Florida lawmakers pass restrictive abortion bill, requiring parental consent...
On Thursday, Florida’s legislature passed a state bill to require pregnant minors (pregnant people under the age of 18) to receive consent from a parent or guardian in order to access an abortion, as...
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Black Kos, Tuesday's Chile: The Master's Tools and the Politics of Difference
The Master’s Tools Still Will Never Dismantle the Master’s HouseCommentary by Chitown KevBlack lesbian poet Audre Lorde’s dictum that “the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house” is a...
View ArticleThe New Supreme Court Case That Could Destroy Abortion Rights: June Medical...
The Supreme Court yesterday heard arguments in a Louisiana case that could fundamentally shift abortion rights in this country. June Medical Services LLC v. Russo centers around whether abortion...
View ArticleStupid Republicans, the student loan crisis, and a whole lotta history: This...
Hey, Community, how you doing out there? It’s been quite a week: The coronavirus continues to spread throughout the United States and the world, and millions of primary voters, past and future, watched...
View ArticleSanders releases big reproductive justice plan to codify Roe v. Wade into law
Sen. Bernie Sanders is running for the Democratic nomination for president, if you hadn’t heard. On Friday, Sanders, now in a runoff against Joe Biden, went after the former vice president’s evolving...
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Ilegal Mescal: "Donald eres un p*nd*jo" t-shirts as fundraiser for Planned...
Last year in a Mexican restaurant in my town, I saw this poster from the Ilegal Mescal company in the hall of the bathrooms:Scrrengrab“Donald, you are a fool” (jackass, asshole, etc)Turns out you can...
View ArticleThis Week in the War on Women: March 8-14, 2020: Sheroes
With the primaries winding down and the outcome not looking good, my thoughts are turning toward activism that doesn’t require the “correct” person(s) winning election. So let’s look at a few effective...
View ArticleOhio Republicans Exploit Pandemic to Ban Abortion
Ok, guys, time to end forever the gushing praise of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine. Sure, he did the right thing (i.e. his job) in the face of the pandemic, like a lot of other governors. Sure, he stood out...
View ArticleTX-Sen: MJ Hegar (D) Hits Cornyn (R) For Refusing To Pass Paid Family Leave...
Received this. e-mail today. from MJ Hegar’s (D. TX) U.S. Senate campaign:I’m a working mom with two young kiddos and, like many Texans, I’ve had to leave work to take care of them when they’re sick....
View ArticleAdvocates sue 5 states that consider abortions 'nonessential' during COVID-19...
A coalition of advocates in four stateshave come together Monday to sue government officials in Alabama, Iowa, Ohio, and Oklahoma over orders to temporarily ban abortion procedures during the...
View ArticleThree federal judges block state officials from pushing anti-abortion agenda...
Federal judges on Monday have temporarily blocked state legislatures in Alabama, Texas, and Ohio from using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to ban abortion. Earlier on Monday, advocates from...
View ArticleAppeals court gives Texas green light on banning abortion as nonessential...
Right-wingers want gun stores open and abortion clinics closed during the novel coronavirus disaster. As my colleague Aysha Qamar reported earlier this week, the forced birthers in charge of numerous...
View ArticleACLU sues after Arkansas threatens to close sole abortion clinic for...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed anemergency lawsuitin the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas on Monday to keep abortion access legal. Arkansas became the sixth...
View ArticleCourt permits medication abortions during COVID-19 lockdown as Texas...
Amid a long legal battle on whether or not abortions can proceed in Texas during the novel coronavirus pandemic, a federal court of appeals has ruled in favor of abortion activists and allowed...
View ArticleIA-SEN: Senate Candidate Eddie Mauro Holds Livestream Conversation on...
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View ArticleThis Week in the War on Women
A lot of the countries that have dealt well with the COVID-19 virus have something in common: women leaders. There are a number of theories about this. I credit the one that says: it isn’t that women...
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Wichita Doctor Killed After Years of Incendiary Rhetoric Against Him
The following is adapted from my forthcoming book, Words on Fire: The Power of Incendiary Language and How to Confront It, out in June and available for pre-order now.It was an ordinary Sunday at the...
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Impromptu Planned Parenthood Fundraiser
PROBLEM:Every morning, on my way to my mental health treatments, I pass Forced Birth Clowns out harassing women entering a reproductive health services clinic in the same medical complex. It REALLY...
View ArticleBlack Kos, Tuesday's Chile. Do not mess with Michelle Obama.
Y’all hoteps and noteps better leave Michelle Obama alone.Commentary by Black Kos Editor Denise Oliver-VelezIt has come to my attention that certain online social media elements have decided to make...
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Help Me Raise Money For Planned Parenthood
I am fundraising for Planned Parenthood Texas Action Fund. So far, I have raised $3,309.85 for Planned Parenthood via my facebook fundraising. Two separate anonymous donors have pledged $3,000 total in...
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