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For International Migrants Day, Rewire.News asked 11 self-identified migrants and two children of migrants representing nine countries to describe what they believe the world should look like.
“This bill would ensure that our State Department maintains its vital role as an international watchdog and protector of women’s rights," said Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA).
Some anti-choice activists know they're attracting neo-Nazis and white supremacists, brushing off the phenomenon as a left-wing conspiracy to smear abortion rights foes.
Alejandra Pablos has defied deportation for eight years, but her political asylum hearing could be the end of the line for her.
Alexander Acosta is facing questions over his handling of a sex trafficking case while he was a U.S. attorney.
About 25 miles from Atlanta's outskirts, a Clayton County detention center is working with a private prison corporation with an abysmal history of human rights violations.
The targets, who are often vulnerable people, including the poor and survivors of sexual or domestic violence, have little recourse.
"Direct action can produce results that legal avenues can’t always get you to."
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, and religion. So why aren’t all LGBTQ people also definitively protected by this law, and whose fault is that? Boom! Lawyered hosts Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy explain.
As Mexico's largest Catholic health-care system, Christus restricts a range of reproductive health services, including contraceptives, sterilization, abortion, and in vitro fertilization.
Parents and students living in an Ohio school district say that the needs of children with legally recognized disabilities aren't being recognized.
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.
According to the data, among pro-choice and pro-LGBTQ equality voters, a candidate's religious identity is virtually immaterial. Atheists have a good chance to gain seats in the coming years.
The corrupt legislative shenanigans by lame-duck Republicans in Wisconsin, Michigan, and North Carolina have prompted many to reiterate calls for "civility" and "love." But are those objectively good things?
Behind earnestly worded appeals for religious freedom and respect is a pretense that the Framers of the Constitution and the First Amendment somehow intended to justify discrimination against others.
It’s starting to look like the theme for the 2019 legislative session will be near-total or even complete abortion bans.
I hope this inspires you to pick up some of these books to while away the dark winter nights and to pick some up as gifts for the readers in your life.
"I knew something was wrong after a few minutes," Oliver-Bruno told Rewire.News in a recent interview.
The new book is poised to be a vital tool for person-to-person connection and part of the broader work for culture-wide change.
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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