Leading Health Group: Killings by Police Are a Public Health Issue
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Public-health activists claim victory after the American Public Health Association on Tuesday approved a statement recognizing police violence as a public health issue.
News
Hate Group Figures Are Coming to Philadelphia’s Pro-Police Rally
An upcoming rally to purportedly support police officers and ICE agents will include leaders of fascist groups, as anti-fascist groups push city officials to pull the permit for the hate groups.
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Trump’s HHS Reverses Course on Including Hormonal Birth Control in Title X Grants (Updated)
Last year’s Title X funding announcement introduced grant criteria focused on natural family planning.
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Recounts Triggered for Florida Gubernatorial and Senate Races
Recounts were triggered late afternoon Thursday in races for Florida's governor, U.S. Senate, and Commissioner of Agriculture.
Trump Administration Moves to Restrict Birth Control Benefit and Abortion in Post-Midterm Attack
The release of the finalized birth control benefit rules had been anticipated by advocates since news broke last month that finalized versions had been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Commentary
Self-managed Abortion Highlights Need to Decriminalize Abortion Worldwide
Most of the world's decades-old abortion laws don't reflect the advent of the abortion pill, and they permit the punishment of people who end their own pregnancies and nonmedical providers.
Midterms 2018: Five Questions for the Political Left
While everything feels urgent in these times, it’s important to keep in mind that the election cycle never ends in this country. We must take time to develop strategies based in sound assessments of the terrain in which we operate.
Analysis
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‘It’s Core to Who I Am’: New GOP Senator Josh Hawley Is Determined to Overturn ‘Roe’
There’s little doubt Josh Hawley, who has worked for years to undermine abortion rights, will push his anti-choice views in the U.S. Senate.
Multimedia
Boom! Lawyered: Midterm Results and the Voting Rights Battles That Will Follow
The midterms elections are (mostly) over. Now what? Rewire.News legal experts Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy sift through the results and lay out the high-stakes legal and political skirmishes that are likely to follow, especially regarding the right to vote.
Investigations
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Cincinnati Public School Students With Disabilities Are Protected on Paper But Say They’re Treated Poorly in Practice
Parents and students living in an Ohio school district say that the needs of children with legally recognized disabilities aren't being recognized.
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Mike Pence Neglected This Poisoned Indiana City. Now, Residents Fight for Each Other.
For decades, East Chicago has been home to heavy industry that poisoned the city. But is also home to thousands of people, many of whom have illnesses likely caused by that pollution.
Intersex People Want to End Nonconsensual Surgeries. A California Resolution Is Their ‘Warning Shot.’ (Updated)
A growing number of patients have spoken out in recent years about how surgeries, performed when they were too young to understand—much less give consent—have deprived them of sexual pleasure, sterilized them, traumatized them, or altered their bodies to reinforce a gender assignment that is not theirs.
The Suburban Shift Putting Republicans in Peril
A growing number of Hindu, Sikh, and Muslim voters represent areas that once boasted white, Christian, college-educated voters. It’s easy to see how an administration that's doubled down on xenophobia has imperiled Republicans’ outreach efforts.
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Compare the Midterms to Presidential Elections and an Interesting Story Emerges
This year's electorate resembles a presidential cycle as much as a midterm. So it might be helpful to compare 2018 both to previous midterms and to 2016.
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High Jewish Voter Turnout—and They Don’t Like Trump
Eighty-five percent of American Jews vote. In this fraught moment of broad political tensions and razor-thin margins, those votes become even more important.
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Here’s What Happened in 9 Critical Races for Governor
Tuesday night's races for governor saw some groundbreaking victories—and some surprises.
Culture & Conversation
Stan Lee’s Boundary-Pushing Legacy
His legacy is reflected in dozens of characters we’ve grown to know and love, and in the opportunities his work made possible.
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I Was Denied Health Care for Months Because of the Gender Marker on One Form
This tells me that cis people would rather I languish than be myself.
Where Astrology and Social Justice Meet: A Q&A With Chani Nicholas
In a dim, bustling bar at the San Francisco Four Seasons, Nicholas spoke with me about her childhood, her journey to astrology, and how she inspires social justice movements through her work.
As Attorney General, Kris Kobach Would Continue His Work to Suppress Votes
When he was Kansas secretary of state, Kobach made disenfranchising voters central to his work. There’s little reason to believe his time at the DOJ would be any different.
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Dear White House Press Corps: It’s Time to Boycott Trump
Trump is a threat to journalism and to democracy. It's time for the White House Press Corps to boycott him.
Gavel Drop: Philly and Catholic Agency Spar Over Same-Sex Adoption
The city is challenging a Catholic group's claim they can discriminate against same-sex couples in adoption, and the U.S. Supreme Court says that age discrimination won't fly in government workplaces.
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