How Puerto Rico Became The Latest Battleground For Abortion Rights
Ana* says she always dreamed of being a mother. But, when she got pregnant at 21 while still in college, she knew it was not ……Read More
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The Most Jaw-Dropping Details From The College Cheating Scandal
If you’re like me, you spent most of the day pouring over the documents that outline one of the wildest cases of college admission fraud ……Read More
Rep. Lucy McBath On Sen. Kamala Harris: “She’s Changing America’s Narrative”
Sen. Kamala Harris is changing America’s narrative. She’s a woman of color who’s not afraid to do the right thing, whether that’s defending women’s reproductive ……Read More
New Hampshire Republicans Wore Pearls To Oppose Gun Bill & Survivors Are Livid
New Hampshire Republican lawmakers drew anger on Tuesday when they wore strings of fake pearls to a hearing on a proposed red-flag gun safety law. ……Read More
Ivanka Trump Joked That Being Donald Trump’s Daughter Is The “Hardest Job In The World”
It’s hard out there for Ivanka Trump, according to Ivanka Trump. Trump gave a speech as a stand-in for the president at Saturday night’s Gridiron ……Read More
The Roots of America’s Political Polarization
While we might draw a reasonable conclusion that the political divide in America is the worst that it has been in our collective lifetimes and ……Read More
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Who’s Actually Worked For A Living, Just Fact-Checked Ivanka Trump
Photo: REX/Shutterstock. In her 2009 self-help book The Trump Card: Playing to Win In Work and Life, Ivanka Trump (or, her ghostwriter) recalls her first ……Read More
The Federal Government and The Gun Culture
A recently released study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office examined purchases and inventory controls of firearms, ammunition and other tactical equipment in the federal government. The ……Read More
Where The 2020 Presidential Candidates Stand On Paid Family Leave
On Tuesday afternoon, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Rosa DeLauro reintroduced the Family And Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act, which would create a national paid ……Read More
No, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam Doesn’t Support “Aborting Babies Up Until Birth”
Editor’s note: We’ve republished this piece in light of President Donald Trump’s comments about Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam at his State of the Union address. ……Read More
There Was An Unexpected Moment Of Unity At SOTU, But It Wasn’t Because Of Trump
Body language-wise, Tuesday’s State of the Union address was shaping up to be the shadiest in history. First, we had House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s tepid ……Read More
America Is Ignoring The Gun Violence Epidemic Against Women
At least nine women have been shot to death since Friday in America, many of them by intimate partners and family members. A manhunt concluded ……Read More
Here’s How To Help Furloughed Government Workers
As the partial government shutdown in the United States drags on, about 800,000 government employees are no longer receiving paychecks. Fourteen percent of the government ……Read More
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Spoke Up For Intersectional Feminism At The Women’s March
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivered a powerful message of social justice and equality at New York City’s Women’s March this weekend. “Are you all ready to ……Read More
The Native American Elder Attacked By MAGA-Hatted Teens Explains That Viral Clip
A video depicting a group of Catholic school students in Make America Great Again hats taunting Native American elder Nathan Phillips went viral on social ……Read More
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