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“The Message They’ve Received Is That You Don’t Deserve to Be Cared For”: Life on the Abortion Borderland

“The Message They’ve Received Is That You Don’t Deserve to Be Cared For”: Life on the Abortion Borderland “The Message They’ve Received Is That You Don’t Deserve to Be Cared For”: Life on the Abortion Borderland

Patients seeking abortions are flooding across state lines—while anti-abortion activists try to shut clinics down.

Jun 23, 2023 / Feature / Amy Littlefield

Virginia state Senator Joe Morrissey gestures during an interview in his office on May 22, 2023.

Virginia’s Pro-Choice Majority Just Ousted an Anti-Abortion State Senator Virginia’s Pro-Choice Majority Just Ousted an Anti-Abortion State Senator

By an overwhelming margin, Virginians just voted out a Democratic legislator who sided with Republicans on restricting abortion access.

Jun 22, 2023 / John Nichols

Jesse Hagopian, his father, and his brother in Morgantown, Miss.

Celebrating Juneteenth by Emancipating History Celebrating Juneteenth by Emancipating History

A Black family’s pilgrimage to Mississippi.

Jun 19, 2023 / Jesse Hagopian

A protester holds a sign that reads, ''Protect trans kids'' at a demonstration condemning Ron DeSantis during a Republican fundraising event in Houston, Texas on March 3, 2023.

Texas Could Have Taken My Trans Child Away. Here’s What I Did to Protect Our Family. Texas Could Have Taken My Trans Child Away. Here’s What I Did to Protect Our Family.

Or, how to make a “safe folder.”

Jun 15, 2023 / Karen Krajcer

Ben Wikler Is Bringing His Activist Roots to His Bid for DNC Chair

Ben Wikler Is Bringing His Activist Roots to His Bid for DNC Chair Ben Wikler Is Bringing His Activist Roots to His Bid for DNC Chair

The latest candidate for Democratic National Committee chair has a long record of progressive organizing. Here's his story.

Jun 12, 2023 / Feature / John Nichols

United States Supreme Court justices

How Should Workers Respond to the Supreme Court’s Ruling in “Glacier Northwest”? How Should Workers Respond to the Supreme Court’s Ruling in “Glacier Northwest”?

The court’s ruling could have been much worse—and soon will be. Workers and unions need to be prepared.

Jun 1, 2023 / Jane McAlevey

A screenshot from a report about the debate over emergency housing in Vermont on May 10, 2023.

I Was Vermont’s Democratic Nominee for Governor. I Have A Grave Warning for My Party. I Was Vermont’s Democratic Nominee for Governor. I Have A Grave Warning for My Party.

I am publicly pleading with the party that chose me as its standard-bearer to reverse a decision that will turbocharge our state's homelessness crisis.

Jun 1, 2023 / Brenda Siegel

Republicans Attacked These Queer Students’ Lives. So They Fought Back.

Republicans Attacked These Queer Students’ Lives. So They Fought Back. Republicans Attacked These Queer Students’ Lives. So They Fought Back.

How three Kentucky high schoolers joined forces to stand up to a GOP assault on their rights—and brought hundreds of people along with them.

May 30, 2023 / Shahamat Uddin

Unite Here Discuss The Working Poor

Unions Are Stepping Up to Find a Solution to California’s Housing Crisis Unions Are Stepping Up to Find a Solution to California’s Housing Crisis

State government has floundered in addressing homelessness. But the service workers' union Unite Here is filling the gap.

May 26, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky

Ron DeSantis’s Copycat Strategy Is Failing

Ron DeSantis’s Copycat Strategy Is Failing Ron DeSantis’s Copycat Strategy Is Failing

The Florida governor’s bungled campaign launch makes clear there is only room for one Trump.

May 26, 2023 / Jeet Heer

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