Though transgender individuals are facing an uncertain and potential unjust fate, they’re not the only ones. They’re merely the newest minority group made into political targets.
Women’s Economic Empowerment Hearing Raises Good Questions—But No Simple Answers
Economically empowered women advance not only their own financial futures, but those of their communities and nations.
Confederate Statues Across the Country are Coming Down in the Wake of Charlottesville
The push to preserve Confederate monuments that has become a rallying cry for white supremacists and white nationalists is facing more resistance from activists and lawmakers than ever after a deadly riot unfolded at a protest defending a statue of Robert E. Lee.
Trump Tweets Cartoon of Train Hitting Reporter After Woman is Killed by Car in Charlottesville
This attack on the media comes as less of a surprise than its timing.
Oregon Insurers Are Now Required to Cover All Reproductive Healthcare Costs—Including Abortion
Legislation signed into law today in Oregon requires insurance companies to cover all reproductive healthcare costs and procedures—including abortion—regardless of the patient’s income, citizenship status or gender identity.
There Is Only One Side
As a nation, we must decide where we will stand: on the side of hate and violence or the side of love and equality. If the Trump administration cannot decide which they choose, we will just have to dig in our heels as we fight for ours.
The NAACP Issued a First-of-its-Kind Travel Warning for Missouri
The NAACP this summer released a statement advising people of color against traveling to Missouri in light of recent events in the state and a new “Jim Crow Law” passed by Governor Greitens.
Federal Judge Blocks Alabama Law That Put Minors Seeking Abortion on Trial
Nearly three years after it took effect, a judge has blocked an Alabama law that put girls seeking abortion through a trial-like process in which they were defendants and their fetuses were represented by lawyers.
An Ambitious Push for Parity
A new campaign aims to fill half of the 500,000 elected positions across the U.S. with women lawmakers by 2030.
Lawmakers and Advocates Urge the DCCC to Stand Firm on Abortion Rights
Women’s lives are on the line—will Democrats stand firm in saving them?
