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Video: Iowa Lawmaker Defends Idea of 7-Year-Old Rape Victim Being Forced to Give Birth
ABC-affiliated Iowa television station WOI-DT posted the shocking exchange of Democratic state Rep. Mary Mascher (Iowa City) questioning Republican state Rep. Shannon Lundgren (Peosta) over the lack of a rape exception in an extreme anti-choice piece of legislation commonly known as a heartbeat ban. This follows on the heels of the Iowa Senate passing what amounts to a […]
‘Let’s Talk About Pocahontas’: Elizabeth Warren on Racism, Neglect, and Reclaiming Myths
"I’m here today to make a promise: Every time someone brings up my family’s story, I’m going to use it to lift up the story of your families and your communities."
The Media That Moved Us in 2017: Our Picks for Resistance and Joy
And what gave us joy and food for thought includes a podcast by two girlfriends, a comic featuring a lie-detecting cat, the autobiography of a Black radical, a Mexican cookbook, and media about women in sports.
Poem ‘The Joys of Motherhood’ Shows Complexities of Black Motherhood
Poet and Activist FreeQuency recites “The Joys of Motherhood,” a powerful poem about the mourning many Black mothers face when their children are killed by police violence.
Creator of the Hyde Amendment Explains Exactly Who It Targets
In this 1993 clip, Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL) laid bare the rationale behind the Hyde Amendment that severely restricts the ability of low-income people to access abortion.
Premiering 9/15, Rewire’s Newest Podcast: What Else Happened?
Welcome to Rewire Radio's new podcast: What Else Happened? In this age of information shock and awe, important stories that affect people's lives are getting drowned out by the rest of the news. Hosts Regina Mahone and Kat Jercich will bring you those stories—and a little bit of joy—every Friday afternoon.
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.
‘I Love Us’: The Lives and Poetry of People the Trump Administration Wants to Deport
Created by the advocacy group Define American, “Share the UndocuJoy!” combines the words of poet Yosimar Reyes with a look into the lives that President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions seek to destroy by rescinding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Read more about DACA and the people at the heart of it […]
Amnesty International Targets Ireland’s Anti-Choice Law in New Video
Amnesty International’s campaign to “Repeal the 8th” launched a new video today highlighting “25 Annoying Things About Being Pregnant.” Some of the all-too-common problems are humorous—others are dangerous violations of basic human rights. Watch the video to learn more about why Ireland’s 8th Amendment should be repealed.
Jessica Mason Pieklo on the Importance of Rewire’s New Documentary
On Democracy Now!, Vice President of Law and the Courts Jessica Mason Pieklo explains how Rewire‘s documentary Care in Chaos focuses on “the attacks on access at the front door.” She notes the intimidating and shaming tactics used by anti-choice extremists, whose “singular goal is to re-criminalize abortion.”
Watch Live: Stories From the Resistance, a Speakout by the ‘1 in 3’ Campaign
Today, March 21, the 1 in 3 Campaign will stream “Stories From the Resistance,” a speakout featuring a diverse group of people who will share their abortion stories. The event is part of a national movement aimed at refocusing the debate on abortion from a political perspective to a personal one. “Too often the political has […]
Schoolhouse Rock! Parody Teaches the Fundamentals of Emergency Contraception
In a parody of Schoolhouse Rock!’s iconic animation “I’m Just a Bill,” the Lady Parts Justice League created “I’m Just a Pill,” an informative cartoon about the importance of emergency contraception and why it should be available for everyone.
Civil Rights Veterans Give Advice to Current Activists on Resistance
Ashley Nicole Black speaks with civil rights activists about their experiences and how to start a resistance movement for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.
Jessica González-Rojas, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, and Others Stand Up for Justice
In a video launched this week, Ms. Foundation for Women teams up with activists, advocates, and other fighters for gender justice—including fashion designer Mara Hoffman and co-founder of End Rape on Campus Andrea Pino—to urge viewers to stand together against politicians’ attempts to roll back our rights.
Let Her Learn: A Toolkit for Fighting Racial Bias in School
Girls of color are suspended from school more often than white girls despite committing the same minor offenses. To combat racial discrimination young girls often face, the National Women’s Law Center created the Let Her Learn toolkit, which helps users determine whether a school is treating its students fairly and without bias.
Facing Fatherhood, Vann R. Newkirk Asks How to Discuss the U.S. History of Racism to His Future Child
Atlantic writer Vann R. Newkirk shares a story about experiencing racism during a childhood trip with his father and that moment’s influence on how he’ll discuss race and identity with the son he’s expecting with his wife.
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.
Patrisse Cullors on Giving Birth and Maternal Mortality in Black Women
Moms Rising Senior Fellow and Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors shares her story on giving birth and discusses how frequently Black women die during childbirth.
Watch: Wisconsin Election Commission News Conference on the Recount
On Monday, the Wisconsin Election Commission approved a timeline for the state’s presidential election recount. As The UpTake reported, “[t]he recount will begin on Dec 1 in 72 counties and results should be submitted to the commission by 8pm December 12. The commission will then review and approve the recount.”
Samantha Bee Slams Catholic Hospitals for Refusing to Provide Life-Saving Medical Care
Full Frontal host Samantha Bee detailed all the ways Catholic hospitals are denying pregnant patients life-saving medical care in a segment that aired Monday night. Catholic hospitals, which are the largest nonprofit health-care providers in the country, follow “Ethical and Religious Directives” requiring physicians to refuse patients contraception, sterilizations, and abortion care even in cases of life endangerment.
‘It’s Not a Competition, It’s a Personal Choice’: Kids and Teens Learn About Sex Through AMAZE
AMAZE, a new collaboration among Advocates for Youth, Answer, and Youth Tech Health, works to make appropriate and compelling sex education for 10-to-14-year-old kids and teens. In the video “When Will I be Ready? When Should I Have Sex?” high school students talk to each other about whether they’re ready for sex and what they should do to keep themselves safe.
Lady Parts Justice: Get ‘inFormation’ About Anti-Choice Laws
Lady Parts Justice, a group that uses comedy and digital media to spread the word about reproductive rights, performs an educational parody of Beyonce’s song “Formation,” about the TRAP laws and anti-abortion legislation in Louisiana.
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.
Native Americans Attacked During Protest Against Pipeline Construction
Democracy Now! went on the ground to North Dakota, where Native Americans were attacked by security guards, dogs, and pepper spray while they protested against the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline that, if completed, would be built on top of a tribal burial site.
‘Democracy Now!’ Explores the Case of Bresha Meadows, a Teen Who Killed Her Abusive Father
On Democracy Now!, host Amy Goodman is joined by Ian Friedman, Bresha Meadows’ attorney; Martina Latessa, Meadows’ aunt, and freelance journalist Victoria Law to discuss the case of 15-year-old Meadows, who now faces life in prison for killing her abusive father.
Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights to 200,000 People With Felonies
Atlantic staff writer Vann R. Newkirk II visits Virginia to speak with Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) and formerly incarcerated people who now have the right to vote.
Samantha Bee’s ‘Sam Squad’ Interviews Republicans About Black Lives Matter
Correspondents from Full Frontal with Samantha Bee interview Republican National Convention attendees about their views on the Black Lives Matter movement.
Franchesca Ramsey Debunks Four Myths About Black Lives Matter
On MTV News’ Decoded, host Franchesca Ramsey explains the importance of Black Lives Matter, and breaks down common questions and misunderstandings about the movement.
Staceyann Chin and Daughter Zuri Propose Throwing Guns in the Garbage
Poet and activist Staceyann Chin is back with her daughter, Zuri, for another “Living Room Protest.” This time, the two discuss their opposition to guns, and their support for the Democratic politicians fighting for gun reform.
Marc Lamont Hill and Mychal Denzel Smith Discuss State Violence Against Black People
Author and professor Marc Lamont Hill, and Mychal Denzel Smith, contributing writer for The Nation magazine, speak on Democracy Now! about police brutality and race discrimination, especially toward Black men.
A Girl Power Update: What Women and Girls #ReallyReallyWant
This video by The Global Goals group, sung to the tune of the Spice Girls hit, “Wannabe,” uses the hashtag #WhatIReallyReallyWant to explore things women and girls around the world really need: education, equal pay, and an end to violence.
Muslims in New York Show Their Support for the Orlando Massacre Victims
More than 200 Muslims joined together in a park in New York City this week to break their fast for Ramadan and to pray for the victims of the Orlando massacre.
Activist Isa Noyola on the Orlando Shooting, Immigration, and Latinx Stories of Survival
Isa Noyola, director of programs for the Transgender Law Center, joins Democracy Now! to discuss the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, and how the aftermath of the shooting is affecting the Latinx LGBTQ community.
Members of the LGBTQ Community Speak Out About Orlando Shooting
After 50 people were killed and 53 were wounded by a shooter at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, organization Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement spoke with transgender and queer Latino/a people about crimes against the LGBTQ community.
Despite Public Outcry, This Kentucky High School Works to Accommodate and Respect Transgender Students
PBS NewsHour speaks with the students and staff of Atherton High School in Louisville, Kentucky about their efforts to end discrimination against transgender students at the school.
CNN’s Ashleigh Banfield Reads Excerpts of the Stanford Rape Survivor’s Letter
CNN journalist Ashleigh Banfield read on Monday, during her show Legal View, excerpts of the letter written and read in court by the woman who was raped by Stanford University student Brock Turner.
Black Lives Matter Organizer Charged With ‘Lynching’: Advocates Say ‘Our Freedom Is Bound Up With Her Freedom’
Black Lives Matter organizer Jasmine Richards was arrested and charged with “felony lynching” last year when she attempted to prevent police from arresting a Black woman during a peace march in Pasadena, California. Richards’ lawyer, Nana Gyamfi, and fellow Black Lives Matter organizer Melina Abdullah speak on Democracy Now! about Richards’ case; her sentencing is […]
#QAPIs4BlackLives Shows Support for Black Lives Matter Movement
In solidarity with Black Lives Matter, members of the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance share their experiences with police brutality and racial profiling.
Samantha Bee Examines the Deception of Crisis Pregnancy Centers
On Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, National Abortion Federation CEO Vicki Saporta and SisterReach Founder Cherisse Scott explain why crisis pregnancy centers are deceptive, anti-choice establishments spreading lies to stop people from having abortions.
Ex-NFL Player Wade Davis on Hiding His Sexuality Behind a ‘Mask’
In a talk for TEDx at the University of Florida, former NFL player Wade Davis shares the story of hiding his homosexuality by wearing what he coins a “mask of masculinity,” which he used to avoid ridicule and violence.
Why Do So Many People Still Believe Abortion Is Dangerous?
Liz Plank, host of Vox‘s web series, 2016ish, speaks with anti-choice protesters and an abortion provider to try to understand why so many people know so little about abortion.
A New HBO Documentary Showcases the Abortion Stories of Individual Women
This clip from HBO’s new documentary, Abortion: Stories Women Tell, introduces us to the “experiences of individual women rather than the debate surrounding the issue,” as Eliza Thompson explained for Cosmopolitan. The film premiers Monday at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.
‘We’ve Never Seen Such Horror in Our Life’: The Struggle of Detainees ‘#Deported2Death’
Democracy Now! host and executive producer Amy Goodman speaks to Fahd Ahmed, executive director of Desis Rising Up & Moving (DRUM), about the mass deportation of South Asian asylum seekers and the harsh conditions migrants face while in detention centers.
Jessica Williams Speaks With Transgender Activists About ‘Trans Panic’ in America
On The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, senior correspondent Jessica Williams interviews activists like Meagan Taylor, a Black transgender woman who was arrested while checking into a hotel, about the discrimination and danger transgender people face every day.
Pro-Choice College Students Call for Abortion Positivity
Throughout the month of April, URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity and All* Above All are touring the country to lift up the message that abortion access is a social good. “We don’t believe abortion is a bad word, and we know that youth everywhere are ready and willing to proactively support EVERY healthcare option available,” URGE’s website reads. “By […]
Ellen DeGeneres Criticizes Mississippi’s Anti-LGBTQ Law
On her self-titled show, host Ellen DeGeneres denounces Mississippi’s so-called religious freedom law as discriminatory against the LGBTQ community, and explains how the measure is not a matter of politics, but of human rights.
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.
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