Politics
Backtalk: The Devil Works Hard But Anti-Abortion Politicians Work Harder
This week, Dahlia and Amy discuss the recent passage of the most severe abortion ban in Alabama and what this could mean for Roe v. Wade and abortion access across the country. Anti-abortion politicians continue to argue for the sanctity of life and the personhood of a fetus while ignoring... Read more »
Mental Health Advocates to Know, Read, and Listen To
Shame combined with a lack of information and resources contributes to a culture in which mental health concerns aren’t taken seriously.
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Want to Fight Heartbeat Bills? Pay for Abortions
The National Network of Abortion Funds is a network of local grassroots organizations that make the legal right to abortion actually possible.
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There Are No Lone Wolves
The murders of millions of Indigenous and Black people over the last 500 years has certainly shaped American culture too, but it’s not often discussed in conjunction with mass shootings.
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8 Ways to Reclaim Mother’s Day
The founder of Mother’s Day was a righteous, anti-capitalist activist.
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If Mama’s Free: Abolitionist Blues for Liberation
Black mamas are sitting in prison awaiting trial for being too free.
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Women Do the Majority of the Family Care. Can We Get Some Paid Leave?
More than two-thirds of the American public agrees that paid family leave should be available to all workers, even if they disagree about how it should be paid for.
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Backtalk: Student Moans
This week, Dahlia and Amy get upset about student loans. Elizabeth Warren’s campaign recently unveiled a student loan forgiveness plan as part of her platform, finally seriously centering the student debt crisis as something the government should help alleviate. How we talk about the student... Read more »
No More Pencils, No More Books: What’s Next after the Year of the Teachers’ Strike?
2019, while still young, has shown that it’s in the running to be yet another extraordinarily important one for America’s unions, with teachers still at the forefront.
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Prison Rape Is Not a Punch Line
How often have you heard someone chuckle about “dropping the soap”?
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