Michelle Goldberg

How abortion changed the world How abortion changed the world

From a sketchy underground doctor to the American fight against communism, a look at the unlikely forces that helped spread global family planning.
By Michelle Goldberg Apr 10, 2009

  • Underestimating Hillary

    How Clinton went from controversial runner-up to feminist superhero
    By Sarah Hepola June 8, 2009

  • The holy blitz rolls on

    The Christian right is a "deeply anti-democratic movement" that gains force by exploiting Americans' fears, argues Chris Hedges. Salon talks with the former New York Times reporter about his fearless new book, "American Fascists."
    By Michelle Goldberg January 8, 2007

  • Destination: Turkey

    This endlessly fascinating, sometimes heartbreaking puzzle of a country that's fraught with religious and political conflict is brilliantly captured in the novels of Orhan Pamuk and Elif Shafak.
    By Michelle Goldberg September 4, 2006

  • Abortion under siege in Mississippi

    Preaching that abortion is as evil as Islam, Nazism and homosexuality, dozens of activists have descended on Jackson, determined to shut down the state's last abortion clinic.
    By Michelle Goldberg August 1, 2006

  • Michelle Goldberg on KQED

    June 19, 2006

  • "Any attack on Iran will be good for the government"

    Nobel laureate and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi discusses the plight of women in Iran, Bush's similarity to Ahmadinejad and why direct negotiations are the only solution.
    By Michelle Goldberg May 15, 2006

  • "Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism"

    Across the United States, religious activists are organizing to establish an American theocracy. A frightening look inside the growing right-wing movement.
    By Michelle Goldberg May 12, 2006

  • The left splits over immigration

    Most liberals have celebrated the recent pro-immigration marches. But some leading progressives say illegal immigration hurts American workers.
    By Michelle Goldberg April 20, 2006

  • Is the "Israel lobby" distorting America's Mideast policies?

    Two leading academics have tried to break the taboo against criticizing Israel's powerful U.S. lobby. It's a worthy aim, but their clumsy argument may backfire.
    By Michelle Goldberg April 18, 2006

  • Sinners in the hands of an angry GOP

    At a messianic "War on Christians" conference, Tom DeLay warned that "the future of man hangs in the balance" as other righteous souls demanded that gay sex be explicitly described to restore "shame."
    By Michelle Goldberg March 29, 2006

  • Decline and fall

    Kevin Phillips, no lefty, says that America -- addicted to oil, strangled by debt and maniacally religious -- is headed for doom.
    By Michelle Goldberg March 16, 2006

  • There's right, there's wrong, and then there's shoplifting from Target

    The president's $161,000-a-year chief domestic policy advisor is charged in a theft scheme.
    By Michelle Goldberg March 11, 2006

  • The I-word goes public

    At a forum in New York, pundits and politicians called for the impeachment of George W. Bush.
    By Michelle Goldberg March 3, 2006

  • Saving the neighborhood

    Hundreds of New Orleans residents are coaxing their exiled neighbors to return and convince City Hall to spare their homes from the wrecking ball. But will saving their neighborhood mean losing the city?
    By Michelle Goldberg February 24, 2006

  • Missing school in the Big Easy

    As kids in New Orleans are turned away from filled schools, the city gambles its future on charter schools.
    By Michelle Goldberg February 13, 2006

  • Homeless again in New Orleans

    When FEMA cuts off their hotel subsidies Feb. 7, thousands of Katrina victims will be forced into the streets.
    By Michelle Goldberg February 7, 2006

  • We shall overcome ... liberals

    At a black church in Philadelphia, Martin Luther King Jr.'s niece joined Jerry Falwell and Rick Santorum to denounce critics of Samuel Alito.
    By Michelle Goldberg January 9, 2006

  • A disastrous appointment

    Bush's backdoor choice of unqualified right-winger Ellen Sauerbrey to head the U.S. refugee-response team raises the specter of Michael Brown.
    By Michelle Goldberg January 5, 2006

  • Bush's impeachable offense

    Yes, the president committed a federal crime by wiretapping Americans, say constitutional scholars, former intelligence officers and politicians. What's missing is the political will to impeach him.
    By Michelle Goldberg December 22, 2005

  • The war on "Munich"

    Neoconservatives launch a preemptive strike on Spielberg's latest, which dares to break the rules of post-9/11 political correctness.
    By Michelle Goldberg December 20, 2005

  • Jolting Joe

    Liberal Democrats are enraged at Joe Lieberman for supporting the Iraq war. But will attacking the Connecticut senator make the party stronger -- or alienate its moderates?
    By Michelle Goldberg December 15, 2005

  • Love your enemies

    Peace activist Tom Fox has lived in Baghdad by the words of Jesus. Now he faces murder by terrorists. Was his mission in vain?
    By Michelle Goldberg December 7, 2005

  • Jews and the Christian right: Is the honeymoon over?

    Worried by increasingly strident evangelical rhetoric, Jewish leaders have finally dared to criticize conservative Christians. Will an alliance held together only by a shared support for Israel survive?
    By Michelle Goldberg November 29, 2005

  • How the secular humanist grinch didn't steal Christmas

    The right-wing crusade against the liberal "war on Christmas" is great for rallying the troops. Too bad the war doesn't exist.
    By Michelle Goldberg November 21, 2005
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