Sharon Lerner

Sharon Lerner, a senior fellow at the Center for New York City Affairs at the New School, is writing a book about the lack of public support for American women.

Currently

  • Senator, Let's Talk About Sex

    September 12, 2008

    With his deceptive ad linking Obama to condom ed for kindergartners, McCain broaches a topic he'd best avoid.

2007

  • The Kids Aren't Alright

    October 25, 2007

    President Bush's neglect of government-sponsored childcare programs has a steep price. Children are paying.

2006

  • A Is for Anti-Woman

    January 19, 2006 Subscribe

    What's at stake for women if Samuel Alito is confirmed to the US Supreme Court? Reproductive rights are only the tip of the iceberg.

2005

  • What Would Alito Do?

    November 10, 2005

    If Samuel Alito is confirmed to the US Supreme Court, his impact on limiting reproductive rights would be certain and swift, due to his record and to two key abortion rights cases making their way to the Supreme Court.

  • Robbing the Poor

    October 20, 2005 Subscribe

    As House Republicans use the cost of recovery from Gulf Coast storms as an excuse to rip last-minute holes in the social safety net, it's not too late to change priorities.

  • Louisiana Purchase

    August 11, 2005 Subscribe

    A program in Louisiana that was founded to discourage teens from having sex encourages them to engage in politics.

  • Shameless in Colorado

    February 24, 2005

    Antichoice activists cross another line.

  • Post-Roe Postcard

    January 20, 2005

    Is Ole Miss Our Future?

2004

2002

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Podcast

RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 12/29/08
This week, the year in Radio(Nation).Palin, Clinton, and Bush; Klein, Navasky and Danto. Our most compelling interviews of 2008. (13mb mp3)

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