The organization’s advocacy arm offers thousands of newly politically energized volunteers the resources and training to become seasoned activists. What does that mean for the abortion-rights movement—and the left?
Amanda Teuscher
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Posted inEconomic Policy
The Tax Act’s Unfinished Business
The wealthiest Americans were already pretty happy with the 2017 Republican Tax Act. It bequeaths corporations with $1.7 trillion in tax cuts at the expense of funding for social programs, and 83 percent of the law’s benefits will go to the top 1 percent by 2027, when most of the individual income changes will have […]
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How Democratic Socialists Helped Propel Abortion Funds to Record Fundraising Levels
And focused on places—like Mississippi—where funding for abortions is hard to find
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Abortion Generation Gap
A new poll from PRRI has found wide generational gaps on issues of abortion, reproductive health, and sexual assault. “As this younger generation continues to flex its political muscles—as we saw in the response to the Parkland shooting—they could also reshape the national conversation on women’s health issues,” said PRRI CEO Robert P. Jones in […]
Posted inLaw and Justice
Maryland Bills Mandate Better Health Care for Pregnant Inmates
Last week, the Maryland General Assembly approved a bill that would require all state correctional facilities to have written medical-care policies for incarcerated pregnant women—the first of its kind in the country, according to NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland. Under the new legislation, which goes into effect in October, all facilities must submit to a legislative commission—and, […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Senate Democrats Warn Mitch McConnell: Don’t Try to Weaken the ADA
On Thursday, 42 Senate Democrats joined Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois to pledge to block a vote on the ADA Education and Reform Act (H.R. 620), a House bill that would gut the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act by weakening enforcement provisions that ensure accessibility in public accommodations. In a signed letter to Senate Majority […]
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Planned Parenthood Launches $20 Million Midterm Election Campaign
On Wednesday, Planned Parenthood announced a plan to invest $20 million in the 2018 midterm elections, the organization’s largest midterm campaign effort yet. The electoral battle plan initially targets gubernatorial and Senate races in eight states—Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—with plans to expand to other states and smaller races. Of those […]
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Overlooked Electoral Power of Voters with Disabilities
A new national poll of voters with disabilities released this week spotlights a dramatic shift in their political leanings toward Democrats. Numbering in the tens of millions, voters in the disability community boast a huge political and electoral power that could prove decisive in this year’s midterms. Yet for a group with such potentially significant […]
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Congress Looks to Weaken the Americans with Disabilities Act
No area is safe from plunder in the Trump era, even decades-old laws as seemingly untouchable as the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Congress is expected to vote on the ADA Education and Reform Act this week (H.R. 620), which has already passed the House Judiciary Committee. Don’t be fooled by the “reform” in […]
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Adele M. Stan Wins Hillman Prize for Excellence in Journalism
The award recognizes journalists whose work is in the service of the common good.