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What is postpartum psychosis?
Attorneys for Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman on trial for strangling her three young children in 2023, argued before a jury Tuesday that Clancy should not be held criminally responsible for t
Todd Blanche Has Until July 30 to Hand Over Key Epstein Files. What He Finds Could Change Everything.
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Cori Bush is making her case for a comeback
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Trump asks Supreme Court to hear appeal of $83.3 million defamation verdict against him
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15 Books By Black Authors We Can’t Wait To Read This Summer
Light that grill, break out the swimsuits and get ready to blast the season’s unofficial anthem, Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince. Like you, we’re excited about longer days, unforgetta
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Trump urges SCOTUS to overturn $83.3 million defamation verdict
President Donald Trump has returned to the Supreme Court to challenge a second jury award to E. Jean Carroll. Look to the Morning Reads section for more on the new petition for review. At the Court On
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South Sudan: Abuse of Civilians in Western Equatoria
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Partnership, Prosperity, Participation: How Louisiana Women Continue to Build, Lead, and Win in Male-Dominated Spaces
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Kyla Pratt Looks Back On Representation, And The Final Season Of ‘The Proud Family: Louder And Prouder’
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Notable concurring opinions from this term
Sometimes concurring opinions of justices add little to what is in the court’s decision. Other times, however, they take a very different approach and urge a major change in the law. In my last column
The ongoing battle over TPS status
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Reproductive justice demands that patients who want or need to end their pregnancy have a full range of care options. When a Louisiana court briefly blocked the telehealth prescribing and remote dispe
As maternity wards close, community outrage rises in key battleground states
DELAWARE, OHIO — When Angel Smith showed up for a mandatory staff meeting last month at OhioHealth Grady Memorial Hospital, the longtime labor and delivery nurse was fresh off a busy night shift carin
This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.
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The Best Style Moments From WNBA All-Star Weekend
At the 2026 WNBA All-Star Weekend in Chicago, the league celebrated its 30th anniversary. This milestone marks three decades of trailblazing moments and the incredible growth of women’s basketball. Wh
New Tuskegee University Dress Code Policy Bans Bonnets And Durags
Tuskegee University is trending in the news but not for anything related to the iconic Tuskegee Airmen or the school’s other notable alumni like civil rights activist Dr. Betty Shabazz , R&B legend Li
A Jim Crow-Era Voter Suppression Tool Is Back: Mass Voter Challenges
In March 2025, two members of the DOGE team communicated with a political advocacy group that was seeking to “find evidence of voter fraud and to overturn election results in certain States.” The grou
Op-Ed: What Do We Do With Cheyenne Bryant?
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Dylan Mulvaney says Trump’s criticism of her is ‘the greatest compliment of all’
Transgender actress and social media star Dylan Mulvaney found herself back in the spotlight over the weekend, after President Donald Trump mentioned her several times during Friday night’s reschedule
Proposed DHS Work Authorization Rule Threatens Immigrant Domestic Violence Survivors
Click to expand Image In Homestead, Florida, women and their children listen to an explanation of their legal rights and strategies for preparing their families if a parent is detained or deported, Ja
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Why the Supreme Court decided the wrong issue in the transgender athletes cases
Please note that SCOTUS Outside Opinions constitute the views of outside contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. In one of the last decisions in argued cas
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When Bella, a high school senior in Washington, heard that a ballot initiative to restrict transgender girls’ participation in school sports would appear before voters in her state this November, she
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DR Congo: Oil Company Operations Pose Grave Pollution Threat
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No Justice 20 Years Since Sri Lanka’s Muttur Massacre
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The Myth of the ‘Perfect Birth’: What America Gets Wrong About Pregnancy, Birth and Maternal Care
The Perfect Birth: Pushing Back Against a Broken Industry, by Avital Norman Nathman, with Deborah Wage, vigorously challenges the Heritage assessment and zeroes in on maternity care voids (sometimes c
A Groundbreaking U.N. Resolution Calls Forced Pregnancy What It Is: Reproductive Violence
It took until July 7, 2026, for the world's leading human rights body to call forcing someone to be pregnant—or forcing them not to be—what it is: reproductive violence. In a landmark resolution adopt
The Black Girl’s Guide To Travel: Inside The Rosewood Washington, D.C. Townhouses, Where Luxury Meets Colonial Cool
I don’t know about you, but Washington, D.C. is my favorite city in the United States. I grew up right outside of Chicago and currently call New York City home, so I have seen my fair share of big cit
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‘La Operación’: The Hidden History and Forced Sterilization of Puerto Rican Women
In 1937, the U.S. began one of the largest sterilization campaigns in modern history in its colony of Puerto Rico. By the 1970s, one-third of all Puerto Rican women of childbearing age had been steril
Here’s How To Get Michelle Williams’ Chiffon Look For Less
Michelle Williams stepped out for the Crystal Renee Hayslett Foundation’s inaugural event, where she was honored with the Voice of Healing Award. For the Destiny’s Child singer, the recognition carrie
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Removed
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Andrew Tate in His Own Words: On Men’s Rights, Anti-Feminism and How He ‘Threatens the System’
Andrew Tate is not a garden variety misogynist. Nor is he a typical sexual assault suspect. Rather, he is a leader—and icon—in the global anti-feminist men’s rights movement who rose to fame and fortu