Republicans assigned Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Joni Ernst to the Judiciary Committee because of their hostility to abortion rights, not because of the Kavanaugh nomination.
New state-level Democratic majorities will push to protect abortion rights as the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority could strike at Roe v. Wade.
It doesn’t take much effort to find examples of the incomprehensible pain and suffering the unapologetically anti-immigrant environment in the United States has caused.
From rural organizing to pepperoni roll evangelizing, here are some notable stories from the central Appalachian region that you may have missed this year.
Although her daughter was born healthy, Cortez was accused of having an abortion—illegal under all circumstances in El Salvador. On Monday, Cortez will go on trial.
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