Stevie Nicks on "The Lighthouse," her rallying cry for women's rights
On a trip to New York City earlier this month to appear on "Saturday Night Live" for the first time since 1983, Stevie Nicks said she was scared to death. She said her first reaction when she got the call to appear on "SNL" was, "Absolutely not. Because I was terrified to do it, 'cause it goes out live!"But she did appear on "SNL," and her performance of "The Lighthouse" brought down the house.She says the inspiration for her latest song, a rallying cry for women's rights, struck a few months after Roe v. Wade was overturned, and it took...
Bipartisan advocacy group talks education vouchers, women's rights and water at third symposium
BLACKFOOT — A local bipartisan group recently had its third symposium at Snake River High School last week where they discussed important topics pertinent to Idaho, facilitated constructive discussions and pushed for actionable steps from the state legislature. The Bingham Group was created four years ago by former state law maker Neil Anderson, whose intent was to help government at all levels become more responsive to the needs of the citizens and less responsive to outside interest groups, lobbyists or party platforms. ...
America’s ‘war on women’: The Independent’s film and investigative series examines reproductive rights post-Roe
The decision was decades in the making.Anti-abortion lawmakers and legal groups fought for years for the chance to take away what was a constitutional right for a generation of American women.On 24 June 2022, they won. The Supreme Court struck down Roe v Wade, upending access to abortion care for millions of women.Within months of the decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, more than a dozen states moved to effectively outlaw all abortions, with criminal and civil penalties for providers and patients alike.Two years later, nearly half of all US states have criminalized abortion care in some...