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5 Years After Charlottesville, We Can See Its Legacy in January 6 Violence
Both events were the major public actions of the moderate and extreme sides of an alliance formed around Trump.
Approval of Supreme Court Among Democrats Has Hit Rock Bottom at 13 Percent
Approval of the majority conservative Supreme Court is down 23 points among Democrats since September.
Republican States Sue to Let Schools Block LGBTQ Children From Getting Meals
The lawsuit is part of the right’s escalating attacks on LGBTQ peoples’ right to exist in the U.S.
Republican Blocks Contraception Access Bill From Coming to Vote in Senate
Bill sponsor Sen. Ed Markey said that the GOP wants “no abortions, and no birth control to prevent the need for one.”
Democrats Introduce Bill to Place 18-Year Term Limits on Supreme Court Justices
Lawmakers say that the bill is necessary to combat the far right’s hold on the nation’s highest court.
Texas Republican Seeks to Limit HIV Medication Access After Winning Abortion Ban
Lawyer Jonathan Mitchell is most well-known for helping to craft Texas’s abortion bill, last year’s first blow to “Roe.”
We Can’t Build Real Power by Defending Democrats. We Must Organize From Below.
Our current crises are structural, and relying on the Democrats and the Constitution is not going to save us.
AOC Calls Out 195 House Republicans Who Voted Against Access to Contraception
Ocasio-Cortez said voting against the contraceptive access bill was the “first step” to attacking contraception.
House Passes Bill Barring States From Restricting Access to Contraception
The bill comes as a response to Clarence Thomas’s warning that birth control could be next on the chopping block.
AOC Calls for Congress to Strip Supreme Court of Its Ability to Rule on Abortion
Democrats are also calling for the Supreme Court to be barred from ruling on contraception or marriage equality.