Millions of women of childbearing age live in counties where there's no place to give birth. Nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts could devastate labor-and-delivery services in already struggling hospitals.
Rep. Analilia Mejia approached Democratic leaders with an idea to form a task force examining how attacks on the amendment promising birthright citizenship also threaten reproductive, voting and LGBTQ+ rights.
The idea is getting new attention from the Trump administration as an alternative route to limit citizenship rights.
The justices declined to hear the president’s appeal in the case, in which he was found liable for sexual abuse.
In a city transformed by President Trump’s immigration policies, women came together to watch Jane Fonda’s “Rise Up, Sing Out” event to reaffirm the country they’re fighting for.
After the Supreme Court’s recent Voting Rights Act decision, Southern states are redrawing their voting maps in ways that could dilute Black political power. Alabama’s Anneshia Hardy said ‘our ancestors left us a blueprint’ to guide the battle ahead.
“People didn’t send us here to draw racist maps, they sent us here to figure out how to fix the roads ... and lower our grocery prices," Tennessee state Sen. Charlane Oliver said.
Maintaining their ranks at the gubernatorial level will likely hinge on whether candidates like Acton prevail in key incumbent-free races.
In a scathing dissent, Justice Elena Kagan said the court's conservative majority has completed its "demolition" of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The justices will hear arguments Wednesday in a case that asks them to decide whether a key program deadline will be extended as local volunteers attempt to stave off a suite of restrictive state immigration measures.