June 24 2011
The Christian-Right Whistleblower
Former evangelical celebrity Frank Schaeffer says they are anxious, terrified, and obsessed with sex. His new book details his parents’ bedroom exploits—and why most leaders are guilty of hypocrisy.
June 20 2011
Women Lose in Walmart Suit Ruling
It isn’t just the women of Walmart who’ll suffer the fallout of the Supreme Court’s decision to throw out the largest sex-discrimination suit in history
June 19 2011
Bachmann’s Unrivaled Extremism
Rep. Michele Bachmann's impressive performance at Monday's debate has catapulted her near the front of the GOP pack, but the radical roots of her ideology remain poorly understood. The Daily Beast’s Michelle Goldberg reports.
June 12 2011
Lisa Baron’s Salacious Memoir
The former Republican PR aide's new book isn't quite a tell-all, though it says a lot about its author.
April 21 2011
Policing Pregnancy
Utah prosecutors and conservative politicians are determined to lock up the young woman known in court filings as J.M.S. for the crime of trying to end her pregnancy. Her grim journey through the legal system began in 2009, when she was 17 and pregnant by a convicted felon named Brandon Gale, who is currently facing charges of using her and another underage girl to make pornography.
March 17 2011
Made in Heaven
Israel has enthusiastically embraced advanced reproductive technologies. Now a court is considering whether parents have the right to use their dead son’s frozen sperm to create posthumous grandchildren.
September 27 2010
The Woman Who Beat Craigslist
Underage girls who say they were sold for sex on the site were behind the battle to shutter its adult-services section. Michelle Goldberg reports on the inside story of their role—and the remarkable woman who led
April 11 2010
India’s (Jewish) Mother
How Mirra Alfassa went from being a French bohemian to an Indian goddess
March 3 2009
Foreplay
A proposed San Francisco ballot measure prohibiting circumcision arises from a debate over ritual, sexuality, and identity. What’s become an American norm might soon again be a mark of difference.
