Angry Black Lady Chronicles

Joe Manchin Doesn’t Care About Poor West Virginians

Imani Gandy

If Joe Manchin thought abortion is health care, which it is, it would be readily apparent to him that withholding it from people is inhumane.

How the Plan to End ‘Roe v. Wade’ Was Hatched in Mississippi

Imani Gandy

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health is based on a plan set in motion years ago by a Christian legal advocacy group that has ties to Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

Biden Seems Serious About Protecting Trans People

Imani Gandy

Restoring health-care protections for LGBTQ folks is a civil rights fight over a decade in the making.

I’m Not a ‘Crack Baby’—but I Thought I Was

Imani Gandy

The more I thought about this offensive origin story I had created for myself, the angrier I got. So I started to do something about it.

It’s Time to Stop Talking About Whether Margaret Sanger Was Racist

Imani Gandy

Even as the reproductive rights movement makes great strides when it comes to racial justice, it is failing when it comes to disability justice.

Hey, Texas! It’s Not Child Abuse to Respect Your Trans Kid’s Gender Identity

Imani Gandy

SB 1646, part of four anti-trans bills Texas Republicans considered this week, is a disaster of a bill even by Texas standards.

Biden Declares 2021 the Year of the Black Lady Lawyer

Imani Gandy

Could court reform be next?

The Supreme Court Needs to Tell Mississippi to Take a Seat

Imani Gandy

The justices are set to conference on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization yet again, but it shouldn't even be up for debate in the first place.

What If We Had Just Listened to Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

Imani Gandy

Over the last decade, Ruth Bader Ginsburg had warned us of the erosion of reproductive rights and voting rights.

Abortion Providers Deserve Extra Thanks Today

Imani Gandy

On National Abortion Provider Appreciation Day, give thanks to the compassionate people doing necessary work at great risk to their own personal safety.