Activism

Time to End the West’s Xenophobic Double Standard on Refugees

Time to End the West’s Xenophobic Double Standard on Refugees Time to End the West’s Xenophobic Double Standard on Refugees

Racism lowers the floor for how all people are treated. But it’s not too late to change.

May 18, 2022 / Khury Petersen-Smith and Azadeh Shahshahani

When Right-Wing Attacks on School Textbooks Fell Short

When Right-Wing Attacks on School Textbooks Fell Short When Right-Wing Attacks on School Textbooks Fell Short

Some essential lessons from an earlier culture war.

May 18, 2022 / Jonathan Zimmerman

Protesters in Bogota, Colombia, on International Women's Day

Gleaning Hope From Latin America’s Abortion Rights Revolution Gleaning Hope From Latin America’s Abortion Rights Revolution

After centuries of living under some of the most draconian abortion laws imaginable, millions of women in Latin America now have access to legal abortion. How did they do it?

May 18, 2022 / Omar G. Encarnación

Elise Stefanik’s Crocodile Tears Over the Buffalo Massacre

Elise Stefanik’s Crocodile Tears Over the Buffalo Massacre Elise Stefanik’s Crocodile Tears Over the Buffalo Massacre

Two opportunists demonstrate the triumph of Trumpist racism and conspiracy theories.

May 16, 2022 / Jeet Heer

Courting Disaster

Courting Disaster Courting Disaster

Never Again, Again??

May 16, 2022 / Sue Coe, Tjeerd Royaards, and Andrea Arroyo

abortion rights roe activism

6 Ways to Fight for Abortion Rights After “Roe” 6 Ways to Fight for Abortion Rights After “Roe”

We can win this eventually, but despair will make it harder. Just concentrate on what you can do now.

May 16, 2022 / Katha Pollitt for The Nation

Even Under “Roe,” I Faced Barriers to Get an Abortion

Even Under “Roe,” I Faced Barriers to Get an Abortion Even Under “Roe,” I Faced Barriers to Get an Abortion

In spite of having made up my mind, I still had to face unnecessary barriers in order to access medical care that I could have received online and by mail.

May 16, 2022 / Larada Lee-Wallace

Democrats Must Become As Brave and Righteous as Abortion-Clinic Escorts

Democrats Must Become As Brave and Righteous as Abortion-Clinic Escorts Democrats Must Become As Brave and Righteous as Abortion-Clinic Escorts

To win back abortion rights, Democrats need to learn how to fight the moral battle being waged by anti-abortion theocrats—something clinic escorts do every day.

May 16, 2022 / Elie Mystal

The Fight for Abortion After “Roe” Falls

The Fight for Abortion After “Roe” Falls The Fight for Abortion After “Roe” Falls

It will be a battle with 50 different fronts.

May 16, 2022 / Feature / Amy Littlefield

Going Beyond Inclusion in Independent Media

Going Beyond Inclusion in Independent Media Going Beyond Inclusion in Independent Media

A conversation with journalists Laura Flanders, Sara Lomax-Reese, and S. Mitra Kalita about the future of Black and brown media organizations.

May 13, 2022 / S. Mitra Kalita, Sara Lomax-Reese, Laura Flanders, Lizzy Ratner, and D.D. Guttenplan

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