Child Care in the Time of Corona
June 17, 2020 | Congress is spending trillions to keep businesses afloat. Are families less important?
Articles by Martha Burk
The Most Dangerous Time for Women’s Rights in Decades
May 15, 2019 | Merely banning abortion isn't enough for some on the rabid right — a few are even threatening women with the death penalty.
The Mean Drunk and the Mendacity
October 2, 2018 | I fear the Senate will conclude that boys will be boys — and sometimes sexual predators — but they can still grow up to be Supreme Court justices.
An Unhappy Birthday for Medicare and Medicaid
July 25, 2018 | As the iconic health programs turn 53, the GOP is advancing plans to privatize one and gut the other.
Long Live the Litigators
May 30, 2018 | Some of the most effective challenges to Trump's excesses have come in the courtroom.
After Moore, the Deluge
December 20, 2017 | Voting down one sex offender is fine, but rejecting the environment that produces such a person needs to start at the earliest levels.
Your Boss Shouldn’t Get to Have ‘Religious’ Objections to Your Health Care
October 11, 2017 | Expanding "corporate citizen" rights into health care could ultimately affect everybody, not just women.
The Tax Plan Moms Need
June 21, 2017 | A modest proposal: Tax corporations to help working moms afford childcare and stay-at-home moms save for retirement.