The president stokes race-baiting and potentially worse in service of his re-election campaign. Democrats must continue to call out these distractions and his epic failure to address the real concerns of average Americans.
Gender & Sexuality
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump Wants to Silence Planned Parenthood—and He’s Winning in Court
The Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of the administration’s domestic gag rule, making it harder to receive and consult on reproductive health.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Choice Requires Access: Abortion and the Democratic Debate
Julián Castro’s remark on reproductive justice has the potential to change the way Democrats talk about access to health care.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
These Corporations and Public Charities Funded the State Abortion Bans
A Sludge investigation has uncovered the sources of millions of dollars behind advocacy efforts to pass a slew of state abortion bans this year.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Fearful Symmetry: The Case of Abortion Rights
As the far right makes ever crazier demands, the mainstream press tries to be even-handed—and plays right into the hands of the Trumpies.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Warren, the Incidental and Integral Feminist
Warren’s issues are deeply and integrally feminist, but she doesn’t advertise them—or herself—as Feminist with a capital F.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Does the Civil Rights Act Protect Gay Employees? The Court Will Decide.
And the conservative justices will have to choose between their self-proclaimed allegiance to what a law says and their social biases.
Posted inWorking in America
The Real Queens of the Road: Truckers’ #MeToo Movement
Female trucker activists are fighting back against pervasive sexual harassment at one firm by going after the Fortune 500 clients they ship packages for.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How the Hyde Amendment Fails Rape Survivors
Due to the Hyde Amendment, federal funds can’t be used to pay for an abortion except in cases of rape or incest. But some states, like Iowa, won’t even do that.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Abortion Doesn’t Have to Be Illegal to Be Out of Reach
Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, and several other states are trying to create insurmountable obstacles for women seeking abortions.
