Writer-producer Wendy Richardson said in 1969, students Victoria Foe, Barbara Hines, and Judy Smith wanted to help women get birth control but realized classmates wanted abortions The trio wanted to reach more women and challenged the Texas abortion law. Lone Star Three is available on Amazon Prime.

El caso Roe v Wade, el hito judicial que legalizó el aborto en Estados Unidos, se inició en Texas en 1970. En el documental se entrevista a Barbara Hines y Victoria Foe; Judy Smith falleció en 2013. Durante la entrevista, Hines califica de “farsa y tragedia” que se haya derogado la ley del aborto.

As the government remains partially shut down over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, some Midwest advocates argued the moment is far greater than a budget battle but rather a fight for human dignity.

NC students are taking voting into their own hands after the election board stripped their college of its early voting site. Protect Ours started at NC Ag and Tech State Uni, the state's largest historically Black college, to transport people to the polls for the state's upcoming primary election.

"We have more than 5,000 teachers becoming certified each year, but 8,000 teachers leaving," Kilbride reported. "We’ve been able to make up some of that difference with teachers who aren’t fully certified filling a lot of vacancies."

As encounters with ICE continue to escalate, politicians and community organizers in Illinois and across the country are encouraging people to exercise their First Amendment rights to film the activity of federal agents. However, concerns remain about how effective those rights are.

The federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota and the increasing national backlash against it produce a nonstop flow of news and social media posts and a journalism expert hopes news consumers do their part in letting the facts win the day.

Temporary Protected Status for Haitians is set to expire Feb. 3 unless a federal judge steps in. In Springfield, home to one of Ohio’s largest Haitian communities, families and support organizations say they’re bracing for immediate disruptions to work, housing, and family life.

Supporters said the requirement is meant to reduce uneven care between rural and urban hospitals across the state. Senate Bill 80 is sponsored by Sen. Stutts. Dr. Sean explained the bill is designed to ensure patients receive the same standard of care, no matter their ZIP code.

Indiana has excelled at getting students back to pre-pandemic reading levels. One program developed at the University of Notre Dame to train tutors might be part of the reason. The Tutor-ND program prepares Notre Dame students to tutor young people in the South Bend area.

Some West Virginia lawmakers are proposing allocating $8 Million in emergency funding to Hancock County schools. It comes after the district announced last month it didn’t have the money to pay its teachers.

The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University finds in metro areas with the most home construction and remodeling, immigrants are the main drivers of labor for the projects. In northern Virginia, two-thirds of construction trades workers are immigrants.

Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show the unemployment rate for Black women increased nearly 1.5% in 2025, including thousands in federal roles laid off due to budget cuts.

El incendio de Eaton arrasó Altadena hace aproximadamente un año, dejando propiedades contaminadas con sustancias tóxicas. Grupos locales continúan ayudando a las familias a recuperarse.

Minnesotans are coming to grips with another fatal shooting carried out by immigration officers and local voices said they are balancing grief with a strong will to keep defending the constitutional rights of their neighbors. Fatal shooting of Alex Pretti came two weeks after the Renee Good tragedy.

"We must understand that immigrant solidarity measures are core to protecting all Washingtonians' health, data and civil liberties," said Velasquez, "making this an agenda for every constituent – rural, urban, citizen and non-citizen."

Haitians in America on temporary protected status argue they are only here to escape political instability and gang violence in their home country. If the judge allows the status to expire people believe it will be one of the next places that ICE will conduct another round of mass deportations.

A new pilot program in Massachusetts aims to help residents with some college credits complete their certificate or degree.

Maine was selected to join Jobs for the Future’s “Fair Chance to Advance” initiative, which aims to remove the discriminatory hiring practices and even legal restrictions limiting people’s job opportunities.

"We have multiple recruiting offices in Mexico and they're having to have pretty robust extra conversations with these folks to convince them that it's safe to come back to the United States and they will not be deported," Ball pointed out. "Some of them are still choosing not to come."

A federal judge has blocked one of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) actions against Minnesota that could have cut off the state’s food assistance program, as tensions between the state and federal government escalate.

According to U+ Education, bilingual children have enhanced cognitive development, improved problem solving, and higher academic performance. Global Prep Academy is Indiana’s only dual-language immersion charter school for kindergartners and middle schoolers.

Los habitantes de Minnesota están asimilando otro tiroteo mortal perpetrado por agentes federales de migración. Voces locales afirman que están equilibrando el dolor con la firme voluntad de seguir defendiendo los derechos constitucionales de sus vecinos y sus comunidades aledañas.

A group of ICE agents has fanned out across Minnesota as the Trump administration tries to boost deportation. Their controversial arrests spark criticism of ICE tactics for civil rights violations. Republicans who back the operation have said it's community members who are making things dangerous.

A professor is sounding the alarm on what he called the Trump administration’s authoritarian tactics to quell the press, free speech and other constitutional rights. Konstantin Zhukov, argued the FBI raid of a journalist’s home is not an isolated incident but part of an ongoing escalation.

Arkansas immigration advocates are preparing for restrictions on visas as State Department stops immigrant visas from 75 countries. The Trump admin claims immigrants from these countries are likely to require public assistance while living in the United States and extract wealth from American people

"Muchos de nuestros pacientes siempre han sabido que somos un recurso para actualizar sus métodos anticonceptivos, hacerse una prueba de VIH, una prueba de detección de infecciones de transmisión sexual o un examen anual en el que podemos detectar cáncer de cuello uterino, hipertensión y anemia.

Sarah Wheat, chief external affairs officer for Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas, said "So many of our patients, know we’re a resource getting your birth control, getting an HIV test or STI screening, or that annual exam where we can screen you for cervical cancer and hypertension and anemia,"

...organizations aiding survivors of sexual and domestic violence say fewer people are using their services. Nithya Badrinath, policy director for the nonprofit Jane Doe Inc., said the growing number of ICE agents in neighborhoods is keeping people home.

Administrators say the work-college model is designed to blend academics, job training, and affordability. James Anderson dean of the Work Education Program. They said the schools are strengthening a model that treats work not as a side job, but as a core part of a student’s education and formation.

"Immigrants have come in to kind of fill the gap in a lot of ways, in a lot of communities" "When you see something like immigration coming down, what that said to me is that there will be less labor to kind of fill in this gap for these labor shortages, and less labor to replace labor that leaves"

Wisconsin families are among those feeling the pinch as energy prices continue to rise across the state. One of the latest polls showed Americans have real concerns about their utility bills, among other rising expenses.

Federal officials, including Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, appeared on weekend national talk shows to defend ICE activity in Minnesota.

"We are seeing a lot of fear and anger in our communities," he said, "and I think it is a time for us to come together as labor organizations and as communities to make sure that we are supporting the working people of not only Minnesota, but this country."

"If we're going to short these facilities and I don't have any support staff, and I'm one nurse and one CNA for 60 patients, that's not a safe environment," Dameron contended. "That's not worth my nursing license."

Inspired after a woman who did everything required to become a nurse, only to be blocked at the finish line "When it came time for her to get her nursing license" Rep. Reed said, "the state said, Thanks for paying taxes, but because you are not a U.S. citizen we will not license you to be a nurse."

The Trump administration continues to defend its controversial immigration enforcement, along with the actions of the ICE agents involved in the Minneapolis shooting.

New Mexico taxpayers will get less money for education, health care, infrastructure and other priorities from the recent sale of oil and gas leases on federal lands thanks to President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."

In 2025, the median cost of center-based infant care was nearly $14,000 a year, more than instate tuition at any of Tennessee’s public universities.

Dennis Kellogg, a family farmer for more than 60 years, said one question keeps rising to the surface. "I have to ask the question, when is big, big enough?" Kellogg asked. "You see sales of our dairy, people going out of business, and yet these people continue to add more milking units, animals."

Zain Lakhani, director of migrant rights and justice, said deported parents are not being allowed to take their children with them or arrange child care. She pointed out under current U.S. immigration policy, ICE is supposed to give parents the opportunity to decide what happens to their children.

La Universidad Warren Wilson, situada en la parte occidental del estado, forma parte del Work Colleges Consortium, que ofrece a los estudiantes diversas oportunidades para participar en programas de trabajo.

Detroit teachers are pushing for the release of immigrant students from Michigan – many of them minors – who are being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Kristen Schoettle, a teacher at Western International High School, said the effect on students has been immediate and traumatic.

Democrat Renee Hardman, who won with nearly 72% of the vote, ran on a campaign of making housing and healthcare more affordable, and addressing livable wages for Iowans.

New Mexico will maintain its full childhood vaccine schedule, despite rollbacks by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Miranda Durham, said New Mexico will stick with the 30-year-old, evidence-based vaccination schedule.

The latest "America After 3 p.m." survey from the Afterschool Alliance shows parents of nearly 5.7 million Black children nationwide want them in an after-school program, but only about 1.3 million are enrolled – leaving around three in four Black children whose parents want care but lack access.

Si las personas desean regresar al programa original de Medicare, pueden considerar un programa Medigap que cubra los gastos de bolsillo.

In a YouGov survey, 36% of respondents consider the United States to be at war with Venezuela, while 35% don't see it that way.

The Trump administration has now filed lawsuits against 18 mostly Democrat-led states, demanding access to voter registration lists, including driver’s license information and partial Social Security numbers.

The report finds California health-care plans need to do a better job of ensuring childhood preventive screenings to detect delayed development. The data also show that instability in the foster-care system continues to spur low graduation rates and low test scores in reading, science, and math.