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Meet The Women Doing The Hard Work In Mississippi's Abortion Desert

For low-income Residents of the U.S., An unintended pregnancy can confront you with seemingly insurmountable tolls. You could pick to have an abortion, which, for several people in states with vastly restricted reproductive rights, is an overwhelming financial burden on its own, or shoulder the cost of carrying a pregnancy to term, and potentially have a child to feed and raise for ..

How To Help Migrant Children Caught In The Detention Center Crisis

In April 2018, the New York Times reported that the Trump Administration had for months been separating migrant families arriving at or crossing the U.S. Border without documentation. Several were legally seeking asylum from Central American countries like Guatemala and Honduras, where violence has threatened the lives of millions of people. Children were removed from their families, ..

This Sex Toy Company Isn't Only Fighting The MTA — They're Taking On The Public's Understanding Of Pleasure, Too

Once the co-founders of the sex toy firm Dame filed a lawsuit against New York City’s transit corporation for refusing to run its subway ads on June 18, they weren’t expecting such a massive response — they just wanted to convince the MTA to reconsider their campaign, which they mentioned was resisted based on a “sexist policy.” “I really think that this is a bit of a mis..

How YouTube Star Elijah Daniel Opened The Gates Of Gay Hell

By Mary Emily O’Hara The gates of “Gay Hell” have been opened in honor of Pride. And, in a weird way, you have a recent Trump administration policy to thank for that. Recently, the State Department issued a policy banning U.S. Embassies from flying rainbow flags to celebrate LGBTQ Pride month – a stark departure from the Obama administration’s policy of lighting up the com..

Fake Social Media Activism Is Hurting Real Sudanese Advocacy Efforts

Sudanese citizens are in the midst of a crisis. Immediately after the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir in April, the country’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) currently holds governmental control. Over 100 people have been killed, the government has enforced a complete Internet blackout, the capitol has shut off in protest, and activists and allies are mobilizing to signal-..

What It's Really Like Inside One Of Kentucky's Crisis Pregnancy Centers

in case you want a Western nation serving as a cautionary tale for what the recent state laws trying to ban abortion are attempting to do in the U.S., Germany is a good example. Abortion is technically against the law under German federal law, unless it’s in the opening trimester and the pregnant person agrees to be subjected to mandatory counseling along with a waiting period of..

When They See Us Is Inspiring A New Generation To Protest

When They See Us Is Inspiring A New Generation To Protest

By Sarah Emily Baum On June 17, protestors gathered outdoor the Manhattan District Attorney's office, the very same building where five black teens had been wrongfully convicted of a brutal assault over 30 years back. There, the protestors called for all cases tried by Linda Fairstein and Elizabeth Lederer, the prosecutors who spearheaded arrests of the males who were infamously vili..

Who's Really Behind The Push To Make Protesting A Felony?

If it seems like increasingly folks are protesting lately — and that protest groups are getting younger — you’re not imagining things: Residents of the United States between the ages of 18 and 30 are more likely to have attended a protest since 2016 than any other demographic. So the news that protesting is becoming more and more criminalized across the nation is especially chil..

She Was A "Vibrant Young Person": Another Black Trans Woman Was Found Dead

By Lauren Rearick For the fifth time in far less than a month, a black transgender woman was noticed dead In America. Her name was Zoe Spears; her death comes far less than three months immediately after another of a black transgender woman was murdered in Fairmount Heights, a Maryland suburb located minutes from Washington, D.C. According to Maryland’s Prince George County Polic..

Allen Salway Wants You To Wake Up To What What Navajo Nation Life Is Like

By Michell C. Clark Activism was never a choice for Allen Salway. Like other 21-year-old college students, Salway adores listening to Megan Thee Stallion, watching sunsets, and using the correct meme at the correct time. Yet he is also community organizer as well as a staunch contributor for Indigenous peoples worldwide, who has personally experienced several of the issues that he ..

How Students Are Using Harm Reduction To Fight The Drug War

By Danielle Corcione Amidst a opioid overdose crisis while the prosperous money out on a new cannabis marketplace, students today are navigating ways to dismantle the stigma drug users often face, and help communities most impacted by the drug war. Whether they’ve experienced a death of a classmate, have a personalized story of addiction, or have witnessed incarceration in action,..

The Difference Between Celebrating Pride, And Just Selling It

By Ernest Owens Every June, I’m reminded that I don’t have enough cash to celebrate Pride the way several people do: by, well, spending cash. From Memorial Day weekend up until July 4, my social media eats are filled with gay boys traveling from city to city, partying it up without a care in the world. Most of these boys are white and cisgender, an identity made more visible by t..

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