Kirsten Powers is a columnist for The Daily Beast. She is also a contributor to USA Today and a Fox News political analyst. She served in the Clinton administration from 1993 to 1998 and has worked in New York state and city politics. Her writing has been published in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, The New York Observer, Salon.com, Elle magazine, and American Prospect online.
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First They Came for Fox News
Much of the Fourth Estate shrugged when the Obama administration attacked Fox News, writes Kirsten... MORE
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Don’t Pretend You Care
Republicans blasting Obama over the AP snooping scandal seem to have selective-memory disorder.... MORE
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The NRA of the Left
Kirsten Powers on Kermit Gosnell and how the abortion rights community shuts down suggestions of... MORE
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Yes, There Is a Gosnell Blackout
Suddenly, the press is insisting it has been covering the “House of Horrors” trial.... MORE
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The Old ‘Blame the Woman’ Strategy
The media paint Paula Broadwell as a conniving femme fatale. Who somehow acted alone?... MORE
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What Evangelicals Get Wrong
Blind loyalty to Israel?... MORE
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No Country for White Men
It’s not rocket science: the gender gap was as key to Obama’s reelection as the Latino vote, and... MORE
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Terrorism? Nah, Let’s Bash Mitt!
The mainstream media is ignoring the Libya consulate attack.... MORE
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Akin’s Peek Behind the Curtain
His misogynist claptrap has spread among abortion opponents for ages.... MORE
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Paul Ryan’s Youth Appeal
Boomers don’t want to give up their sweet deal, but the rest of us have reason to embrace Ryan’s... MORE
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FRC’s Sick Award to Antigay Pastor
The conservative organization made a bad, un-Christian decision when it gave its highest pro-family... MORE
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Ladies Still Love Obama More
Kirsten Powers on how Romney can win over women. (Hint: Don’t call equal pay a ‘job-killing burden.... MORE
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America Betrays Chen Guangcheng
The U.S.... MORE
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Boycott the Village Voice!
What will it take to make Village Voice Media take down its smutty classified website Backpage.... MORE
