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New Report Shows the Scope of Anti-Trans Violence in the US

Nov 20, 2018, 4:57pm Auditi Guha

The Human Rights Campaign has tracked 128 transgender victims of fatal violence since January 2013; at least 110 of these were transgender people of color.

Culture & Conversation Human Rights

Native American Heritage Month Began Before November for This Wisconsin Community

Nov 15, 8:08am Mary Annette Pember

Analysis Violence

Immigrant Women in Abusive Relationships Face Long Delays for Green Cards—and Possible Deportation

Nov 19, 3:14pm Moira Lavelle

[Photo: A group of nurses protest Providence Hospital's closing]

News Health Systems

World’s Largest Catholic Health System Wants to Close D.C. Hospital That Serves the Poor

Nov 20, 1:22pm Amy Littlefield

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News

[Photo: Cindy Hyde-Smith speaking at podium with Trump behind her.]

Politics

These Companies Are Silent About the Thousands They Gave to Cindy Hyde-Smith

Nov 20, 2:44pm Dennis Carter

Verizon Communications, Home Depot, and Chevron have all given $5,000 to PACs supporting Hyde-Smith, while Exxon Mobil has donated $10,000 to PACs backing the GOP Senate candidate.

[Photo: Nancy Pelosi speaking at a podium.]

Politics

Nancy Pelosi’s Bid for Speaker Faces Opposition From Group of Democrats

Nov 20, 7:58am Gabe Schneider

While more progressive members of Congress may not be challenging Nancy Pelosi for speaker, they are making internal moves to fortify their position.

[Photo: Scott Lloyd arrives for a House Judiciary Committee hearing.]

Immigration

Anti-Choice Official Scott Lloyd Takes New Role Within Trump Administration

Nov 19, 5:51pm Tina Vasquez

"The damage Scott Lloyd inflicted on the people he was charged to protect, and to the agency itself, will not be easily erased."

Abortion

Ohio Republicans’ Next Step: Criminalize Abortion

Nov 19, 5:06pm Auditi Guha

Ohio’s bill is part of a trend among GOP state lawmakers trying to pass legislation to challenge Roe v. Wade, creating a case that would allow the Supreme Court to revisit legal protections for abortion care.

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Commentary

Human Rights

Ableism Is the Go-To Disguise for White Supremacy. Too Many People Are Falling for It.

Nov 19, 10:13am

Agents of white supremacy count on society’s existing behaviors toward the mentally ill—and by extension, all disabled people—to aid and abet their agenda without anyone taking a closer look.

Politics

What ‘Red State’ Democrats Can Learn From Jon Tester’s Victory

Nov 19, 8:00am

The thread that led to the success of Jon Tester’s campaign also leads to the continued success of progressive organizations within Montana—a love of place that is deeply rooted in Montana’s stories of our past and our vision for our future.

Progressive Victories Lay the Groundwork for a 2020 Groundswell

Nov 16, 11:07am

Politicians, Take Note: Secular Voters Are a Powerful, and Growing, Part of the Population

Nov 15, 10:44am

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Analysis

Politics

Wisconsin Democrats Won More Votes in the Midterms. In the Legislature, It Didn’t Matter.

Nov 19, 2:54pm Alys Brooks

The Republican-held legislature’s aggressive gerrymandering has ensured minority rule for the GOP in Wisconsin.

[photo: a young person sits under a voting booth.]

Politics

Amid Recount Chaos, Gillum and Florida Voting Rights Groups Refuse to Concede

Nov 15, 9:20pm Jodi Jacobson

Law and Policy

Kentucky Is Trying to Ban Most Abortions After 15 Weeks—and It’s Not Alone

Nov 15, 9:48am Jessica Mason Pieklo

Politics

‘It’s Core to Who I Am’: New GOP Senator Josh Hawley Is Determined to Overturn ‘Roe’

Nov 14, 4:38pm Ally Boguhn

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Multimedia

Placeholder — The 12-foot jingle dress dancer, designed by Chris Lutter of Minneapolis and built by members of the Native and non-Native community in North Wisconsin, makes its debut on Treaty Day, September 30, on Madeline Island.
Mary Annette Pember

Photos: The Madeline Island Jingle Dress Project

In September, journalist Mary Annette Pember visited Madeline Island, the largest of the Apostle Islands located in the Wisconsin area of Lake Superior, to learn more about the Madeline Island Jingle Dress Project ahead of Treaty Day. On that day, real-life jingle dress dancer Fawn Youngbear-Tibbets of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe operated a 12-foot jingle dress […]

Podcast

Boom! Lawyered: Midterm Results and the Voting Rights Battles That Will Follow

Nov 7, 1:20pm Jessica Mason Pieklo & Imani Gandy

Podcast

The Breach—’We Don’t Heal from It.’
Episode One: Investigating Big Horn County

Sep 25, 7:45am Lindsay E. Beyerstein

Podcast

Boom! Lawyered: They’re Coming for Birthright Citizenship

Oct 30, 6:02pm Imani Gandy & Jessica Mason Pieklo

Podcast

CHOICE/LESS: Massachusetts Activist Takes the Wheel for Civil Rights

Oct 23, 8:36am Jenn Stanley

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Investigations

[Photo: Arrington Payne, wearing an olive shirt, stands next to her brother Arhamas]

Human Rights

Cincinnati Public School Students With Disabilities Are Protected on Paper But Say They’re Treated Poorly in Practice

Sep 19, 11:08am Liz Brazile

Parents and students living in an Ohio school district say that the needs of children with legally recognized disabilities aren't being recognized.

[Photo: Maritza Lopez sits in a recliner, smiling and holding her three dogs.]

Environment

Mike Pence Neglected This Poisoned Indiana City. Now, Residents Fight for Each Other.

Aug 31, 9:32am Amy Littlefield

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.

[Photo: Saifa Wall, the leader of the event, speaks during an End Intersex Surgery rally[

Law and Policy

Intersex People Want to End Nonconsensual Surgeries. A California Resolution Is Their ‘Warning Shot.’ (Updated)

Aug 13, 9:37am Amy Littlefield

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.

Religion Dispatches

History/Theology

America, the Mythical: “Mother of Exiles” or Denier of Safe Haven?

Nov 20, 2:57pm Ed Simon

Thanksgiving has been marshaled in the battle over what is the proper interpretation of the idea of America. With thousands of refugees looking for amnesty in that “last, best hope of earth,” will the better angels of our nature find room for them at the table?

Politics/Law

Trump Floated Dastardly Deal With Erdogan

Nov 20, 2:22pm Mark Juergensmeyer

To entice the Turkish president to go easy on Saudi Arabia, the Trump administration floated the idea of extraditing a permanent U.S. resident who would likely face serious punishment.

History/Theology

Despite Reversal on Hillary and Hellen Keller, ‘Christian Americanist’ Bias Remains in Texas Curriculum

Nov 19, 3:18pm David R. Brockman

This year’s streamlining process managed to nudge the standards in the direction of less biased coverage of the world’s religions, but much work remains if Texas students are to receive balanced instruction.

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Culture & Conversation

[PHOTO: Black woman cuddles an infant with a hat with pom-pom, while Black man with a wedding ring and wristband lightly touches the child.]

Race

Why Gabrielle Union’s Surrogacy Story Gutted Me—and Gave Me Hope

Nov 16, 1:19pm Brandi Collins-Calhoun

You've heard about Michelle Obama's fertility struggles. But it was seeing actress Gabrielle Union's daughter that reignited my desire to help other people of color become parents.

[Photo: In a park outside, one young woman looks at a tablet while the other looks at her. Both are laughing.]

LGBTQ

Ask a Queer Chick: How Do I Ask Out My (Maybe Straight) Friend?

Nov 16, 10:15am Lindsay King-Miller

Also: How do I get out of my straight relationship if I know I'm gay?

Media

Stan Lee’s Boundary-Pushing Legacy

Nov 13, 1:42pm Angélique Roché

His legacy is reflected in dozens of characters we’ve grown to know and love, and in the opportunities his work made possible.

Imani Gandy

Commentary

As Attorney General, Kris Kobach Would Continue His Work to Suppress Votes

Nov 8, 6:42pm

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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