Special Report: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg dedicated her career to fighting for women’s rights and equality, and she leaves behind a legacy nearly unmatched in the law. She wasn’t perfect, but she was always willing to learn. Our coverage of Justice Ginsburg and her legacy is below.

[PHOTO: Image of Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a rent bar across her eyes that read

Culture & Conversation Personal Tales

What If We Had Just Listened to Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

Mar 17, 9:10am Imani Gandy

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

[Photo: A digital illustration of a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg.]

Culture & Conversation Media

Now Streaming: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Story in Her Own Words

Feb 12, 9:05am Caroline Reilly

New documentary highlights how the congeniality of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court is gone. Maybe that’s a good thing.

Culture & Conversation Human Rights

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Inspired Sick Students Like Me

Mar 13, 9:00am Caroline Reilly

Six months after her death, I'm still mourning the loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg for the legal community.

Culture & Conversation Law and Policy

These Students Are Carrying Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy Forward

Sep 23, 8:31am Rewire News Group Staff

"She made room for future lawyers like me who seek to dedicate their legal career to work that lifts the metaphorical 'knee' off of the necks of the most vulnerable among us."

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Culture & Conversation Religion

Understanding Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s ‘Religious Liberty’ Legacy

Mar 18, 9:10am Nina Henry

In a nation with separation of church and state, there’s no justice in Christian nationalism.

[PHOTO: Tawny Newsome sits behind a table and is speaking into a microphone]

Culture & Conversation Media

The Country Is at a Crossroads: A Chat With Actress Tawny Newsome

Oct 7, 10:16am Rewire News Group Staff

Tawny Newsome joins Caftan Chat With Imani Gandy to talk Breonna Taylor, Black Lives Matter, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and much more.

Commentary Abortion

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Taught That the Fight for Justice Is With Us

Sep 28, 3:50pm Erin Matson

With her gone, it is increasingly up to us—the people—to strengthen abortion access in this country.

Culture & Conversation Human Rights

It’s Time to Register Your Dissent

Sep 26, 2:13pm Rep. Jackie Speier, Lois Frankel, Brenda Lawrence, Veronica Escobar & Deb Haaland

It is both painful and wrong that we cannot honor this titan and her life’s work without the existential fear of what comes next.

Commentary Personal Tales

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was Flawed, but I Loved Her Anyway

Sep 23, 8:31am Imani Gandy

Despite her white feminist impulse—and I defy anyone to find a white feminist who has not given into their worst white feminist impulses—Ruth Bader Ginsburg was rather forward-thinking.

Analysis Law and Policy

Meet the Five Trump Judges Who Could Replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Sep 21, 8:29am Lisa Needham

None of the five possible choices to join the Supreme Court are good.

[PHOTO: Sign at the January 20202 Women's March says: What Would RGB Do???]

Q & A Human Rights

Remembering Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg With One of Her Former Law Clerks

Sep 19, 10:48am Jessica Mason Pieklo

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser reflects on the legal legacy Ginsburg has built and how to carry that forward: "What would Justice Ginsburg think?"