There are 50,000 Words in the DNC Autopsy. “Gaza” Isn’t One.

Among the more than 50,000 words in the DNC’s 192-page autopsy of why it lost the 2024 presidential election, here are a few that do not appear even once: Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Jewish, Muslim, foreign policy, protest, genocide. The report—which was released today, and simultaneously disavowed by DNC Chair Ken Martin—is already generating its fair […]

Abortion Provider Challenges Colorado Parental Notification Law Under 1972 ERA and 2024 Right to Abortion Amendment

As Republicans ever more relentlessly attack abortion rights in states across the country, women’s rights advocates are rediscovering underutilized state equal rights amendments (ERAs) and using newly passed abortion rights amendments to state constitutions to challenge longstanding barriers to abortion in blue states.

Colorado is now ground zero for that fight, where Dr. Rebecca Cohen is…

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පොලිසිය සමාව ඉල්ලයි; වන්දිය මිලියන 2යි; ආණ්ඩුව නිහඬයි; නැත, ආණ්ඩුව නිහඬ නැත: මොහොමඩ් සුහෙල්ගේ කතාවෙන් පාඩම් 5ක්

The relevant photograph was altered using GenAI. සමාජ මාධ්‍ය ජාලයක පළ කළ එක “ඉමොජි” (Emoji) සටහනකට, අදහසකට හෝ පින්තූරයකට පුද්ගලයෙකුගේ ජීවිතයෙන් මාස 9ක වටිනා කාලයක් උදුරා ගත හැකි යැයි ඔබ මොහොතකට හෝ...

Celebrating Black Americans’ Commitment to Democracy—From Jesse Jackson to Dorothy Height to Shirley Chisholm

Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in the U.S. and around the world—with a little gardening and goodwill mixed in for refreshment!

This week:
—We celebrate the impact of Jesse Jackson.
—A new poll shows that Kamala Harris would defeat…

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The Strange Hopefulness of Growing a Human While the World Burns

As I write this, I’m in my third trimester, anxious and excited for my daughter’s arrival, which feels imminent.

Yes, it’s an extremely dark time, but that’s not exactly a historical outlier. People have been making babies throughout the worst of them. And nothing motivates me more to build a better future for all of us than this little girl—who, like every child, deserves safety, stability,…

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