Hard-pressed communities have been reopening schools for girls up to grade 12, Barbara Crossette reports.
Resisting Evictions Amid a Pandemic
Poverty and homelessness are not eternal, writes Liz Theoharis. Life truly does not have to be this way.
The Taliban’s Choice of Interim Prime Minister
There appears to be a power struggle behind Mullah Akhund’s appointment, writes Ali A. Olomi.
John Pilger: The Great Game of Smashing Nations
More than a generation ago, Afghanistan won its freedom, which the U.S., Britain and their “allies” destroyed.
Create Two, Three, Many Saigons
Vijay Prashad recalls the obliterations of U.S. interventionism, including any memory of the women’s rights leaders who were active in Afghanistan before 2001.