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Right-Wing Disinformation Campaigns Are Imperiling Access to Trans Health Care
Right-wing rhetoric has unleashed bomb threats against children’s hospitals and spawned dozens of anti-trans bills.
GOP’s 15-Week Abortion Ban Is a Midterm Tactic — But Not in the Way You Think
The proposed ban is a cynical gambit to enable GOP lawmakers to feign distance and appear more “moderate” than they are.
Judge Said Religious Employers Can Deny Preventive Care — a Dizzying Precedent
Today’s hearing will clarify the ruling letting employers off the hook for preventive care they associate with “sin.”
How Can We Build Democracy in the South — in Electoral Politics and Beyond?
Southern freedom fighters have been fighting to build a grassroots democracy that is directly informed by their needs.
Biden’s Actions Are a Start, But the US Is Still Sacrificing Poor People
It’s time for us to fight for a comprehensive, intersectional, bottom-up approach to confront economic injustice.
Here’s How We Stop the Republicans’ National Abortion Ban
We must harness our outrage in this moment to build a mass movement to protect and expand abortion access nationwide.
Nuclear Power Is Too Risky Even in Peacetime. Ukraine Is the Tip of the Iceberg.
Fears about fires at Ukraine’s power plant in war-torn Zaporizhzhia underscore the broader dangers of nuclear energy.
Law-and-Order Policies Make Us Less Safe. The Trajectory of the ’90s Shows Why.
Across the U.S., Democratic politicians are embracing playbooks that put mass incarceration into overdrive in the ‘90s.
The Supreme Court Won’t Save Us — It Was Founded to Defend White Supremacy
Since its inception, the court has operated to enshrine whiteness as the normative baseline in constitutional law.
Democracy Can’t Be Reduced to Voting in 2022 — We Must Build the Future We Want
Defending narrowly defined representational democracy is not enough. We need participatory, grassroots democracy.