Stories written by Irin Carmon

It’s a Wendy Davis nation, now

For years, Democrats' pro-choice stance was blamed for losing "values" voters. Today, that's all changing fast

Irin Carmon Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 0
Politics Editor's Picks, Wendy Davis

Caught on tape: Antiabortion center resorts to scary, dangerous lies

Watch: Exclusive video shows antiabortion pregnancy center give young woman medically inaccurate, dangerous advice VIDEO

Irin Carmon Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 4:45 PM UTC 0
Politics Abortion, Abortion clinics

How workplace harassers won big

Two SCOTUS decisions today make it even harder to sue over on-the-job discrimination. Here's what you should know

Irin Carmon Monday, Jun 24, 2013 8:13 PM UTC 0
Politics Discrimination

Why did John Roberts rule for sex workers?

Hint: His seemingly progressive digression belies a long game that could thwart major liberal goals

Irin Carmon Thursday, Jun 20, 2013 7:25 PM UTC 0
Politics John Roberts, Supreme Court

Republicans think they’re winning the abortion wars now

Their latest charade -- a proposed 20-week national abortion ban -- will never pass. But it reveals so much

Irin Carmon Monday, Jun 17, 2013 6:25 PM UTC 0
Politics Editor's Picks, Abortion

“I am not a sex offender”

Archaic, discriminatory laws branded people for life and put their names on registries. Now they're getting justice

Irin Carmon Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 0
Politics Sex Offenders, Louisiana

How we broke the NSA story

Exclusive: Laura Poitras tells Salon about getting contacted by Edward Snowden, and reveals more footage is coming

Irin Carmon Monday, Jun 10, 2013 9:20 PM UTC 0
Technology Editor's Picks, NSA

The woman behind the NSA scoops

Laura Poitras is "one of the bravest and most brilliant people I've ever met," Glenn Greenwald tells Salon(Updated)

Irin Carmon Monday, Jun 10, 2013 7:30 PM UTC 0
Technology Media, NSA, Glenn Greenwald

Why the right is confounded by military sexual assault

They believe two contradictory myths: Rape is a logical result of hormones. And "All-American" boys don't commit it

Irin Carmon Friday, Jun 7, 2013 4:38 PM UTC 0
Politics Rape, Sexual assault, Military

Guards detail sexual harassing prison from hell

Female officers say inmates did unspeakable acts of sex harassment, and brass ignored it. Now they're fighting back

Irin Carmon Friday, Jun 7, 2013 12:25 PM UTC 0
Politics Prisons, correctional officer

Why are we imprisoning prostitutes?

An unlikely coalition of liberals and conservatives is shifting the way we view – and treat – people who sell sex

Irin Carmon Tuesday, Jun 4, 2013 5:38 PM UTC 0
Politics Prostitution, Sex, felons

Calling out GOP’s “racist, sexist” bluff

Conservatives to women of color: We will save you -- by taking away your rights

Irin Carmon Friday, May 31, 2013 5:03 PM UTC 0
News Sexism, Racism, Abortion, ACLU

Juggling a job and family is a men’s issue, too

Work-life balance isn't a "women's issue." Here's why thinking of it that way hurts us all

Irin Carmon Thursday, May 30, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 0
Politics women, men, Gender Roles, Gender

Washington Post breaks news on White House counsel’s shoes

If Kathryn Ruemmler wanted to be taken seriously, she should have gone barefoot

Irin Carmon Tuesday, May 28, 2013 2:37 PM UTC 0
Media White House, Women in Poliitics

Judge tells lesbian couple to separate — or lose kids

How unmarried sexual relationships -- including straight ones – can be grounds for losing child custody

Irin Carmon Thursday, May 23, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 0
Politics LGBT, LGBT Rights, Judges

Lessons from Lincoln leave gay immigrants behind

"The painful but necessary imperfection of compromise" means LGBT immigrants are excluded from immigration reform

Irin Carmon Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:59 PM UTC 0
Politics Immigration, Gay Rights

Is abortion about to doom Republicans again?

With arch-conservative nominees in Virginia, a test is emerging -- and an Akin moment may not be far behind

Irin Carmon Tuesday, May 21, 2013 8:56 PM UTC 0
Elections Abortion, Trent Franks

Military’s rape problem hits tipping point for reform

Imagine getting raped and having no one to report it to but your boss. It's a fight -- but change may be on the way

Irin Carmon Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 0
Politics Chuck Hagel, Rape, Sexual assault

How one company controls your breast cancer choices

Myriad Genetics owns the genes that indicate breast-cancer risk – and the pricey test could be costing lives

Irin Carmon Tuesday, May 14, 2013 6:59 PM UTC 0
Business Supreme Court, Angelina Jolie

Gosnell: Still a local crime story

In the end, the criminal justice system worked, punishing a lone outlaw. It had nothing to do with legal abortion

Irin Carmon Monday, May 13, 2013 9:35 PM UTC 0
News Kermit Gosnell, Abortion

The Cleveland kidnapping could have been stopped

The imprisonment of three Ohio women was allowed to go on for 10 years because of a culture of denial

Irin Carmon Thursday, May 9, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 0
News Cleveland, Ohio Kidnapping

Judge rips Obama’s right-wing Plan B stance

"You're disadvantaging young people, African-Americans, the poor... that's the policy of the Obama administration?"

Irin Carmon Tuesday, May 7, 2013 7:59 PM UTC 0
News Reproductive Rights

Jennifer Rubin is right

About one thing! (Still wrong about everything else)

Irin Carmon Monday, May 6, 2013 6:40 PM UTC 0
News Jennifer Rubin, Fox News

Peace Corps volunteer’s hellish abortion story

When Christine Carcano was raped in Peru, she felt the Peace Corps had her back. Until she needed an abortion

Irin Carmon Thursday, May 2, 2013 3:44 PM UTC 0
Politics Rape, Legitimate rape, Todd Akin

Obama’s half-dose of Plan B

Emergency contraception being made available for those 15 and up may sound like a victory. But here's why it's not

Irin Carmon Wednesday, May 1, 2013 2:42 PM UTC 0
News Plan B, Contraception, women

How to interpret Kirsten Gillibrand’s political opportunism

The skilled, potential presidential candidate has changed many of her positions. But do the ends justify the means?

Irin Carmon Monday, Apr 29, 2013 8:10 PM UTC 0
Elections Kirsten Gillibrand, Mitt Romney

For raped Peace Corps volunteers, little choice

Peace Corps volunteer tells Salon about being violated twice and denied abortion coverage, due to politics (UPDATE)

Irin Carmon Friday, Apr 26, 2013 3:35 PM UTC 0
News Rape, Peace Corps, Abortion

Why are terrorists so often men?

Tamerlan Tsarnaev was performing a kind of masculinity through public destruction

Irin Carmon Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 0
Social Tamerlan Tsarnaev

The right tries to pin Gosnell on Obama

Parsing the bait-and-switch with Gosnell and all abortion care -- and a response to Ross Douthat

Irin Carmon Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 9:59 PM UTC 0
News Kermit Gosnell, Abortion

Eden Foods CEO’s bad week continues

Eden Foods' Michael Potter may have just ruined his right-wing lawsuit and his business. And he's still talking

Irin Carmon Thursday, Apr 18, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 0
Business organic food, Contraception

The real Gosnell conspiracy

I take it back, there is one: How credulous media played into the right's strategy to ban all abortion

Irin Carmon Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 0
News Kermit Gosnell, Fox News

Eden Foods doubles down in birth control flap

After my report on soy company's anti-birth control agenda, its CEO calls to talk Obama, abortion and contraception

Irin Carmon Monday, Apr 15, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 0
News organic food, Contraception

Are we too sensitive to “gaffes”?

Irin Carmon on how verbal slip-ups often provide a glimpse at politicians' real opinions VIDEO

Irin Carmon Saturday, Apr 13, 2013 12:30 PM UTC 0
All Salon Video, Irin Carmon, 92nd Street Y

There is no Gosnell coverup

The horrors and underlying disparities exploited by Kermit Gosnell aren't new -- nor have they been ignored(UPDATE)

Irin Carmon Friday, Apr 12, 2013 4:18 PM UTC 0
News Abortion, Kermit Gosnell

Irin Carmon: How to talk about a woman’s looks

Salon staff writer on Obama's controversial crack -- and female politicians' vulnerability

Irin Carmon Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 2:45 PM UTC 0
Politics aol_on, The 92nd Street Y

Organic Eden Foods’ quiet right-wing agenda

A crunchy, natural food company marketed to liberals discreetly sues to stop covering employees' contraception

Irin Carmon Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 0
News Sweden, Editor's Picks

Thatcher: A female icon, but not a feminist one

It's better to have women in public life, even those with whom we disagree, than no women in public life at all

Irin Carmon Monday, Apr 8, 2013 5:44 PM UTC 0
News Margaret Thatcher

Judge overrules Obama to protect women’s health

Crucial victory had to come from GOP-appointed judge -- not cowardly Obama or Sebelius

Irin Carmon Friday, Apr 5, 2013 6:50 PM UTC 0
News Ronald Reagan, Judges

How to talk about a woman’s looks

The president of the United States fails the test -- again

Irin Carmon Friday, Apr 5, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 0
News kamala harris, women

Are female pols good for women?

As they vie for the highest jobs, it's the uncomfortable question that can't be ignored

Irin Carmon Thursday, Apr 4, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 0
News women, Hillary Clinton

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