Jan 26, 2017
Hailed as one of the largest protests in American history, the
Women’s March on Washington gathered hundreds of thousands of
people both the district and millions in sister marches across the
world. Held just a day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration,
the protest was an opportunity for Americans to bring gender and
reproductive rights to the forefront, an issue many feel is under
threat by a Trump administration. In this episode of Politics &
Polls, professors Julian Zelizer and Sam Wang discuss the march and
reproductive rights with Katha Pollitt, a columnist for The Nation.
Pollitt’s column, “Subject to Debate” has been cited as “the best
place to go for original thinking on the left.” Pollitt is an
American feminist poet, essayist and critic. In 2007 Random House
published her collection of personal essays, “Learning to Drive and
Other Life Stories.” Her most recent book is “Pro: Reclaiming
Abortion Rights,” which The New York Times listed as a Notable Book
of 2014. Pollitt has also written essays and book reviews for The
New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New Republic, Harper’s, Ms., Glamour,
Mother Jones, The New York Times and the London Review of
Books.