Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Thou Shalt Not Lie

These anti-abortion activists lure clients in by posing as medical facilities—but local ordinances can force them to tell the truth or close

As important is the sense of despair many liberals and progressives feel when we throw our collective weight behind gambits and activism that are unlikely to yield tangible success. But here’s another idea. What if we all looked at how we could support reproductive rights in our own communities—and not ...
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Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Thou Shalt Not Lie

Abortion Alone Is Not Justice

Successful reproductive politics must tackle all the challenges that those who want children face

We need a feminist movement that will stand up for conditions that facilitate life and well-being for all of us, because the situation of women, queer, and trans people—especially those of color—is a crisis that makes abortion necessary....

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Abortion Alone Is Not Justice

The Revolution Will Not Be Feminized

For all its socialist talk, Venezuela hasn’t done much to advance women’s rights

She was just thirteen. Nearly malnourished, she had dropped out of school. Her brain still developing, her self-esteem at its most vulnerable, she was raped, repeatedly, by a neighbor. She didn’t consent, she couldn’t have. She was just thirteen, and now she was pregnant. Her mother refused to let it be. ...
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The Revolution Will Not Be Feminized

Fighting for Bodily Autonomy Is a Texas Tradition

As the state shuts down services for abortion and transgender kids, grassroots activists call on their history to fight back

All historical moments may be unique, but our current struggle is not new, and Texans are not unprepared. Recognizing the enduring nature of these battles, and acknowledging that activists fighting for our rights in Texas today are part of an ongoing struggle, has provided me with some strength and comfort ...
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Fighting for Bodily Autonomy Is a Texas Tradition

Continuous Protest outside the Supreme Court

A photo essay

Thousands of people congregated outside the Supreme Court on June 24, shortly after the Court announced that it was overturning Roe v. Wade.  That 1973 decision had held that states could not regulate women’s right to an abortion prior to the viability of the fetus. People came and went throughout the ...
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Continuous Protest outside the Supreme Court

March for Our Lives Rallies on DC Mall

A photo essay

Twenty thousand people rallied on the DC Mall on June 12 to denounce gun violence. Organized by March for Our Lives, there were major rallies all over the country, in contrast to one very large national rally by this group in 2018. DC Mayor Muriel Bowser was one of many speakers in ...
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March for Our Lives Rallies on DC Mall

Bans Off Our Bodies All Over the Country

The March in DC was one of the Largest

Roughly 20,000 people rallied and marched in Washington, D.C. for abortion rights.  It was one of five hundred rallies of varying sizes around the country.  Covid has discouraged travel, so people protest at home, which makes numbers harder to add up. Before the march, there was a rally on the ...
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Bans Off Our Bodies All Over the Country

Young Women Rally for Abortion outside Supreme Court

A photo essay

Roughly a hundred young women gathered outside the Supreme Court on May 6 to rally for abortion rights. This was one of several pro-choice demonstrations during the first week of May.  In abortion demonstrations last fall, young women were mostly on the pro-life side. Those on the pro-choice side were ...
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Young Women Rally for Abortion outside Supreme Court

Water Belongs to the People, Not Corporations

Protecting our water is a sacred commitment to all life on earth

Is water sacred? In the Roman Catholic tradition, it is through a rite of minor-exorcism: prayers that both breaks the influence of evil and sin in a person's life and sanctifies water as “holy.” In this ancient rite, a priest blesses the living “creature of water” to cast out devils, put sickness to flight, ...
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Water Belongs to the People, Not Corporations