Arizona Judge Lifts Injunction Against State’s 1864 Anti-Abortion Law
Planned Parenthood Arizona on Friday night vowed that its fight to protect reproductive healthcare in the state was “far from over” after a judge lifted a decades-old injunction which had blocked an anti-abortion rights law dating back to 1864 — before Arizona was even established as a state — and allowed the ban to be […]
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Former Regulators Are Shaping California’s Net-Zero Plan as Corporate Lobbyists
This story is part of Covering Climate NowA global collaboration of news outlets that strengthens coverage of the climate story. Governor. Gavin Newsom set to sign a slate of bills boosting California’s fight against climate change, regulators are also finalizing a far-reaching plan to cut the state’s emissions. But the oil and gas industry is […]
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Bloated Police Budgets Won’t Stop Sexual Violence
This piece was originally published in Prism. On September 2, the United Nations voted unanimously to pass an international sexual assault survivors’ bill of rights, which many have touted as a feminist win. It’s true that survivors of sexual assault need protection, access to care, accountability, and justice. But this UN resolution isn’t likely to […]
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Progressive Candidates Endured Some National Losses, But Local Wins Offer Hope
When Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign ended in the spring of 2020, observers wonderedWhat would happen to the thousands of activists who were part of the Sanders campaigns in 2016 & 2020? There were worries on the left that without a central, unifying presidential candidate, the energy that had built up around progressive electoral organization would […]
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Ableism Organizes Most Social Life. How Do We Dismantle It?
Philosophy is something I consider a form of suffering. The many forms of injustice I have witnessed belie the peace that philosophy implicitly promises. Philosophy is said to promise lucidity, sober reflection, and lucidity. Socrates was said to have never wept. But I have wept, and unlike Socrates. As a philosopher who cannot ignore the […]
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Keir Starmer declares that he has picked Labour up off the canvas
Ahead of the labour party’s annual conference which starts in Liverpool later today, the labour party leader has boldly declared that he has ‘picked’ the party up off the canvas. Speaking to Sunday with Laura Kuennssberg, Sir Keir Starmer said, “Over the last two years, I have taken the labour party, picked it up off […]
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The US and Israel Are Standing in the Way of Iran Nuclear Agreement
During the first few decades of the post-war era, the U.S. considered Iran one of its closest geostrategic allies, especially after the CIA overthrew Iran’s democratically elected government in 1953 and restored Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as Iran’s leader. The role Israel plays in the region has made the U.S. and Iran mortal enemies since the […]
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International Interference in Haiti Is Crushing Its Garment Industry
Even before Haiti’s unelected de facto and extremely unpopularAriel Henry, Prime Minister, shocked an already economically strained Haitian population when he announced on September 11 that he was ending fuel subsidy (a single gallon of gas now costs $4.79 in U.S. currency), the Haitian economy has been taking hit after hit from its foreign “investors.” […]
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Minneapolis Energy Bills and Taxes Are Funding Right-Wing Candidate in Wisconsin
Minneapolis, Minnesota – The Michels Corporation, headed by Trump-endorsed Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels, has contracts with the City of Minneapolis and an exclusive contract with CenterPoint Energy to service gas lines in Minneapolis, which raises concerns for residents. DeCourcy Squire, a Minneapolis resident, shut off gas to her Stevens Square condo and stopped paying […]
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Water Access Has Returned to Jackson, But a Long-Term Health Crisis Remains
Jackson, Mississippi — In mid-September, Howard Sanders bumped down pothole-ridden streets in a white Cadillac weighed down with water bottles on his way to a home in Ward 3, a neglected neighborhood that he called “a war zone.” Johnnie Jones greeted Sanders, the director of marketing outreach and marketing for Central Mississippi Health Services. Since […]
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