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The Nation’s Katha Pollitt discussed how the national debate on sexual harassment is affecting politics, culture and the media.

Susan Bordo talked about her book The Destruction of Hillary Clinton, in which she examines Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and why she lost the election. She spoke with Katha P…

Katha Pollitt, author of Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights, talked about her book and responded to viewer questions and comments. She was interviewed at the 2015 Tucson Festival of Books, h…

Contributors to The Nation spoke about the history and impact of the magazine. The Nation celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2015. Panelists included Lee Fang, author of The Machine: A Fiel…

Jonathan Eig talks about his book The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution, about the birth control pill’s development, from Margaret Sanger’s activ…

Jenny Nordberg, author of The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan, and Suki Kim, author of Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North…

Panelists talked about 20th century birth control advocate Margaret Sanger and her legacy. Topics included the impact of race, social class, and politics on the birth control movement.

Katha Pollitt talked about her book, Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights. She spoke in the C-SPAN 2/BookTV tent at the 2014 Texas Book Festival. The festival was held from October 25-26 at th…

Katha Pollitt talked about current events, and she responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included the Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election, President Obama an…

Katha Pollitt, a poet, essayist, and columnist, was interviewd at her home in New York City. She talked about her writing habits, her work in progress, poetry, her library, and recommended r…

Katha Pollitt was interviewed about her life, her career, and her body of writings. She responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Video clips were shown of her home in New York Ci…