At least 10 states have effectively banned abortion since Friday’s Supreme Court ruling striking down Roe v. Wade. In all, 26 states could outlaw or set extreme limits on abortions, according to the Guttmacher GUTMUCKER Institute, a research group which supports abortion rights. Monday marked a fourth day of demonstrations across the U.S. foll...
Illinois Republican Mary Miller, speaking at a rally alongside former president Donald Trump, called the Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade a “victory for white life.” Miller is running for reelection in the state’s newly redrawn 15th Congressional district against Republican Rodney Davis in Tuesday’s primary. She thank...
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, in his concurring opinion on the overturning of Roe v. Wade, said the court has no intention of stopping there. MoveOn Executive Director Rahna Epting warned the Supreme Court’s right-wing majority’s agenda “does not end at abortion.” Justice Thomas said previous rulings involving cas...
On Sunday Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York said right-wing U.S. Supreme Court justices who “misled” senators during confirmation hearings should be impeached for lying under oath. The justices testified under oath about whether they supported overturning Roe v. Wade. Speaking with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Ocasio-Cor...
On Monday, a former Washington high school football coach who lost his job over reciting a prayer on the 50-yard line after games won his Supreme Court appeal. Joe Kennedy was a junior varsity head coach and varsity assistant coach with the Bremerton School District in Washington from 2008 to 2015. He began to regularly […]
Online apparel seller The Playmate Stores had been selling pajamas and swimwear for women with verses of the Quran on them. Singapore news website AsiaOne reports that this was first noticed by TikTok user Abu Toz, an American Muslim. In his June 19 video on the social media platform, Abu Toz showed listings such as […]
The federal government has given out more than $10 billion to people suffering from health conditions related to the 9/11 attacks, The New York Daily News reports. The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund had disbursed $10 billion in aid as of June 6. Benjamin Chevat, executive director of 911 [&hell...
Freelance journalist Tasmiha Khan of Chicago and a team of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporters have been named the 2022-23 Richard C. Longworth Media Fellows. Rick Barrett, Corrinne Hess, and Mark Hoffman join Khan as fellowship recipients. In collaboration with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, the Longworth Media Fellowships promote in...
The use of torture is prohibited by the United Nations convention that also opposes other cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment or punishment. Yet, many countries still employ methods of torture, including beatings, waterboarding, rape, sleep deprivation and solitary confinement. To increase global awareness of the problem, the U.N. designat...
On Tuesday, the Jan. 6 committee heard emotional testimony illustrating the toll former president Donald Trump’s scheme to overturn the 2020 election, had on public servants and their families. The hearing revealed Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, offered to deliver fake electors to Vice President Mike Pence. The committee showed tex...
