Next week, lawmakers in the Indiana House will vote on an amendment that opponents say places a heavy burden on individuals who wish to apply for the new gender markers on their licenses or state IDs.
The Hungarian "conference demonstrates the insidious connections between authoritarian governments, far-right nationalists, and anti-choice movements who conspire to strip women and gender diverse people of their rights."
Mississippi Republicans are the latest to sign a near total abortion ban into law, with court challenges to follow.
More than 30 percent of the world’s incarcerated women live in the United States, but little remains known about the gender-specific health conditions they face.
Democrats on the HELP committee join a growing chorus of congressional criticism of the "gag rule," which is set to go into effect on May 3.
In one article, a prominent pro-choice advocate and author offers a take that is breathtakingly insulting and obtuse, particularly for us as Black women and reproductive justice leaders living and working in the Midwest and the South, where abortion access is most threatened.
As a physician whose job it is to care for my patients, I won’t stop asking why this administration is so fiercely invested in controlling reproductive decisions domestically and abroad.
In late January, the Arkansas Supreme Court struck down a citywide ordinance in Fayetteville outlawing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in housing, employment, and public accommodations. It was just the latest blow for activists in a battle that began four years ago.
In the latest episode of Boom! Lawyered, hosts Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy answer listener questions across a range of important issues. Where can we find hope for the future of reproductive rights? How soon will people feel the impact of so many recent ultra-conservative judges appointed to the lower courts? And what beverage pairs well with a delicious criminal indictment? Listen and subscribe to find out.
Documents obtained by Rewire.News through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request show that immigration enforcement officials reached out to the federal agency tasked with naturalizations and immigration services to confirm an appointment with a sanctuary leader prior to taking him into custody at the agency's field office.
“The fear and the panic is palpable for people who are in danger of losing their power, losing their water, losing other utilities” due to unpaid fines tacked onto their bills by the city, said one attorney with the Southern Center for Human Rights.
In part two of an investigation of abuse allegations at the T. Don Hutto detention center, Rewire.News partnered with Latino USA to examine the nuts and bolts of a Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) audit and how the process can fail survivors of sexual assault.
If you don't understand that the Religious Right's conservatism does not stem from honest differences in faith, if you don't get that it's about particular structures of power, you badly misunderstand the situation, and you are not ready for prime time.
White Christian nationalism’s foot soldiers don’t necessarily connect their racial resentment with their devotion to the Bible, yet they're often trying to retake what they presume to be lost: white and Christian dominance.
It makes no difference whether or not Tarrant or Breivik were card-carrying members of racist organizations. They imagined themselves as triumphant warriors in a great social struggle.
Republicans' total abortion bans, supported by anti-choice Democratic lawmakers, keep running into legal roadblocks.
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The new series explores some of my identities, and I’m happy to report the show succeeded in the best possible ways.
Where else have you seen a Latina mother's honest struggle to support her queer child—and a show with Latinx folks behind the camera?
Firing off some tweets, circulating petitions, giving speeches, and raising awareness about various issues is a perfectly admirable and safe endeavor. But if you really want to help LGBTQ people, people of color, people with disabilities, immigrants, and everyone who lives in the intersections of those identities, we need you to do more.
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Ralph Northam has refused to resign despite growing calls for him to step down. Now, some say, his aides are engaged in a whisper campaign against Justin Fairfax, his Black successor.
Republicans' total abortion bans, supported by anti-choice Democratic lawmakers, keep running into legal roadblocks.
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