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May 7, 2022

Democrats Can Go Scorched Earth on Abortion Rights, or Go Home

Donât ask me again for my vote if youâre just going to sleepwalk through the end of reproductive freedomâand democracy.

by Meredith Shiner

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The Growing Criminalization of Pregnancy

The end of Roe v. Wade will accelerate an existing effort to criminally punish people for their abortions, stillbirths, and miscarriages.

by Melissa Gira Grant

I Argued Roe v. Wade. It Would Be a Tragedy to Overturn It.

To take away the right to privacy is to take a giant step backward in American history.

by Linda Coffee

How the Government Helped White Americans Steal Black Farmland

There was once a thriving Black middle class based on farm ownership. But during the twentieth century, the USDA helped erase that source of wealth.

by Dania Francis, Darrick Hamilton, Thomas Mitchell, Nathan Rosenberg and Bryce Wilson Stucki

Democratsâ Timidity Will Kill Us All

The climate is too far gone for Joe Manchinâs âcompromisesââall of which seem to include handouts to fossil fuel companies.

by Mary AnnaÃ¯se Heglar

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