Maraú Península: Women Who Kill Their Abusers

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Dispatch

When Can a Woman Who Kills Her Abuser Claim Self-Defense?

A murder case in Poughkeepsie tests a new law.

By Rachel Louise Snyder

Crowds walking outside the United States capitol building with an overlay of the impeachment document.

The Political Scene

The Art of the Democratic Deal

How Nancy Pelosi and her party navigated a historic week in the House of Representatives.

By Robert P. Baird

The Current

Why Warren Went After Buttigieg at the Democratic Debate

No one running for the Democratic nomination seems to irk his or her opponents quite like the thirty-seven-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana.

By Eric Lach

President Donald Trump onstage at a rally in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Daily Comment

Trump’s Latest Impeachment Defense

Whatever private humiliation he may feel, he has stuck in public to the line that the impeachment vote was “an eternal mark of shame,” not for him but for the Democrats.

By Amy Davidson Sorkin

Dispatch

The Uncertain Future of Women in Afghanistan

The Trump Administration’s launch of peace talks with the Taliban last year startled many of the country’s women.

By Jane Ferguson

PAID POST

Infinite Cities: A Trilogy of Atlases, All Boxed Up and Ready to Gift

Explore the hidden histories of New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans with this stunning boxed set of city atlases. An updated "City of Women" map, as featured in The New Yorker, and a new essay by Rebecca Solnit make this the perfect gift for avid readers.