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People experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.

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Right-wing censors are now "quiet banning" books that they can't removed legally. Librarians in Chicago have been finding books dealing with race, LGBTQ+ issues or Islam hidden under shelves, in trash cans or otherwise "disappeared." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/22/l...

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Sociologist Tobin LeBlanc Haley at the U of New Brunswick says that harmful misinformation about abortion continues to circulate. It includes myths about the “moral character” of abortion patients, health risks, pathways to access, and the motivations of clinic-based abortion providers.

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Abirami M writes from India: "From colonial-era anxieties about Indian fertility to post-independence sterilisation campaigns disproportionately targeting Dalit and Adivasi women, reproductive policies have long been a means of controlling marginalised communities rather than empowering them."

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Abortions will resume in Missouri immediately! A judge blocked regulations that had restricted providers, even after voters approved enshrining abortion rights into the state’s constitution.

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When we said that this would happen, folks told us that we were being dramatic and hysterical. It’s always marginalized folks who get hurt with these bans. Always.

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Boycott #CaptainAmerica! Today, Marvel's new film comes out, and with it they've brought back an old character named "Sabra." Sabra is originally written as an Israeli police officer by day and a Mossad (Israeli intelligence) officer by night.

submitted 16 days ago • 5 comments

We are calling for a nationwide and international boycott of all Elon Musk-related products and services. Sell your Tesla shares, avoid buying Tesla vehicles, cancel Starlink, and delete your X accounts.

submitted 17 days ago • 783 comments

NEW: Trump and Musk’s efforts to shrink the government have left the country’s wildland firefighting force unprepared for the approaching wildfire season. One federal employee likened the funding freeze to a “massive sledgehammer” hitting the force.

submitted 17 days ago • 46 comments

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

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Trump’s stop-work order affecting USAID will lead to a rise in unintended pregnancies and abortions because of a drastic loss of contraceptive services. In just 3 months: “Of the estimated 4.2 million unintended pregnancies, there would be 1.3 million unsafe abortions," said Guttmacher Institute.

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“With the speed of a self-driving Tesla crashing into oncoming traffic, Musk’s DOGE has run roughshod over federal bureaucracy, gutting the USAID, canceling close to $1 billion in Education Department contracts and promoting mass buyouts for government workers.”

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

I have seen people get thrown face-down onto a hard floor for failing to follow a judge's orders. I have seen people sent to Rikers Island for refusing to follow a judge's order. Courts have plenty of hard power. But they only have practice using it against poor people.

submitted 20 days ago • 37 comments

Jessica Valenti: "What’s happening with abortion isn’t some run-of-the-mill political fight or disagreement. They are literally killing us, a horror that’s become increasingly normalized because we’re used to playing by the rules.... We’re fighting for our lives. It’s past time to act like it."

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A constitutional challenge to Antigua and Barbuda’s ancient abortion law awaits a ruling from the Court of Appeal. The case seeks to overturn the 1857 Offences Against the Person Act, which imposes harsh criminal penalties for abortion - up to 10 years in prison for women and 2 years for doctors.

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“I cry for the women of Africa, Kenya, and across the global south. Their backs are against the wall. For a long time, organisations have helped women access safe abortions despite the legal challenges, saving countless lives. I can only imagine the suffering they will now endure.” -Dr Miskellah

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Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

submitted 20 days ago • 58 comments

Dear Ont, if you want to train more family doctors, maybe stop saddling med students in the 6-figure debt that incentivizes them to choose a higher paying specialty. You could also cool it on the gateways to admission and allow entrance directly from highschool #onpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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#Yemen: “In my village, we all know we have to come here for matters related to maternal care.” Hear from new parents Negah and Ali about their experience at our maternity ward in Mocha General hospital in Yemen ⬇️ www.msf.org/lifeline-mot...

submitted 22 days ago • 2 comments

In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse. The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million

submitted 22 days ago • 355 comments

If you're an educator or education is your interest, consider starting a freedom school in your communities. We started with a summer program for young people in Chicago. Children's Defense Fund has been offering literacy based freedom schools since the early 1990s. etc etc etc.

submitted 22 days ago • 23 comments

Proud to be part of this collective.

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Top comment on the recent NYT story on DOGE’s young aides www.nytimes.com/shared/comme...

submitted 22 days ago • 131 comments

Try as they will to erase us, we will still be here

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Because it’s a coup

submitted 24 days ago • 8 comments

📣 Let's not mince words here. This is a systematic assault on human dignity and the right to healthcare. This is a deliberate obstruction of medical care. This. is. unacceptable. @msf.ca's new report should give us all goosebumps & compel us to speak out. #Gaza #MedSky #BSky #NotATarget ⬇️

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In a chilling blueprint riddled with anti-science, called “Stopping Pills that Kill,” antiabortion groups urge President Trump to stop the movement of domestic and international abortion pills using the Comstock Act of 1873 and a dragnet of new regulations.

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Exiting my writing den to share my first review from Kirkus Reviews: "A lucid argument for defunding—and demilitarizing—the police." www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

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Educator @jessehagopian.bsky.social says Trump's vow to abolish the Education Department is not about "local control" over schools. "Let’s call this what it is: an extremist, authoritarian power grab to dismantle public education and enforce ideological conformity."

submitted 24 days ago • 19 comments

The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.

submitted 25 days ago • 1213 comments

This is super real. My teacher friend in LA says his class is empty and he’s proud of the kids

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New: A glimpse inside the EPA, where the 20+ workers I spoke with are sad, terrified, resigned and, in not a few cases, really, really mad. www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

submitted 25 days ago • 22 comments

I've been unsatistifed with the takes I've read on Canadian nationalism lately. Its something I think an awful lot about, so I wrote seven short essays on culture, identity and how there can be no nationalism with out a national project. noraloreto.substack.com/p/what-canad...

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“Seeing streets named after people we don’t know, people who have mistreated us, is a disgrace.” From street names to textbooks, Senegal is rewriting French colonial memory aje.io/8fcy2y

submitted 25 days ago • 5 comments

Top US government officials have walked back on some of President Donald Trump’s proposals about taking over Gaza and resettling Palestinians permanently to neighbouring countries, after global condemnation. 🔗: aje.io/yqzu6m

submitted 25 days ago • 33 comments

Netanyahu, the man responsible for Gaza’s devastation, sat beside Trump and grinned as he answered a reporter about whether Palestinians would be allowed to return: “Why would they want to return? The place has been hell.”

submitted 25 days ago • 8 comments

"It starts w/ finding clean water, continues w/ finding food, & ends with finding a place to sleep. Is this the life I will live forever?” Zahra's story is one of millions. In parts of #Sudan, 1 in 3 kids under 5 are acutely malnourished. This crisis is happening now, and it's preventable. @msf.ca

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Thanks @acog-org.bsky.social for making sure we have the CDC documents that have been in danger!

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Billionaire Elon Musk is tightening his control over broad swaths of the US gov't, prompting growing alarm from Democrats and constitutional scholars. 🔗: aje.io/vy3sje

submitted 27 days ago • 40 comments

Today is #WorldCancerDay Did you know❓ Vaccination against #hepatitisB can help prevent liver cancer in children, while #HPV vaccination for young girls can reduce the risk of #CervicalCancer later in life. Learn more 👉bit.ly/2NeFF8B

submitted 27 days ago • 13 comments

🚨 War criminal Netanyahu is in DC! This man should not be welcomed — he should be arrested. Protestors will be outside the Blair House 24/7 while he's staying there, and we're in the Senate today keeping an eye out for him. Join us TOMORROW @ 6PM outside the White House 💗

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

The corporate coup is global. Trump's mad tariffs do not mark the end of neoliberalism or free trade or whatever you want to call it. They mark the end game of what we have been fighting for decades: corporate rule. They do not believe in the public. They believe in their wealth.

submitted 28 days ago • 36 comments

Protest at the Treasury in DC Tuesday 5PM. Pass it on.

submitted 28 days ago • 33 comments

During Trump's first term, some EPA scientists said managers encouraged them to delete evidence of chemicals’ harms, including cancer, miscarriage and neurological problems, from their reports. In some cases, they said, the managers deleted the information themselves. (Published Sept. 2024)

submitted 28 days ago • 60 comments

Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.

submitted 29 days ago • 194 comments

🧵 THREAD: Trump and Rubio have arrested the international humanitarian aid system and forced lifesaving aid programs to completely halt operations — despite an announcement earlier in the week claiming they had changed course. 1/

submitted 30 days ago • 91 comments

PLEASE SHARE WIDELY #medsky #IDsky #obgynsky #pedsky CDC STI treatment guidelines have been taken down. They are archived here 👇 web.archive.org/web/20250131...

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