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Jim Pasco, the executive director for the Fraternal Order of Police, was watching football on a Sunday afternoon when he got a call from Susan Rice, the top domestic policy adviser at the White House. Negotiations over an executive order to address racism and policing were in danger of breaking […]
A deeply alarming attack on democracy is well under way in America. Latching on to Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election, candidates across the country are running for positions in which they would exert enormous influence over the way ballots are cast and counted. Candidates who have embraced election lies are also seeking to […]
The second time, Martin was a 26-year-old single mom making $12 an hour as a bank teller, could barely afford childcare or health insurance and was in a custody battle with her daughter’s father. Martin would later have four more abortions, each time knowing she did not want another child. “I’m stressed, I’m concerned, I’m […]
Being a Black entrepreneur at this time in history carries an enormous amount of responsibility to give back, because no one succeeds alone. I couldn’t imagine starting a business that didn’t more fully address the enormous gaps in diversity and inclusivity that so many companies suffer from, so that’s exactly what I did. By now, […]
In the days after the leak of a draft opinion showing the U.S. Supreme Court will likely overturn Roe v. Wade, hundreds of Mississippians visited the website Plan C to learn about ordering abortion medication online. From Jackson and Long Beach, Oxford and tiny Centerville, people used the site to find out how to obtain […]
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Abortion rights demonstrators chant during a protest outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images Abortion rights demonstrators chant during a protest outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images If you’re going to talk about the intersection of abortion and race, it’s […]
With more than 4.9 million Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia’s invasion of their country, the Biden administration announced in late March it will accept 100,000 people who are escaping that conflict into the U.S. While pro-immigration activists usually welcome such an announcement, some are criticizing what they see as a double standard being applied at the […]
Black bears have been a source of passion for Joe Kondelis Jr. ever since he started hunting the species. “The species drove me to want to know more,” he said. “I didn’t know a lot about it and I found it really interesting, no one taught a lot about bear hunting and biology.” Kondelis is […]
As the Biden administration moves to lift Title 42, some remain concerned about Haitian and African refugees getting the short end of the stick. As President Joe Biden moves to lift the Trump-era Title 42 by May 23, advocates and elected officials are publicly inquiring about the impact of the pandemic-related restricted immigration policy on […]