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DACA News: Resources for DACA Recipients and Supporters
Immigration and civil rights advocates have shown they will continue to push back on the decision, by launching information campaigns and clinics to help DACA recipients and their supporters navigate what’s next.
The Media That Move Us: Rewire Staff Picks
Our list includes conscious comics; a treatise on love; podcasts on topics from abortion to Muslim life in the United States; and histories that we should know but don’t. Enjoy, get angry, and get active.
Culture & Conversation Law and Policy
Virtual Book Discussion: ‘Because of Sex’
Rewire invites you to a virtual book club event on Thursday, September 29 at 9:00 p.m. ET. Joining host Jodi Jacobson will be Gillian Thomas, senior attorney at the ACLU Women’s Rights Project and author of Because of Sex: One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women's Lives at Work.
Culture & Conversation Abortion
Leading During Hostile Times: A Conversation With Yamani Hernandez and Nikki Madsen
The executive directors of the National Network of Abortion Funds and the Abortion Care Network discuss the challenges and opportunities they have faced so far as leaders of abortion access organizations in the context of one of the most hostile cultural and political climates since the landmark Roe v. Wade decision in 1973.
‘1 in 3’ Speakout Offers What’s Often Missing in Abortion Debate: Personal Stories [Video]
The event is part of a national movement aimed at refocusing the debate on abortion from a political perspective to a personal one.
The Biggest Justice Movements of 2015
If we learned anything in 2015, it was that activists of all ages and backgrounds are up for the challenges that lie ahead.
‘Living in the Crosshairs’: Rewire Hosts Book Discussion About Anti-Choice Terrorism [Audio]
Authors David S. Cohen and Krysten Connon join reproductive health advocate Jen Boulanger and Rewire Editor in Chief Jodi Jacobson to discuss Living in the Crosshairs: The Untold Stories of Anti-Abortion Terrorism.
Exclusive: The Faces and Fake Names of People Behind Planned Parenthood Attack Videos
Exclusive: The Faces and Fake Names of People Behind Planned Parenthood Attack Videos Group Might Have Committed Identity Theft, Credit Card Fraud, New Evidence Suggests
Four Reasons To Be Hopeful for 2015
Rewire recently asked its colleagues working to advance justice movements throughout the country to share what affected them most in 2014 and their greatest wish for 2015.
‘We Still Don’t Have Justice’: An Open Letter From Ferguson Protesters and Supporters
"For 108 days, we have continuously been admonished that we should 'let the system work,' and wait to see what the results are," protesters and supporters in Ferguson explain in their open letter. "The results are in. And we still don’t have justice."
‘1 in 3’ Campaign Abortion Speakout
On Thursday, November 20, the first ever live-streamed abortion speak-out will feature a diverse group of 100 women who will discuss their personal experiences with abortion and abortion care.
#STLDispatch: ‘This Is the People’s Government’
More tweets on the "weekend of resistance" in Ferguson, Missouri, October 10-13.
#STLDispatch: ‘We Have to Fight Back’
A roundup of tweets on the "weekend of resistance" in Ferguson, Missouri, October 10-13.
Natasha Chart Shares Her #WhyIStayed Story
Rewire Campaign Director Natasha Chart shares her experience with intimate partner violence on the #WhyIStayed hashtag on Twitter.
The ‘Orange Army,’ the Filibuster, and the Fight for Texans’ Rights: Readers Share Their Stories
Rewire is pleased to bring you a few of the thousands of stories that unfolded during the summer of 2013 at the state capitol in Austin, Texas.
The Top Pro-Choice Heroes of 2013
2013 not only saw a number of pro-choice successes but also countless hard-working activists and allies who, against tremendous odds, put in time and energy to advance reproductive rights and health and ensure the safety of women and girls of all backgrounds.
11 Pro-Choice Successes of 2013
Though 2013 might have brought an array of new abortion restrictions and other setbacks for reproductive rights, there were also a number of reasons for pro-choice allies around the country to be proud this year. The staff of Rewire notes some of the top pro-choice successes of 2013.
Tweet Roundup: #Tampongate Edition
Reportedly, tampons, pads, condoms, tissue, and other items were being confiscated for a time from individuals entering the Texas capitol building today. Guns are allowed in the building, with a permit. Twitter is, unsurprisingly, ablaze.
What Wendy Said: Sen. Wendy Davis’ Remarks at ‘Stand With Texas Women’ Rally
"The Promise of Texas is bigger than personal ambition and extremist interests—bigger than one political party. Together, we can do what they won’t—we can stand up for each other, stand up for what’s right—and stand up for Texas."
Urgent: Help Beatriz Fight for Her Life
The news is getting worse, not better. Beatriz has been denied a life-saving abortion. Will you help?
Nearly 33,000 People Call on El Salvador to Save Beatriz
We, and the 32,904 undersigned, write to ask that you pass along our names to the office of President Mauricio Funes and the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador in support of the human rights, health, and life of Beatriz, whose case is now before the court.
Roeder to Be Disciplined for ‘Threats’ in Call to Army of God Member
The Kansas Department of Corrections is treating the recording between Scott Roeder, the convicted murderer of Dr. George Tiller, and Army of God member David Leach as a serious threat.
A Roundup of Reporting on the Kermit Gosnell Case
Kermit Gosnell is on trial after his arrest in January 2011. Here is a roundup of coverage of the case from Rewire and elsewhere.
