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Supreme Court appears set to allow emergency abortions in Idaho, accidentally posted court document suggests
The decision, which may not be a final draft, was obtained by reporters at Bloomberg Law. It suggests state abortion bans cannot trump EMTALA, a federal emergency medicine law.
Black women say an Amtrak project threatens their Baltimore neighborhood’s homes — and children
Residents have worked hard to revive historic Reservoir Hill. A federally funded railroad project could jeopardize their progress and their health, according to a civil rights complaint.
Time may be up for a far-right school board president who embroiled a California district in controversy
Temecula school board president Joseph Komrosky ushered in conservative policies and called Harvey Milk a “pedophile,” prompting a recall race against him and a rebuke from Gov. Newsom.
This cartoonist wants to tell the complicated history of women’s voting rights
In her new nonfiction graphic book, Caitlin Cass unpacks the active role that some White women played in suppressing voting rights for all — and the lessons today in the ongoing fight for universal ballot access.
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