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June 9, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
Will Biden’s Obsession With Compromise Poison His Agenda on LGBTQ Rights?
An opaque court filing in an anti-LGBTQ discrimination case has advocates asking if this administration will “bargain down” the rights of students to reach an uneasy peace with Republicans.
May 4, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
The Right-Wing War on Trans Youth Was Hiding in Plain Sight
Conservatives’ moral panic over Drag Queen Story Hour set the stage for the anti-trans bills flooding Republican legislatures today—and the same hate groups are behind it all.
March 17, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
The Right’s Fight Against LGBTQ Rights Is More Than a Culture War
The power to control people’s lives through institutionalized bias, stigma, and violence is key to the Republican project. That’s why they hate the Equality Act.
February 16, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
The Non-Hypocrisy of QAnon’s Sexual Politics
A string of Trump-associated Republicans have recently faced charges related to the sexual exploitation of minors. It won’t matter to Q’s true believers.
November 7, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
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Nick Martin
,
Katie McDonough
,
J.C. Pan
The Election Is Over. Here’s a Vision From the Left for the Next Four Years.
Organizers and thinkers on where we are in the major fights of our moment—from prison abolition to climate justice and the housing crisis—and where we go next.
October 14, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
Amy Coney Barrett’s Gentle Deceptions
The Supreme Court nominee would have us believe she’s just a vessel for the law, but her rise to conservative power tells the real story.
June 17, 2020
Nick Martin
At-Will Employment Is the Real Cancel Culture
A Supreme Court case and a series of workplace uprisings raise the question: Whose jobs are really protected in this country?
June 15, 2020
Matt Ford
Neil Gorsuch Just Upended the Conservative Legal Project
The conservative justice’s ruling in favor of gay, queer, and transgender workers shows the limits of the right’s Faustian bargain on judges.
February 11, 2020
Sydney Bauer
The New Anti-Trans Culture War Hiding in Plain Sight
The right's fixation on trans youth has found its new target: criminalizing doctors who provide puberty blockers and hormones.
January 16, 2020
Fabiola Cineas
The Equal Rights Amendment May Have Found Its Moment
A diverse coalition of lawmakers and activists has brought new life to its founding vision.
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