Commentary

“If men could get pregnant you could get an abortion at an ATM” has become a common talking point. But could they? Rich cis women do not stand in solidarity with other women based on shared anatomy, and neither would rich cis men.

The relatively unregulated freedom to bear arms is literally “freedoming” Americans to death.

There’s a reason why Republican messaging relies heavily on portraying LGBTQ people in disgusting terms. Appealing to the lowest common denominator in the basest terms can be a political winner for those inclined to accept the message.

Since colonial days, racism has been a pervasive feature, the very foundation, of the United States of America. It’s time we acknowledged that instead of trying to hide it.

Thanks to Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, the lack of clarity has led to a political narrative that will only harm Democrats in the midterms. They’re in the majority and they can’t get anything done.

Now the United States Supreme Court is coming after women’s rights to control their bodies using supposed Christian precepts as its grounding.

As a transgender journalist covering the war in Ukraine, I’m particularly vulnerable. Even more so after Russia’s Ministry of Foreign affairs started posting about me on social media.

The administration knows what’s going on in Azerbaijan. The willful looking away must end.

It gets complicated quickly – and the Supreme Court hasn’t even ruled on abortion yet.

It’s not a stretch to say that democracy itself is on the ballot as GOP candidates embrace Trumpism and authoritarianism.

30% of all circuit judges in the country were appointed by the Federalist Society and will serve for life. That is at least 40 years of a court system dominated by a university club turned conservative powerhouse.

Police began suspecting Jensen when they received a call from a barista at Starbucks. She reported a pasty American hysterically demanding a “Kalamata olive latte.”

The Nazis established The Reich Office for Combatting Homosexuality and Abortion, which in 1938 alone, conducted 28,366 arrests for abortion, and 28,882 arrests of gay men.

In his rush for revenge, the Florida governor unleashed a mess that could cost the state more than $1 billion. The whole point of Trumpism is intimidation and cruelty. The fallout is beside the point.

42 states have either introduced bills or taken other actions that would ban certain books and restrict how educators discuss racism, sexism, and LGBTQ issues in the classroom.

After a lot worse scandals, it’s the suggestion of an inappropriate relationship with a man and a cruise ship game that are most likely to sink Cawthorn’s career.

A visit to a Ukrainian hospital treating victims of the Russian invasion teaches the true nature of war.

LGBTQ people (and Disney) are here to stay in Florida, whether Ron DeSantis likes it or not.

The media has no way of handling a direct assault on democracy, so it resorts to dealing with Trump’s attempted coup as if it were just another political issue.

The right didn’t start calling LGBTQ people “groomers” out of nowhere. They’ve been doing this for centuries.