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Warning: This Supreme Court Is Hazardous to Your Health

Warning: This Supreme Court Is Hazardous to Your Health Warning: This Supreme Court Is Hazardous to Your Health

The past week has effectively supplied us with the data on two natural experiments that reveal just how dangerous this court is.

Jun 30, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves

Abortion Protest

What Young People Face Without “Roe” What Young People Face Without “Roe”

With power in the hands of the states after Dobbs v. Jackson, college students are ready to continue the decades-long fight for abortion rights.

Jun 30, 2022 / StudentNation / Sofia Andrade

Michele Goodwin on the End of Abortion and Anatol Lieven on Ukraine

Michele Goodwin on the End of Abortion and Anatol Lieven on Ukraine Michele Goodwin on the End of Abortion and Anatol Lieven on Ukraine

On this episode of Start Making Sense, we revisit the history of forced pregnancy under the slave regime in antebellum America, and speculate on how the war will end in Ukraine.

Jun 30, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

Life After “Roe” Will Be Worse Than We Feared

Life After “Roe” Will Be Worse Than We Feared Life After “Roe” Will Be Worse Than We Feared

We are dealing with religious fanatics, with police chiefs on a mission and prosecutors looking to make their careers in deeply red places.

Jun 29, 2022 / Katha Pollitt

Cassidy Hutchinson at the January 6th Committee hearings

Mark Meadows Is the Biggest January 6 Coward. Also, Perhaps, a Criminal. Mark Meadows Is the Biggest January 6 Coward. Also, Perhaps, a Criminal.

The Trump chief of staff should be in prosecutors’ crosshairs, not for his cowardice but for his support for Trump’s violent coup attempt.

Jun 29, 2022 / Joan Walsh

Harlem Renaissance!

Harlem Renaissance! Harlem Renaissance!

Mural at 125th Street, NYC.

Jun 29, 2022 / OppArt / Anonymous and Peter Kuper

flier promoting talking about abortion

“I Called Jane” for a Pre-“Roe” Illegal Abortion “I Called Jane” for a Pre-“Roe” Illegal Abortion

No woman should have to go through what I went through, and no woman should have to overcome barriers to obtain a safe abortion.

Jun 29, 2022 / Carol Chapman

Food Prices Are Up. A “Bean New Deal” May Be the Answer.

Food Prices Are Up. A “Bean New Deal” May Be the Answer. Food Prices Are Up. A “Bean New Deal” May Be the Answer.

With prices for poultry and beef continuing to rise, the government should ease spending on meat and pay farmers to plant beans.

Jun 29, 2022 / Matthew Miles Goodrich

Fighting Back Against a Reactionary Court

Fighting Back Against a Reactionary Court Fighting Back Against a Reactionary Court

After Dobbs, Linda Hirshman joins The Time of Monsters to discuss the legal battles to come.

Jun 29, 2022 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Protest after the Dobbs decision

48 Hours on the Abortion Hotline After “Roe” Fell 48 Hours on the Abortion Hotline After “Roe” Fell

By Friday afternoon, nine states were enforcing total bans on abortion. The volunteers who connect people seeking abortion to resources heard a wave of desperation from callers.

Jun 29, 2022 / Amy Littlefield

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