On December 1, 2021, the day that the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the obvious became ever-the-more clear: one way or another, the Court will gut abortion rights. As Mary Ziegler wrote in…
The facts about violence against sex workers are harrowing. Amanda Ong writes, “LGBTQIA youth, especially Black and Latina trans women, are more likely both to become houseless and to become sex workers. Sex workers experience sexual violence at much higher…
People do not give up their humanity because they migrate from one nation to another, yet, the U.S. has long weaponized perceived criminality—rooted in racism and xenophobia—to determine whether immigrants deserve fundamental human rights. And often, the U.S. has determined…
Five months into her pregnancy, Representative Cori Bush (D-MO) informed her doctor that she was in extreme pain; her doctor sent her home. One week later, Bush went into labor. During her May 6, 2021 congressional testimony, Bush describes the…
