New Mexico Showed Us What Protecting Abortion Rights Looks Like

How an intersectional movement of women, families, faith leaders, and medical providers, Indigenous, Black, and Latinx reproductive justice leaders alongside reproductive rights advocates in New Mexico organized to protect reproductive health care.

A mural with the text "Respect Reproductive Freedom."

Is There a New Era for Human Rights on the Horizon?

Here's what we learned from the Biden-Harris administration’s first appearance before the United Nations.

National flags at the entrance of the UN office in Geneva, Switzerland.

North Carolina Has Spent Decades Attacking Abortion Access. We’re Fighting Back.

In the post-Trump era — with the concern that the balance of the Supreme Court has shifted to an anti-abortion majority — states play an especially important role in protecting the right to abortion.

Protest signs advocating for abortion access.

How the Stimulus Can Help Decriminalize Poverty

Poverty isn't a moral failing, and it shouldn't be a crime.

A close-up of the corner of a stimulus check.

Behind Closed Doors: The Traumas of Domestic Work in the U.S.

The U.S. government's failure to act has allowed domestic worker abuse to continue unchecked.

Carlos, a domestic worker and survivor of trafficking.

State Senator Sarah McBride on Making History and Affirming Trans Lives

Sen. McBride is a powerful example of how trans people are building a more inclusive public life.

Sarah McBride.

Beyond the Bans: State Attacks on Abortion in 2021

In the first months of 2021, two states passed abortion bans, and several more could soon join them. But there are also more subtle and nefarious restrictions on the horizon — bills that will push abortion out of reach without explicitly banning it.

Protestors holding signs calling for the end of abortion bans.

Abolishing Guam’s Colonial Past Must Include Protecting Access to Abortion

Our island needs to decolonize politically and culturally—and that includes leaving restrictions on abortion to history.

Michael Lujan Bevacqua.

The Unique Obstacles to Abortion Access in Guam

Despite centuries of colonization, our pre-colonial matriarchal traditions and culture of respect endure. That includes our right to decide when and whether to have a family.

Flag of Guam.