In 1965, the National Farm Workers Association announced their decision to join the striking Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee on Sept. 16—Mexican Independence Day. The choice of date reflecte
Ms. Magazine · Jul 2, 2026Free Black women and Indigenous women are the foremothers of generations of African Americans. Yet they remain largely absent from the official story of American freedom. Their lives, contributions an
Ms. Magazine · Jul 2, 2026Julie Shayne has spent the better part of her teaching career navigating campus politics made complicated by being a woman. Each semester, she once again finds herself on edge at the beginning of the
The 19th · Jul 2, 2026Click to expand Image Security personnel stand guard as protesters gather outside the headquarters of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), demanding the organization leave the co
Human Rights Watch · Jul 2, 2026Click to expand Image A rally in support of the extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants before it expires on February 3 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US, January 28, 2026.
Human Rights Watch · Jul 2, 2026In the wake of a Supreme Court decision this week upholding the constitutional right to birthright citizenship , the Trump administration and fellow Republican immigration hardliners are exploring alt
The 19th · Jul 1, 2026MAGA Republicans are back in the White House, and Project 2025 is their guide: the right-wing plan to turn back the clock on women’s rights, remove abortion access, and force women into roles as wives
Ms. Magazine · Jul 1, 2026Trump Accounts, the president’s foray into free cash for American children, will officially launch on July 4, the nation’s 250th birthday. The accounts are designed to help families grow a savings for
The 19th · Jul 1, 2026Each month, Ms. provides readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. Dear feminist reader friends, I don’t ask you for much. But now, I want to hear
Ms. Magazine · Jul 1, 2026ESSENCE Black Women in Music returns for the first time since 2018 with a class of honorees whose careers have left a lasting imprint on music and culture. Now, among them is Monica , a singer whose v
Essence · Jul 1, 2026In the lead-up to our country’s 250th anniversary, Errin Haines is writing a series of columns to contemplate the complicated expansion of our democracy. Subscribe to The Amendment newsletter . Joseph
The 19th · Jul 1, 2026Nominated for Album of the Year at this year’s BET Awards, Wale’s eighth studio album Everything is A Lot. is his most personal yet. “ It’s one of my best bodies of work and the recognition from a Bla
Essence · Jul 1, 2026For much of my life, I thought belonging was something you found: a place, a community, a passport, a home. Now I believe belonging may be something we build together. That realization took me 30 year
Ms. Magazine · Jul 1, 2026The Supreme Court’s decision in CISCO Systems, Inc. v. Doe , announced on June 23, was not only, as expected, good news for corporations that facilitate government violations of international human ri
SCOTUSblog · Jul 1, 2026Acting legend Danny Glover shared in an exclusive interview with TODAY that he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease a few years ago. His speech is beginning to slow, as well as his movements and mem
Essence · Jul 1, 2026Just over one month after giving birth to her first child with her partner, 21 Savage, Latto is headed to New Orleans to perform at this year’s Essence Festival. But first, the busy rapper arrived at
Essence · Jul 1, 2026Donald Trump’s jingoistic whitewashing of the 250th anniversary of the founding of our country will no doubt celebrate the 1773 Boston Tea Party, where the Sons of Liberty protested oppressive British
Ms. Magazine · Jul 1, 2026Unknown block type "pdfEmbed", specify a component for it in the `components.types` option The final stretch of the 2025-26 Supreme Court term looked different from the end of recent ones. Over the pa
SCOTUSblog · Jul 1, 2026For 250 years, the story of American democracy has been a story of expanding who holds power and who gets to decide who yields it. The 15th Amendment, the 17th, the Voting Rights Act, the 19th Amendme
Ms. Magazine · Jul 1, 2026The Morales family is growing—yet again. Married at First Sight Season 12 success story Briana Myles and Vincent Morales , the only couple from their Atlanta-based season still together, are expecting
Essence · Jul 1, 2026It was a busy Tuesday at the court as the justices released the final opinions in argued cases for the 2025-26 term and then orders from their Monday conference. Let’s get to it. But first, do you kno
SCOTUSblog · Jul 1, 2026Coca-Cola will mark its 31st consecutive year as a partner of the ESSENCE Festival of Culture this July, bringing what the company calls its largest and most integrated festival activation to date, co
Essence · Jul 1, 2026Since the nation’s independence, male sex workers have been intertwined with America’s history. Their existence has been reviled, criminalized, and scapegoated, but rarely acknowledged openly. Through
Rewire News Group · Jul 1, 2026PHILADELPHIA — Linda James-Rivera clutches a piece of paper and watches volunteers swirl around her at a food distribution warehouse in Northwest Philadelphia. The 62-year-old sits on a rolling chair
The 19th · Jul 1, 2026The Supreme Court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in secret, issued in unsigned orders with little to no justification. Bryan Dozier/NurPhoto via AP In its term that ended last
ProPublica · Jul 1, 2026Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old democratic socialist and first-time candidate, ousted Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado in a primary challenge on Tuesday. DeGette, a 15-term incumbent first elected
The 19th · Jul 1, 2026Click to expand Image Family members of “drug war” victims watch the livestream of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s initial appearance at the International Criminal Court for alleged crim
Human Rights Watch · Jun 30, 2026In a highly anticipated decision, the Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship, reaffirming that children born in the United States are citizens under the
Ms. Magazine · Jun 30, 2026When it comes to the last formal day of the term, when we know which cases are remaining, litigants and other interested parties have the chance to try to work their way into the courtroom to hear an
SCOTUSblog · Jun 30, 2026On Tuesday, June 30, in a complete distortion of federal laws requiring equal opportunities in education, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to further the Trump administration's political agenda to persecu
Ms. Magazine · Jun 30, 2026Legal advocates celebrated on Tuesday after the Supreme Court upheld the long-settled understanding of the 14th Amendment’s right to birthright citizenship. But for some immigrant parents of U.S.-born
The 19th · Jun 30, 2026On the second-to-last day of its 2025-'26 term, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 along party lines President Donald Trump can fire Rebecca Slaughter, who served as commissioner of the Federal Trade Commiss
Ms. Magazine · Jun 30, 2026Want more stories like this? Subscribe to our menopause newsletter . Like many other political leaders in the United States, Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton was thinking about affordability. That’s
The 19th · Jun 30, 2026Press Release SCOTUS Harms Trans Students June 30, 2026 Share https://prh.org/press-releases/scotus-harms-trans-students/ Click to print Print Icon Share this page via Email Mail Icon Rectangle in the
Physicians for Reproductive Health · Jun 30, 2026Press Release SCOTUS Protects Birthright Citizenship Share https://prh.org/press-releases/scotus-protects-birthright-citizenship/ Click to print Print Icon Share this page via Email Mail Icon Rectangl
Physicians for Reproductive Health · Jun 30, 2026The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that states can exclude transgender athletes from women’s and girls’ sports teams. The justices ruled unanimously that laws enacted by Idaho and West Virginia do not
SCOTUSblog · Jun 30, 2026The U.S Supreme Court upheld more than 100 years of legal precedent on Tuesday that affirmed the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship to children born to immigrants lacking permanent s
The 19th · Jun 30, 2026The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Idaho and West Virginia did not discriminate against two transgender athletes who had sued to be allowed to participate in sports alongside other girls and wome
The 19th · Jun 30, 2026People Be Gay. That is the meme I keep coming back to. People be gay. Mothers. Fathers. CEOs. Teachers. Aunties. Uncles. Abuelas. Grandparents. Sons and daughters. The woman leading the meeting. The p
Essence · Jun 30, 2026The court has indicated that today will be the final opinion announcement day of the term. We will be live blogging beginning at 9:30 a.m. EDT. The court has four cases left to decide: Trump v. Barbar
SCOTUSblog · Jun 30, 2026When a major life event happens—whether it’s a career change, a loss, relationship challenges, or health issues—a number of Black men may find themselves asking: Who can I talk to about this without f
Essence · Jun 30, 2026A spokesperson for U.S. Health and Human Services confirmed to Stateline on Friday that the agency is canceling 53 out of 67 grants, worth about $68 million, under the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Progra
Rewire News Group · Jun 30, 2026Vanessa Saba for ProPublica It took less than a day for the detective to give up on the case. A patrol officer had reported a harrowing, violent midnight rape in a Syracuse, New York, park. Hospital r
ProPublica · Jun 30, 2026Across a two-lane highway from Florida State Prison, people prayed as an execution was carried out on June 2. Alec Soth/Magnum This spring, Father Dustin Feddon began waking up in the middle of the ni
ProPublica · Jun 30, 2026The Supreme Court on Monday morning added six new cases to its argument docket for the 2026-27 term and turned down President Donald Trump’s request to take up his appeal of a $5 million award against
SCOTUSblog · Jun 30, 2026At the Supreme Court building, there is a small exhibition tied to the nation’s 250th anniversary, titled “Revolutionary Arguments: The Legal Fight for Independence.” The modest ground floor display f
SCOTUSblog · Jun 29, 2026When Serena Williams stepped away from tennis in 2022, she refused to use the word retirement. Instead, in a farewell essay , she said she was “evolving away from tennis.” She wanted to expand busines
The 19th · Jun 29, 2026The United States is on its way to banning or severely restricting birth control. I know this statement will be met with incredulity—but I would refer you to the disbelief so many of us in the reprodu
Ms. Magazine · Jun 29, 2026“It’s fun being able to see Black girls get to be rock stars and pop stars and not being put into one little box of what’s acceptable."
Teen Vogue · Jun 29, 2026The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn a 2023 jury verdict that he sexually abused and defamed the writer E. Jean Carroll. The high court’s decision not
The 19th · Jun 29, 2026Updated on June 29 at 3:50 p.m. The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that when law enforcement officials used a “geofence warrant” – a warrant that instructed Google to provide location data for cellphon
SCOTUSblog · Jun 29, 2026Click to expand Image An older couple shelters from the sun under an umbrella near the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, Ile-de-France, France, on June 26, 2026. © 2026 Gauthier Bedrignans/Hans Lucas/AFP v
Human Rights Watch · Jun 29, 2026Melat Kiros was born in 1997, the year her representative in the U.S. House, Democrat Diana DeGette, took office. On Tuesday, Kiros hopes to unseat her. The next frontier of the fight for the Democrat
The 19th · Jun 29, 2026When people think about the major queer meccas of the United States, they may think of New York City’s West Village , San Francisco’s Castro district , and Philadelphia’s Gayborhood . Less well known
Rewire News Group · Jun 29, 2026Click to expand Image Bangui, Central African Republic. © 2016 Reuters On June 12, the Central African Republic accepted 18 men and women of other nationalities deported from the United Stat
Human Rights Watch · Jun 29, 2026The Supreme Court on Monday announced that it will not hear an appeal by President Donald Trump seeking review of the $5 million jury verdict entered against him in the sexual abuse and defamation cas
SCOTUSblog · Jun 29, 2026Good morning, and welcome to a new week and another opinion announcement day. We will be live blogging beginning at 9:30 a.m. EDT. We are expecting eight more decisions in argued cases (which are like
SCOTUSblog · Jun 29, 2026Click to expand Image A column of black smoke rises above buildings in Bamako on April 26, 2026. © 2026 AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – Islamist armed groups and Malian armed forces and their al
Human Rights Watch · Jun 29, 2026Tonight, Black Hollywood took to Peacock Theater in Los Angeles for the 2026 BET Awards, an annual celebration of the best in Black entertainment. Hosted by comedian Druski, the show will feature perf
Essence · Jun 29, 2026For more than 350,000 Haitians and roughly 6,000 Syrians living legally in the United States under Temporary Protected Status (TPS), the Supreme Court's decision in Mullin v. Doe is not simply another
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