In 2019, the Trump administration enacted sweeping changes to the public charge regulations in order to make it harder for a low-income applicant to get their green card. Families, terrified of being deported and having their family torn apart by Trump’s “arcane” public charge rule, left social programs—like SNAP and Medicaid—in droves.
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Who Goes First? Vaccine Mistrust Historic and Rooted in Injustice
The new COVID-19 vaccines bring promising new technology—but new data reveals that people of color are expressing vaccine hesitancy in significant numbers.
“To fellow health care workers and community leaders, know that so many people are looking for answers. It is critical to guide them down that tunnel to a small light on the other side.”
More Than One Way to Travel This Holiday Season
“My parents, understandably, do not want me to come home for the holidays—the risk for everyone is too high. … I will imagine my path home now, so I may travel it tomorrow.”
Crisis as Opportunity: Let’s Rise to the Challenge of COVID
The coronavirus surge is likely to get worse over the coming weeks and months. The U.S. has a long history of taking on challenges and leading by example. We still have a chance to seize this unique moment to completely change the way we care for the health of our citizens.
Mike Pompeo Is Wrong: There *Is* an International Right to Abortion
Last month, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo signed the Geneva Consensus Declaration, a U.S.-led document that fired yet another shot across the bow at reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy. The signing ceremony was touted as a watershed moment in the fight against an international movement to declare a right to abortion at the expense of traditional family values.
The only problem? There very much is an international right to abortion.
The Confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett—and the End of Roe as We Know It
The result of an Amy Coney Barrett confirmation is clear: It will lurch the Court significantly to the right. The tenuous balance struck in June Medical Services will be lost.
The next abortion case to reach the Court (maybe a gestational limit, a fetal heartbeat law, a ban on an abortion procedure, or ban on sex and race selection) will likely find a much friendlier audience in this new Supreme Court.
Contraception Is Not Just a “Women’s Issue”
With the Affordable Care Act in the crosshairs at the Supreme Court, it behooves all of us to consider contraception and planned pregnancy a national concern. Men benefit, too.
We can save billions of dollars and increase the quality of lives by supporting birth control access through the ACA.
Potential Complications Ahead for Amy Coney Barrett’s Confirmation
As COVID-19 spreads among Senate Republicans, it could derail efforts to confirm Amy Coney Barrett ahead of the November election.
There are at least three scenarios in which Republicans may find it challenging to confirm Barrett ahead of the November 3 election.
Women’s Representation Roundup: Ginsburg’s Impact on the 2020 Election
Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation.
This week: Ruth Bader Ginsburg becomes the first woman to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol; the impact of Justice Ginsburg’s death on the 2020 election; best practices to getting more women into judicial offices; the Solomon Islands’s systemic strategies to advance gender balance in government; appallingly few women have speaking roles at the UN this month; a staggering number of Black women running for office; tracking investments of leading foundations in minority and women-owned firms; building a gender-sensitive workplace culture; in support of the Yes On 2 ranked-choice voting campaign in Massachusetts; and this week’s suggested feminist reading.
“All We Can Save” is the Environmental Feminist Text We Need Right Now
All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis is a collection of essays and poems written by women at the forefront of the climate crisis movement.