• What does the Comstock Act, a law from the 1870s, have to do with abortion pills?

    What does the Comstock Act, a law from the 1870s, have to do with abortion pills?

    Apr 08, 2023 09:51 PM EDT

    ... next? The Supreme Court has never weighed in on Comstock and — assuming the justices take up the case— the ruling could have far-reaching consequences for American women, abortion providers and their opponents. Kacsmaryk's order is limited to mifepristone, but the same approach could potentially be used for other ...

  • Why Mexico has made little progress on femicide

    Why Mexico has made little progress on femicide

    Dec 27, 2022 05:16 PM EDT

    ECATEPEC, Mexico (AP) — On a November afternoon, Mónica Citlalli Díaz left home in a sprawling suburb of Mexico’s capital and headed to the school where she’d been teaching English for years. It seemed an ordinary day, but on this one, she never arrived at work. Her absence was ...

  • California plan to combat climate change pleases few

    California plan to combat climate change pleases few

    Jun 24, 2022 09:33 PM EDT

    ... is among the most ambitious in the nation and in the world, but few who offered public comment were happy with the state's plan for reaching that milestone. https://youtu.be/hfzXz7q5hTI Environmental groups, academics, and people who live in heavily polluted neighborhoods said the plan doesn't do ...

  • ‘We just feel it’: Racism plagues U.S. military academies

    ‘We just feel it’: Racism plagues U.S. military academies

    Dec 03, 2021 04:07 PM EDT

    “We view white supremacy as like, you know, somebody’s got the cross in the truck and they’re rolling to your crib to go burn it,” said Bibby, who co-founded the Black Veterans Project, which advocates for racial justice in the armed services. But the cuts are ...

  • Sikh Americans push for greater visibility, awareness against years of hate crimes, misunderstanding

    Sikh Americans push for greater visibility, awareness against years of hate crimes, misunderstanding

    Oct 11, 2021 12:56 PM EDT

    ... and discrimination. Because some Sikh Americans are easily identified by their beards and turbans, they have a long history of being targeted by others looking for a scapegoat, reaching as far back as the 1907 riots in Bellingham, Washington, in which a mob of 600 white men attacked and drove ...

  • WATCH: Answering your questions on critical race theory

    WATCH: Answering your questions on critical race theory

    Jun 28, 2021 06:20 PM EDT

    ... honestly. If we don't reckon with it, we'll keep reproducing it in the next generation and we won't really get to, ‘and justice for all.’ So I think it's important for parents to tell the truth in an age-appropriate way,” Carter said. In order to ...

  • Controversy over 'In the Heights' raises awareness of colorism and racial inequity

    Controversy over 'In the Heights' raises awareness of colorism and racial inequity

    Jun 18, 2021 05:05 PM EDT

    ... for the racial justice efforts that intensified after the police killing of George Floyd last year. Avoiding the conversation will hinder the battle for racial justice because the two are “fully and inextricably linked,” said Ellis P. Monk, Jr., a sociology professor at Harvard University who has been researching colorism ...

  • WATCH: President Biden responds to the Derek Chauvin verdict

    WATCH: President Biden responds to the Derek Chauvin verdict

    Apr 20, 2021 09:23 PM EDT

    ... racism was keeping the country from fulfilling its founding promise of “liberty and justice for all.” “It is not just a Black America problem or a people of color problem. it is a problem for every American,” she said. “It is holding our nation back from reaching our full potential.”

  • WATCH: Justice Department announces new charges against bombmaker in 1988 Pan Am explosion

    WATCH: Justice Department announces new charges against bombmaker in 1988 Pan Am explosion

    Dec 21, 2020 04:54 PM EDT

    ... since Masud is not yet in U.S. custody, but it is nonetheless one of the more consequential counterterrorism prosecutions brought by the Trump administration Justice Department. "At long last, this man responsible for killing Americans and many others will be subject to justice for his crimes," Barr said. A ...

  • Bruce Boynton, who inspired 1961 Freedom Rides, dies at 83

    Bruce Boynton, who inspired 1961 Freedom Rides, dies at 83

    Nov 24, 2020 09:17 PM EDT

    ... in Alabama. He spent most of his career as a civil rights attorney before retirement.Thompson said in 2018 that Boynton’s life “is a teaching lesson for all of us about how we can make a difference.” “All he wanted was a cheeseburger, and he changed the course of ...