State Protections Take Center Stage as Trump Readies Attack on Transgender Rights
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“The American people overwhelmingly oppose the cruelty of this administration and we must make our voices heard at every opportunity."
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News
These Companies Are Helping Trump Wage ‘Technological Warfare’ Against Immigrants
A new report reveals the depth of the technology utilized by the Trump administration to target immigrants, while providing insight into the information sharing that lead to some of ICE's most egregious attacks.
Trump Administration Mulls Strict Gender Definitions in Attempt to Eliminate Transgender Rights
The memo comes on the heels of a series of anti-trans Trump administration policies.
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Trump Administration Moves to Finalize Rules Upending Birth Control Benefit
The new rules threaten contraceptive care for the millions of people who depend on the birth control benefit.
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There’s Now an Online Option for Self-Managed Early Abortion Care in the United States
Self-managed abortion is not new, but is vilified by right-wing and religious groups opposed to abortion rights as akin to the dangerous back-alley option.
Commentary
Corporate Media Enabled Trump’s Anti-Trans Policies
Media coverage of marginalized groups targeted by Trump should recognize the humanity of those communities.
To Win, Democrats Must Focus on Accountability
Democrats should run on ensuring accountability for the rich and powerful, and then it should actually hold those actors accountable.
Analysis
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Federal Law Protects Transgender Rights—But That Could Change as Early as the Spring
The New York Times reported on a leaked memo from the Department of Health and Human Services that would define civil rights laws to exclude gender-identity discrimination as the Supreme Court considers taking up cases on these very issues.
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Multimedia
CHOICE/LESS: Massachusetts Activist Takes the Wheel for Civil Rights
Retired engineer and Lyft driver Rachel Brown came out as transgender at age 68. She's been using her time as a driver to educate her passengers in Massachusetts about an alarming referendum on the ballot this fall that could repeal transgender legal protections in the state. This is her story.
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.
Is This Finally the Reckoning for the Catholic Church on Sexual Abuse?
A Justice Department investigation marks a major turning point in the decades-long sexual abuse crisis, but there are indications the Church will not surrender without a fight.
Religion and Drag Coexist in ‘Drag Race’ Spinoff—but That Doesn’t Mean It’s Queer
Even with a drag queen at the helm, the religion on display in Dancing Queen is decidedly not queer.
Does Religious Freedom Extend to Child Endangerment? It’s Not as Simple as It Seems
There must be some middle ground—not between right and wrong, but between different understandings of what constitutes abuse.
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Fat, Black Women’s Bodies Are Under Attack. Why Did It Take a Thin White Man to Get Our Cries Heard?
I know that, as a fat Black woman, seeking health care can be traumatic and difficult. The lived experiences of fat people and Black people—specifically Black women—should be enough.
Culture & Conversation
Rae Carruth Is Free. But Patriarchy Has Us All Locked Up.
The former NFL player hired men to kill his child's mother because she refused to have an abortion. But the takeaway about murderous masculinity shouldn't be telling women to end pregnancies to stay alive.
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Don’t Call It a Comeback: Louis C.K. and His #MeToo Bros Don’t Deserve One
The comedian who masturbated in front of junior women colleagues said he's lost an estimated $35 million. Funny how he didn't mention the pain he inflicted.
In Kiese Laymon’s ‘Heavy,’ the Crushing Weight of America’s Destructive Appetites
In his memoir, the Mississippi writer implicates the national culture of lying, consumption of Black suffering, ideals that equate thinness with health, and himself.
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A ‘Titanic Fraud’: Susan Collins, the ‘Moderate’ Who Never Was
Susan Collins is a "titanic fraud" and part of a fraudulent political system that must be changed.
Gavel Drop: SCOTUS Gets Its First Abortion Rights Petition With Kavanaugh on the Bench
Weeks into the job, and Associate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh will weigh in on whether the court should take an abortion rights case out of Indiana.
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- Legal Battle Over Missouri Clinic Could Foretell Abortion Fights In Other States Jezebel
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- Trump’s Response to the Migrant Caravan Is Self-Defeating Mother Jones
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- #MeToo Brought Down 201 Powerful Men. Nearly Half of Their Replacements are Women. New York Times
