Stacey Abrams Inches Closer to Becoming the First Black Woman Governor in the US
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Abrams has sought to challenge the political establishment’s view that Democratic candidates in so-called red states must oppose abortion rights or oppose gun control.
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News
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On the Ground in Ireland: Fighting to Repeal Abortion Ban
Ireland's abortion ban "was a disaster for women’s rights, it was a disaster for the education of Irish children, but it really infected every aspect of Irish society and we are still undoing the legacy of this.”
Tax the Rich to Fund Education? It Could Happen in Arizona.
Arizonans are pushing a ballot measure that would raise tax rates on the wealthy after years of cuts to education investment. “We have to work to explain how ... that burden is being carried by low and middle income people."
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Connecticut Lawmakers Push Back Against Trump’s Attack on Transgender Inmates
“When you are incarcerated, you are constantly told that you’re not human. This law takes valuable steps toward rejecting that false message to instead affirm the humanity and dignity of incarcerated people."
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Texas Is Once Again Violating Federal Voting Rights Law, Court Rules
A federal judge gave Texas officials 45 days to implement a new system for processing online voter registration and information.
Commentary
Why I ‘Stand in Awe of all Mná’ Voting to Repeal the Eighth
Regardless of the result on Friday, Irish women have started a rebellion, and women everywhere are grateful.
Trump’s Domestic Gag Rule Will Silence, Shame, and Stigmatize Women
The domestic and global gag rules stigmatize a simple medical procedure by disconnecting it from other health care services and by forcing doctors not to offer women the whole array or reproductive options available to them.
Analysis
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Convicted as a Teenager, Abuse Survivor Cyntoia Brown May Have the Chance to Leave Prison
Though Brown's story has received an outpouring of outrage and support—including from celebrities—other survivors of gender-based violence continue to languish behind bars with little attention.
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Boom! Lawyered: Pardon Me?
Can Donald Trump pardon himself? What happens next if he tries? Whose fault is it that the pardon became so powerful? And how did the pardon even come to exist, anyway? Rewire.News legal eagles Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo answer all of these questions and more on the latest episode of Boom! Lawyered.
Investigations
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Anti-Choice Centers in North Carolina Use Federal Funds to Buy Programs Crafted to ‘Share Christ’
These centers, aimed at convincing "abortion-minded" women to continue their pregnancies, purchase videos from the "Earn While You Learn" program with federal funds intended to address maternal health and infant mortality.
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An Ohio Woman Demands Better Care for Black Patients After Her Involuntary Hospitalization
She says her experience is emblematic of a greater problem: the treatment Black patients face when they seek psychiatric care.
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These Trans Women Are Fighting for Insurance Coverage as Trump Unravels Their Right to Care
The Trump administration has moved to roll back protections for transgender patients—leaving them reliant on federal courts and a patchwork of state policies.
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South Carolina Legislators Take on Pregnancy Discrimination (Yes, It’s Still a Thing)
If Republican Gov. Henry McMaster signs the Pregnancy Accommodations Act into law, South Carolina will become the 24th state to require employers offer reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers.
Culture & Conversation
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Ask a Queer Chick: I’m a Lesbian and Married to a Man I Don’t Love. What Do I Do?
Also: How do I be myself when I don't know who that "self" is?
‘Black-ish,’ Cliff Huxtable, and Me: The Problem of TV’s Cruel-to-Be-Kind Black Father
These seminal TV shows uncritically depict Black fathers' often caustic “coaching” to prepare their sons for an inhospitable world. I know, from my own family, that cruelty isn't the way to make a man.
Alejandra Pablos, Asylum Seeker and Reproductive Justice Advocate, Speaks Out
"We need to make sure that vulnerable people aren’t even near the police and if the police want to arrest or detain a vulnerable person, the whole crowd needs to go," Alejandra Pablos told Rewire.News during a recent interview. "They can’t arrest all of us."
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The Latest Big Win in Gavin Grimm’s Case Shows Why Judicial Diversity Matters
The president is stacking the courts with right-leaning extremists who will languish on the bench for decades, doing their best to strip marginalized people of their civil rights. This should alarm you.
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Editorial
We Failed the Students of Parkland. But We Also Failed Nikolas Cruz
At some point we have to acknowledge that the sheer pain of a Nikolas Cruz or an Adam Lanza, or the children being recruited into gangs or by terrorist groups is in and of itself worth addressing. If we can't completely reorient our thinking on the lost people in this country, we are the only ones to blame for the consequences.
Gavel Drop: Does a Cross Belong in a City Park? 11th Circuit Panel Will Weigh In
Yet another legal skirmish about religious imposition, brought to you by the conservative Becket Fund.
RH Wire
- How anti-abortion forces learned to love Trump Politico
- Abortion AMA: Can I Get An Abortion If I'm Religious? Bustle
- How Foster Care Has Stripped Native American Children of Their Own Cultures Teen Vogue
- Trump made an immigration crackdown a priority. Jeff Sessions made it a reality. Vox
- Will black women be the new faces leading the Democratic Party? The Lily
- Scott Walker signals little appetite for ‘fetal heartbeat’ 6-week abortion ban Insurance Net News
- https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/us/anti-trump-evangelicals-lynchburg.html?action=click&module=Trending&pgtype=Article®ion=Footer&contentCollection=Trending New York Times
- US Fertility Rates Are Dropping, But Researchers Don’t Know Exactly Why Buzzfeed
