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Wisconsin Democrats embark on the final sprint of an ‘existential’ fight for Supreme Court
Organizers across the state rallied voters for Tuesday’s election between liberal Janet Protasiewicz and conservative Dan Kelly, which will determine the makeup of a court likely to hear cases on abortion and how the state’s democracy works.
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Florida moves one step closer to banning abortion after six weeks
The state Senate approved a bill that would significantly restrict abortion access in the nation’s third most populous state, with significant implications for the South.
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The 19th opens application for new Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellowship cohort
The program provides graduates and mid-career alums of Historically Black Colleges and Universities with full-year, salaried fellowships in editorial, audience engagement, and product and technology.
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Florida bill would bring bans on gender studies and critical race theory to colleges and universities
House Bill 999 would prohibit students from majoring or minoring in certain disciplines, and could pose a risk to Black sororities and fraternities, Latinx groups, affinity groups or even veterans’ organizations.
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What a landmark sweatshop case tells us about Julie Su’s approach to labor
In 1995, dozens of garment workers, most of them women, were freed from a California sweatshop. The lawyer who is now Biden’s nominee to head the Labor Department took their case.
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Exclusive: Trans students and their parents ask Education Department leaders to help them fight anti-LGBTQ+ bills
Families of trans youth spoke with top officials at the Education Department about their hopes and fears as anti-LGBTQ+ state legislation ramps up.
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Federal judge rules against covering some preventive health services and medications
The ruling eliminates an Affordable Care Act requirement to cover PrEP medication, screening for sexually-transmitted infections, breastfeeding support and other measures that affect reproductive health.
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In Tanzania, two history-making officials meet as Kamala Harris highlights women’s leadership
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is currently the only woman leader who is an official head of government in all of Africa’s 54 countries.
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Exclusive: Democrats reintroduce federal Trans Bill of Rights as GOP tries to advance restrictions
The legislation declares that the federal government has a duty to protect trans and nonbinary people as they experience discrimination in their day-to-day lives.
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