Gloria Steinem, the feminist icon, author, activist, and organizer, is dead at 92, leaving those of us in the women’s rights movement mournful—and determined.
In Memoriam
The Feminist Was a Spy
The late, great Gloria Steinem did a stint with the CIA.
Good-Bye, Dolly: Farewell to an American Icon
Let’s hope this isn’t the last time we’re capable of being united in admiration.
A Liberal Without the Elitism: Robert Coles, RIP
I studied with the late Harvard professor who had a nuanced understanding of class and race in America.
Ted Turner’s Beef With Big Media
The late founder of CNN on how government protects big media—and shuts out upstarts like him.
Trump’s Despicable Attack On Mueller After His Death
Bob Mueller was a man of integrity. Donald Trump’s post about him made me sick.
The Architect of Empathy: Suzannah Lessard (1944-2026)
The Architect of Empathy: Suzannah Lessard (1944-2026). Among the first editors of this magazine, the celebrated author and progeny of Stanford White, had a tumultuous upbringing and a nuanced moral imagination.

