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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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Illiberal Feminism Is Running Amok

BACKWARDS

Illiberal feminists have decided the best way to win is by demonizing and silencing opponents, rather than making a better argument.

Kirsten Powers | Published May 12, 2015

How Liberals Ruined College

ILLIBERAL

College should be a place of new ideas and challenging views. Instead, liberals have made it a place of fear and intimidation.

Kirsten Powers | Published May 11, 2015

Can Christians Still Go to Harvard?

Questions, Questions

America’s colleges are increasingly hostile to religion, but a Veritas, a Christian organization, has found a way to thrive.

Jonathan Merritt, Kirsten Powers | Published Oct 12, 2014

Pope Francis’s Divorce Compassion

Loving on a Prayer

Divorced Christians will be encouraged by Pope Francis's reminder that the church should be a place of healing after a failed marriage.

Kirsten Powers | Published Mar 09, 2014

The Anti-Gay Law Blizzard of Lies

Following SB 1062's veto, supporters are backpedaling to save face any way they can—from linguistics to redefining the original meaning of the bill.

Kirsten Powers | Published Mar 03, 2014

What Would Jesus Do in Arizona?

Wedding Bills

What conservative Christians miss in the religious liberties debate swirling around same-sex marriage.

Jonathan Merritt, Kirsten Powers | Published Feb 23, 2014

Wendy Davis the Piñata Parent

Hypocrisy

New revelations about the Texas gubernatorial candidate’s family life have prompted frenzied—and just plain wrong—denunciations from conservatives.

Kirsten Powers | Published Jan 24, 2014

Anti-Free Speech Zones

The Supreme Court is hearing a case about a Massachusetts law barring protesters from entrances to abortion clinics. If it’s upheld, unions and environmentalists could be next.

Kirsten Powers | Published Jan 16, 2014

The New Age of Christian Martyrdom

Holy War

Lions have been replaced by firing squads and concentration camps as record numbers of Jesus’ worshipers are persecuted from Syria to North Korea.

Kirsten Powers | Published Jan 13, 2014

Obama Must Take the Blame

ACA Disaster

The Obamacare rollout has been a disaster for progressive politics, says Kirsten Powers.

Kirsten Powers | Published Oct 25, 2013

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