Month: July 2017

Inside one WNBA team’s trailblazing night standing with Planned Parenthood

planned-parenthood, sports, wnba
“We can’t let all these men make decisions about things that don’t affect them.”Seattle Storm fans and others cheer at a rally in support of Planned Parenthood before a WNBA basketball game between the Storm and the Chicago Sky on Tuesday, July 18, 2017, in Seattle. CREDIT: AP Photo/Elaine Thompson

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON — Thirty-five minutes before the Chicago Sky took on the Seattle Storm in a national...

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Conservative media sure seems nervous about the Religious Left

politics, religious-left
For years they dismissed them. Now they can’t stop talking about them.Rev. William Barber II, a key leader of the Religious Left. CREDIT: AP/Chuck Burton

For years, conservatives ignored them. Some dismissed them. Others chided their prayerful efforts as ineffectual or destined for failure.

But this year, right-wing media outlets can’t seem to stop talking about major players in the Religious Le...

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Abortion rights face a full-on assault at the state level

health, obamacare, reproductive-rights, texas
A new report shows more than two dozen states have introduced legislation targeting abortion rights.Activists dressed as characters from “The Handmaid’s Tale” chant in the Texas Capitol Rotunda as they protest SB8, a bill that would require health care facilities, including hospitals and abortion clinics, to bury or cremate any fetal remains whether from abortion, miscarriage or stillbirth, and they wou...

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