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Leaked Title IX Rule Would Allow Religious Schools to Discriminate—Without Saying Why

Sep 18, 2018, 10:59am Katelyn Burns

Advocates expressed alarm over the leaked Title IX rule proposal, saying it will only end up hurting survivors of campus sexual assault.

News Law and Policy

Abortion Rights Foes Aren’t Backing Down From Kavanaugh Support

Sep 18, 4:15pm Ally Boguhn

[Photo: The empty Supreme Court chamber in the West Virginia State Capitol Building.]

Analysis Abortion

What Impeachment of the West Virginia Supreme Court Could Mean for Abortion

Sep 14, 12:18pm Kenyetta Whitfield

Commentary Immigration

#AbolishICE Is Not a Slogan, It’s a Call to Action

Sep 18, 1:09pm

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A Detained Immigrant Is Hunger Striking in Washington State. ICE Might Force Feed Him.

Sep 19, 4:08pm Tina Vasquez

An emergency court hearing was canceled Tuesday as attorneys for the hunger striker sought a temporary restraining order against ICE after officers allegedly threatened him with force-feeding.

Violence

Advocates Urge Better Reporting on Violence Against Native Women as Federal Fixes Stall

Sep 19, 10:51am Mary Annette Pember

Recent legislation "has no teeth," so Native advocates are keeping an eye on Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, which would assist in efforts to track the crisis.

Abortion

Anti-Choice Groups Rebuked Again in Legal Challenge to Landmark Illinois Abortion Law (Updated)

Sep 18, 4:13pm Auditi Guha

Last year's pro-choice bill, signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner (R), enjoyed widespread support among Illinois voters.

[photo: a young man gets blood taken in a Planned Parenthood in Florida.]

Family Planning

Amid Rising STD Rates in the US, Cost Barriers Stymie Testing and Screening

Sep 17, 4:30pm Auditi Guha

Health-care clinics may not be able to provide comprehensive care and reduced costs should the Trump administration implement proposed changes to Title X.

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Writing the Kavanaugh Allegations Off as ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ Does a Disservice to Actual Teenagers

Sep 19, 10:10am

It's crucial to note up front the ways in which this culture of leniency interacts with privilege, gender, and race.

Law and Policy

Kavanaugh Doesn’t Need Any Special Treatment—but Christine Blasey Ford Needs Our Support

Sep 18, 5:15pm

Already, GOP senators are aligning themselves with Kavanaugh and attempting to undermine Christine Blasey Ford's credibility.

Donald Trump’s Dismissal of the Puerto Rican Death Toll Is Reprehensible—But It’s Nothing New

Sep 17, 4:31pm

Health-Care Providers Must Consider What Role We’ll Play in Harm Reduction if Abortion Is Outlawed

Sep 17, 8:59am

More Analysis

Lawmakers Agree on HHS Spending Bill with No New Anti-Choice Restrictions (Updated)

Sep 17, 4:21pm Katelyn Burns

The lack of anti-choice provisions in the spending bill has left some of the most conservative members of the House disappointed.

[Photo: Kathleen Clyde speaking in front of flag.]

Politics

Ohio’s Next Secretary of State Could Clean Up GOP’s ‘Rigged’ Election Map

Sep 17, 11:24am Ally Boguhn

Politics

Private Prison Campaign Cash Still Welcomed by Some Democrats in the Trump Era

Sep 14, 9:19am Dennis Carter & Tina Vasquez

Race

The Movement for Black Lives Sharpens Focus in Trump Era

Sep 13, 3:48pm Rachel Anspach

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Multimedia

Boom! Lawyered: The Kavanaugh Allegations

Boom! Lawyered hosts Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo discuss the attempted rape allegations against Brett Kavanaugh and whether they will meaningfully impact his nomination to the Supreme Court.

Podcast

CHOICE/LESS 405: Their Bodies, Their Boats, Their Play

Sep 14, 7:00am Jenn Stanley

Podcast

Coming 9/25: A Nine-Month Investigation Leads to a Story You Have to Hear

Sep 4, 8:38am Lindsay E. Beyerstein

[PHOTO: Common school supplies such as pencils and rulers on a desk with a flier telling students about free condoms available from a school nurse.]

Podcast

CHOICE/LESS 404: Sally vs. Sex Education

Sep 13, 7:00am Jenn Stanley

Podcast

CHOICE/LESS 403: The Talk

Sep 12, 8:31am Jenn Stanley

More Investigations

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

Religious Liberty

Christian Pol, Attacked for Opposing ‘In God We Trust’ in School, Talks Church and State

Sep 17, 2:25pm Frederick Clarkson

I'm continually surprised that people who say they want less intrusive government are so eager to promote this intrusion into our personal lives.

OMFG

Mormon ‘Humorist’ Robert Kirby Is Butt of His Own Dirty Joke

Sep 14, 11:55am Holly Welker

The problem, he writes, is that he “misjudged how she would take [his] sense of humor.” Really? Does he normally get a good response to asking women he’s just met to pretend they’re prostitutes?

Sex/Gender/Justice

‘It’s a Gay Problem,’ and Other Myths From the Catholic Church’s Sexual Abuse Crisis

Sep 12, 1:54pm Joelle Casteix

The cover-up has nothing to do with politics. It’s about saving face, protecting priestly friends, and saving the Church from scandal.

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Culture & Conversation

[Photo: Split screen of Unapologetic book cover and a photo of the author, a young Black woman with red lipstick and hair blowing in the wind.]

Media

In ‘Unapologetic,’ Charlene Carruthers Offers Young Black Organizers Inspiration, Purpose, and Strength

Sep 19, 4:54pm Regina Mahone

“There’s no magic bullet,” said Carruthers in an interview with Rewire.News. “At some point, people have to be driven and make an active choice to engage in some kind of way, no matter what that is. And oftentimes the single choice to do something leads to being able to deepen our work.”

[Photo: The covers of Mexican Hooke #1, Bury What We Cannot Take, and The Lost Ones]

Media

I’m Reading 50 Books by Women of Color This Year—Here Are Even More of My Favorites

Sep 14, 4:34pm Victoria Law

Here are a few more that have gotten me through blistering summer days, long subway rides, and continued aggravation over the state of the world.

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Sexual Health

In the Wake of Frightening New STD Stats, the Missing Condoms on ‘Insecure’ Are Even More Striking

Sep 13, 1:04pm Katie Mitchell

“Portraying positive images around safe sex can change behavior if viewers identify with the characters and model their own behavior on what they see," one expert told Rewire.News.