Angry Black Lady Chronicles

Dear Alyssa Milano: Will You Be My Co-Conspirator?

Imani Gandy

Firing off some tweets, circulating petitions, giving speeches, and raising awareness about various issues is a perfectly admirable and safe endeavor. But if you really want to help LGBTQ people, people of color, people with disabilities, immigrants, and everyone who lives in the intersections of those identities, we need you to do more.

Probate Judge in Alabama Allows Man to Sue Abortion Clinic on Behalf of Aborted Embryo (Updated)

Imani Gandy

If successful, Ryan Magers' lawsuit could have devastating consequences for people of reproductive age in Alabama.

Hey Missouri. It’s Me, AngryBlackLady. We Need to Talk About Your War on Abortion. Again.

Imani Gandy

Missouri anti-choice legislators are still tripping all over themselves to make reproductive care impossible to access.

It Didn’t End With Cakes: Artists in Arizona Want to Deny Wedding Invites to Same-Sex Couples

Imani Gandy

The case is part of a nationwide crusade by evangelical Christians to weaponize the First Amendment and religious freedom to defend anti-gay bigotry.

The Fifth Circuit Will Bend Over Backward to Restrict Abortion Rights (Updated)

Imani Gandy

Even if it flouts judicial norms in the process.

I Can’t Believe It’s 2019 and We’re Still Arguing About the Birth Control Benefit (Updated)

Imani Gandy

Regulations that would undercut the birth control benefit are set to go into effect January 14—but not if a handful of states have anything to say about it in federal court this week.

As Attorney General, Kris Kobach Would Continue His Work to Suppress Votes

Imani Gandy

When he was Kansas secretary of state, Kobach made disenfranchising voters central to his work. There’s little reason to believe his time at the DOJ would be any different.

In Alabama, Fertilized Eggs Are Now People

Imani Gandy

If Roe v. Wade is overturned, Alabama is poised to criminalize abortion across the board—including in cases of rape, incest, or when the health of the pregnant person is at risk.

Untrained Georgia Election Officials Are Stripping People of Their Right to Vote Based on Their Signatures (Updated)

Imani Gandy

Watch out, John Hancock.

The Supreme Court Just Ensured That Thousands of Native Americans Won’t Be Able to Vote in November

Imani Gandy

North Dakota’s voter identification law makes it harder for Native voters—and students, and other reliably Democratic voters—to participate in elections.