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More GOP states challenge federal rules protecting transgender students
By Andrew DeMillio On May 7, 2024 Seven more Republican-led states sued Tuesday to challenge a new federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation’s schools.…
Read MoreArizona’s now-repealed abortion ban serves as a cautionary tale for reproductive health care across the US
By Swapna Reddy, Arizona State University On May 8, 2024 (THE CONVERSATION) When the Arizona Supreme Court ruled on April 9, 2024, that the state’s Civil War-era law banning nearly all…
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Abortion, civil rights top issues Americans would risk arrest to protest: Poll
By Lauren Sforza On May 8th, 2024 The latest USA Today/Suffolk University poll found Americans were evenly split when asked if they would risk arrest for any political issue, 48 percent to…
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Stitt executive order ends decades-old Oklahoma women’s leadership program
By Barbara Hoberock of Oklahoma Voice On May 6, 2024 A University of Oklahoma program that has trained hundreds of female leaders will shutter because of a gubernatorial executive order…
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HR body attacked over self-ID policy on women’s toilets
By Lucy Burton On May 5, 2024 A leading industry group is facing scrutiny over guidance relating to whether self-identifying transgender women can use single-sex spaces. The Chartered Institute of…
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Pregnant runner wins half marathon, outpacing 8,000 others: ‘Women have superpowers’
By Emily Van de Riet On May 6, 2024 INDIANAPOLIS (WNDU/Gray News) – A runner who is 23 weeks pregnant took first place in a half marathon in Indianapolis over…
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Jewish and pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University accuse school officials of discrimination in competing complaints
Escalating protests over Israel’s military operation in Gaza have become deeply personal for students at the elite university who say administrators are failing to protect them. By Alicia Victoria Lozano…
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‘Where’s Ronald Greene’s justice?’: 5 years on, feds still silent on Black motorist’s deadly arrest
By Jim Mustian On May 10, 2024 Mona Hardin has been waiting five long years for any resolution to the federal investigation into her son’s deadly arrest by Louisiana State…
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California man who drove into crowd at Stop Asian Hate rally sentenced to 1 year in prison
Steve Lee Dominguez pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights charge after driving his car through a red light, narrowly missing protesters. By Sakshi Venkatraman On May 9, 2024 A…
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