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The Abortion Justice Act Is the Reproductive Rights Legislation the US Needs
While the act may have little chance of passage, it's a message to those who need an abortion that they are not alone.
Bolsonaro Is Barred From Public Office — But That Doesn’t Mean He’ll Disappear
The ruling won’t hamper Jair Bolsonaro’s ability to propagate his broader authoritarian neoliberal project for Brazil.
France’s Racism Still on Display as It Denies Its Colonial Past — and Present
Violence against people of France’s former colonies is so packed with tragedies that a timeline would fill an article.
The First GOP Debate Is Designed to Boost Trump — and He May Not Even Attend
Trump will do anything — including sabotaging the first debate night — to keep the spotlight firmly on himself.
Pride and Prejudice: Returning to Our Roots in Wake of Anti-LGBTQ Ruling
As a far right Supreme Court attempts to steal the joy of Pride, we are inspired by the history of LGBTQ+ organizing.
Here’s How Organizing to Abolish the Prison Industrial Complex Works in Practice
As more activists embrace abolition of the prison industrial complex, here’s what this work demands of us in practice.
Doctors Have a Moral Obligation to Disobey Abortion Bans
Academic medical centers’ lackluster defense of abortion access is moral malpractice. It’s time for civil disobedience.
I Saw the Importance of Affirmative Action at My Ivy League University Firsthand
Student activists led the fight for affirmative action decades ago. Let’s continue their struggle for racial equity.
COVID Hasn’t Disappeared — But Empathy, Care and Solidarity Have
Governments worldwide are abandoning people to a debilitating disease with one simple trick: saying it no longer exists.
Nuclear Weapons “Sharing” Is a Dangerous Practice That Brings Us Closer to War
President Biden is calling Russia's nuke-sharing in Belarus “irresponsible” despite the U.S.’s own arsenal in Europe.