The Supreme Court’s conservative majority used outdated examples to say the racial gap in voter turnout has closed, but in reality, the gap is growing — due in part to the Court’s past assaults on the Voting Rights Act. bit.ly/3QIYd5B

Thank you @willbunch.bsky.social for making it clear that Confederate lawmakers in the South targeting freedom fighters James Clyburn, Bennie Thompson and Al Green for fighting for the everyday person for the last five decades since the Voting Rights Act share.inquirer.com/PlWHqm?utm_s...

Yesterday, Sen. Murray questioning US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Americans don't have corporate sponsors to pay for their gas." www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4wH... Thank you @murray.senate.gov

Legal workers protest after a woman is forced to give birth in cuffs on a Brooklyn courtroom bench, warning that arraignments have become places where people “die in cuffs and give birth in cuffs.”

"Only about 12 percent of trustees at American colleges & universities have professional experience in higher education. If it seems odd to imagine 88% of the directors at, say, investment banks having no particular expertise in investment banking, that is the situation in the field of higher ed."

The products marketed most aggressively to Black and Brown communities are often the most harmful. That is environmental racism, and it impacts Black maternal health. Join us June 2 for Right to Know Part II: Solutions for Safer, Healthier Living. Register at bit.ly/bmmalearn26

MAGA is gonna learn the hard way: play with Black voting rights; inherit the backlash... www.youtube.com/live/nBcAO2A...

A new study shows that patients experiencing miscarriage who live in states with abortion bans have fewer options for healthcare management. States with abortion bans had a nearly 3% increase in expectant management, which means forcing the patient to wait for a miscarriage to happen on its own.

Underbabied???!! 🙅🏽‍♀️🙅🏽‍♀️🙅🏽‍♀️ Women don’t need another reminder that you see them as exclusively baby vessels, Dr. Oz. And using this nonsense term doesn’t change the reality: there are so many factors that go into deciding when to grow a family (or if you want children at all).

Even if the Supreme Court brings back the in-person requirement for abortion pills, “Nothing is going to stop people from accessing abortion pills by mail. The genie is out of the bottle." - Elisa Wells of Plan C. Yes, abortion medication is available to Americans outside the US regulatory system.

This is a critically important article Trump did this to us here at Duke as well (@michaeldgreen.phd and I wrote about it here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...) His war on diversity in medical education & training will worsen the health of Americans

Really looking forward to moderating this discussion! Please join.

I've spent years advocating for and consulting on state shield laws. It made my day that these shield laws upset Alito so much that he bitched about them in his dissent.

Mifepristone battles as the Fugitive Slave Act redux, @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app observed: "A Southern state going to the courts and complaining about free states....

Thanks for the shoutout @mjsdc.bsky.social! "They've made Sam Alito very mad" - this should go on our resumes. w/ @greerdonley.bsky.social @rebouche.bsky.social

Despite Ongoing Attacks, Here Are Some Key Wins for the Abortion Rights Movement truthout.org/articles/des...

The Texas legislature has created a legal quagmire. “[P]regnancy is too complicated to legislate.” #abortionishealthcare #CodifyRoe #humanrights #systemicmisogyny

Adding “blacklisting” to the myriad reasons why we are mobilizing against the Ellison/Paramount takeover of Warner-Bros. Is your state Attorney General joining @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov in investigating the proposed merger? #BlockTheMerger

Not only has Trump decimated anti-trafficking services, but as his administration indiscriminately detains immigrants to comply with his mass-deportations agenda, trafficking survivors have been caught in the dragnet — even when they have legal status. My latest: www.thecut.com/article/sex-...

At Elevated Access, as in all aviation, we live by the mantra: “No matter what else happens, fly the plane.” To celebrate our four-year anniversary, we've been given an incredible opportunity by generous match donors to raise $80,000 in just 24-hours. Your donation will be doubled!

Louder for the people in the back: Your ZIP code shouldn’t decide your rights. 📣 Letitia James lays out exactly what’s at stake on the newest episode of My Body. My Pod. Check out her masterclass on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧

"Instead of getting highly effective contraception methods to the country’s poorest women so that they may decide if and when to have children, Title X under Trump seems aimed at getting more women pregnant, whether they want to be or not." By @jillfilipovic.bsky.social GIFT article.

California's universal healthcare killed even though Democrats have a supermajority. Politicians serve their corporate donors not the people.

home state pride <3

🔔Calling all book clubs!🔔 Are you reading Beyond Limits in your book club or reading group? Hopefully this new reading guide, prepared by Patient Forward, can help get the convo started 🧡 www.shelleysella.com/reading-guide #AbortionBeyondLimits #EmpathyHasNoLimits #BSbookclub

Hopeful news for human rights in Hungary. Incoming Tisza party, led by Péter Magyar, should take immediate steps to restore democratic institutions, dismantle abusive laws and institutions, and protect fundamental rights. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

There have always been abortion providers, and there will always be abortion providers. Abortion will be here as long as we’re here, because we will always take care of each other. Donate to ACN and help support our mission —> abortioncarenetwork.org/donate/

The Texas Medical Board has disciplined three doctors whose patients—Porsha Ngumezi and Nevaeh Crain—died after being denied lifesaving abortion care because of the state’s extreme abortion ban.

Want to advance Black maternal health in your community? Start with the Black Mamas Matter Policy Agenda. A clear, community-informed roadmap for real change. Download it and take action: bit.ly/policyagen #BlackMaternalHealth #BMHW26 #BirthJustice #ReproJustice #PolicyAgenda

You can also help stop this mass spying scheme by contacting your representatives today! www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The Birth Justice Bus launched during #BMHW26 and it is everything. 💜 BMMA Alliance partner Jamarah Amani and her team in North Miami are providing free midwifery and doula care directly to Black Mamas and families in their community. This is community care in action. 🌿

In case you like reading, this searchable site has over 600 books about abortion in many languages from many countries. (no anti-choice books) abortion-books.info

Of note, Judge William Young when ruling against the Trump Administration in one of last year's NIH grant termination cases:

Current hostility (on the part of politicians and institutional leaders alike) to even looking at the past is strikingly blunt. It touches many disciplines, but denying history is the key issue. The backlash against Bouie’s piece on Enlightenment and then the 1619 Project were public turning points

if you want to preorder this bad boy & set some of its very, very good essays on your fall syllabi, you can use NUP2026 to get 25% off —and I bet some of us would love to Zoom into your classes to talk?! 💗 @devingarofalo.bsky.social @nupress.bsky.social

“Researchers that have attempted to make the university’s connections –and potential obligations– to the Caribbean explicit say their efforts have been stymied. …“The conversation is not happening,” said Carla Martin, a Harvard professor of African and African American Studies. “We all have tried.””

A VCR never sold my private info to a nazi

Hope you'll spend some time w/ this incredible piece by @jazzmyth.bsky.social. It reveals how the underfunded system set up to protect domestic violence survivors is unraveling under immense strain. Expertly done & w/ a lot of heart, told through the eyes of a survivor. 19thnews.org/2026/04/dome...

Nonconsensual condom removal and other forms of reproductive coercion can have grave consequences, but few states offer recourse for survivors.

A little-known Mexican company has built a $1.27 billion surveillance business. Now it’s expanding into the United States. Our latest investigation, produced in collaboration with @typeinvestigations.org, examines Grupo Seguritech and its growing role at the U.S.-Mexico border

I wrote about how the playbook of astroturfed, online smear campaigns against celebrity women is inspiring attacks on birth control:

Sign up for a conversation between social justice artist and recent MacArthur “Genius Grant” winner Tonika Lewis Johnson and our Senior Editor Valentina Di Liscia on April 15. This event is for Hyperallergic members only. Join our community and register today if you haven’t already!

The Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair has charged forward and made itself a space to showcase the radical history and present of printmaking. Work about Palestinian liberation, Venezuelan national pride despite American intervention, and protest art about ICE were front and center.

Interactive map tools are emerging as key infrastructure for abolitionist organizing, supporting the survival of people targeted by immigration detention, their loved ones, and the organizers working alongside them. Read the full article HERE ➡️ https://ow.ly/81Rl50YGwxV

The BMHW26 Virtual Pep Rally is April 13 at 12PM ET and the energy is always unmatched. 💜 Alliance Partners and stakeholders nationwide, all in one virtual room, All showing up for Black Mamas! Register and share it widely. bit.ly/bmhw26rally #BMHW26 #BlackMaternalHealth #RootedInJusticeAndJoy

Join us & @blackmamasmatter.bsky.social in celebrating #BMHW26. As we mark 9 years of Black Maternal Health Week, take part in conversations and activities advancing Black Maternal Health in the U.S. and globally. Learn more: blkmaternalhealthweek.com #RootedInJusticeAndJoy #BlackMaternalHealth

The looks of wonder and excitement on these children’s faces as they watch the Integrity splash down is heart filling. How many of them will go on to become sky sailors? Thank you NASA, Thank you Christina, Victor, Reid and Jeremy, explorers and poets of the moon. Thank you. 🫶

Like I said www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... bsky.app/profile/wash...

John Roberts, working to kill the VRA since he was a 28 year old Reagan appointee. (Poster: Amos Paul Kennedy). Receipts available at National Archives:, Record Group 60, Department of Justice, Accession #60-89-372, Box 30, Folder “John G. Roberts, Jr. Misc”