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Hindu American Community Finally Coming Around for Pride Month

Murali Balaji

Even though Hindu scriptures embrace queerness and gender fluidity, Hindu temples have generally been reluctant to wade into discussions about sexuality.

[Photo: Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt]

GOP Candidate for Nevada Governor Walks Back Anti-Choice Comments

Nicole Knight

Attorney General Adam Laxalt suggested that, if elected governor, he'd take aim at a voter referendum that protects the right to abortion. Now his campaign says he has "zero interest" in doing just that.

The Quote on Trump’s Mural Tells Us Everything We Need to Know About His Immigration Strategy

Jesús Iñiguez & Virginia GOP Senate Candidate Got Campaign Help From Hate Group in 2017

Some may say the president's quote is nonsensical. I say it’s an ominously accurate testament to how the Trump administration has decided to deal with the question of undocumented people.

Abortion Protections Are at the Center of Rhode Island Governor’s Primary Challenge (Updated)

Auditi Guha

Rhode Island scored an “F” grade from NARAL Pro-Choice America in 2016 for its “severely restricted access." Matt Brown says that’s a result of Gov. Gina Raimondo’s lack of leadership on abortion rights.

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This Week in Sex: Does Game-Changing HIV Prevention Regimen Reduce Condom Use?

Martha Kempner

An Australian study finds that some users of PrEP may be lulled into going condom-less. And a tiny animal from Down Under has a lot of sex, but no happy ending.

Pope Compares Abortion to Nazi Eugenics

Sikivu Hutchinson

Comments like these demonstrate why the church poses a mortal threat to the lives, well-being, and earning power of women across the globe.

If We Did Use the Bible to Run the Country…

Wil Gafney

When Sessions invokes Romans 13 he's reading the Bible through his white, patriarchal, confederate Christianity that marshaled the same argument using the same passage to defend slavery on the grounds that it was both biblical and lawful.

Gavel Drop: Another Woefully Unqualified Judge on His Way to the Federal Bench

Imani Gandy & Jessica Mason Pieklo

Otherwise known as just another day in the Trump administration.

Does Romans 13 Controversy Call the Adequacy of the Bible Itself Into Question?

Christopher Douglas

Better historical context just compounds the question of the adequacy of this Book, given its wildly divergent ethical uses.

Virginia GOP Senate Candidate Got Campaign Help From Hate Group in 2017

Jackson Landers

Corey Stewart, who was seemingly endorsed by President Trump, has close ties to a white supremacist group whose members were never far from Stewart's side during his failed gubernatorial run.

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