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By Hannah Dellinger | April 29, 2024 As a crackling recording of Malcolm X’s “The Ballot or the Bullet” speech resonated in the background, eight students took their seats in a classroom at East Kentwood High School. They carried themselves with purpose. The seniors were not only there to learn history. They showed up to make it. The…

KERA | By Juan Salinas II Published May 17, 2024 at 5:00 AM CDT Carroll ISD plans to challenge the Biden administration’s recent changes to Title IX that extend protections to LGBTQ+ students. The Carroll school board voted unanimously Wednesday night to “proceed with litigation against all necessary parties related to proposed changes to Title 9 and…

KERA | By Bekah Morr Published May 15, 2024 at 5:00 AM CDT More pregnant people are turning to telehealth for abortion care than ever before, according to a group of abortion researchers — with nearly half coming from states like Texas that have severely restricted or entirely banned the procedure. According to research from the Society…

By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News BureauPosted on: Thursday, April 25, 2024 COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Doctors in Ohio are closely watching a U.S. Supreme Court case involving abortion and a federal law that requires hospitals that receive federal money to provide treatment in emergency rooms. It’s the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA). Congress passed…

By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News BureauPosted on: Saturday, May 11, 2024 COLUMBUS, Ohio (Ohio Statehouse News Bureau) – A new legal argument has been filed against the state of Ohio over its ban on prescribing abortion-inducing drugs via telehealth. The filing is an amendment to an already existing lawsuit against that 2021 law. The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU…

Story by Kyler Alvord 5.5.2024 The ‘Abbott Elementary’ actress has crossed paths with the vice president multiple times, even joining her on a trip to Ghana last year Vice President Kamala Harris will team up with actress Sheryl Lee Ralph during an official campaign stop in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, May 8, to fire voters up about the ongoing threats…

Regina Medina May 14, 2024  A few days before a crucial vote on equal rights amendment legislation, former DFL state representative Betty Folliard was out and about at the Capitol.  She and her fellow ERA Minnesota volunteers stood near the Senate Chamber’s entrance carrying ERA signs. “Yes on ERA!” and “ERA for Mother’s Day.”  The…

Rana Robillard May 9, 2024 Rana Robillard is Chief People Officer at Tekion and has served in top and senior level HR roles for more than two decades. As women, we navigate a world shaped by history, culture and societal norms. It often sends the message that being a woman is a limitation when it comes to…

Reem Alsalem, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, highlighted the essential role of civil society organizations in pushing the Directive through on April 24. Devdiscourse News Desk | Geneva | Updated: 14-05-2024  A UN expert today expressed support for the European Parliament’s recent adoption of the first European Union Directive aimed at combating violence against…

Story by Ed Cara 5.6.2024 Protesters holding signs supporting abortion rights. Restrictive abortion laws have caused a small but real climb in fatal violence committed against women, new research out Monday suggests. The study found that so-called TRAP laws were associated with an increased rate of murders among young girls and women committed by their…