The proliferation of attacks on LGBTQ rights, abortion access, voting rights, and immigration have prompted activists to intensify coalition-building work.
As the world observes the two-year mark of the global pandemic, we take stock of the devastating impact on incarcerated women in the U.S.
As federal funding for struggling renters runs low, 12 million people are at risk of losing their housing.
Biden has proposed $45 billion to replace lead water pipes throughout the country, a move that could begin to remedy decades of neglect of clean water in the U.S.
The details of the case of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo are all too familiar across many workplaces.
In defiance of public opinion, state legislatures in 2021 have already passed the highest number of curbs on abortion since the 1973 Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision.
A wave of anti-LGBTQ state laws, and the recent Fulton Supreme Court ruling, show the need for the federal civil rights law that is awaiting Senate action.
Activists are pushing the Biden administration to do more than “undo the damage” caused by Trump.
The Biden administration's early actions to promote LGBTQ equality are getting high marks from rights groups.
Using lessons learned from a decade-long onslaught against reproductive rights, activists are embracing strategies including coalition building, mobilizing pro-choice religious communities, and eliminating abortion stigma.
As the global pandemic enters its eighth month, the impact on those experiencing domestic violence has continued to intensify, and services are stretched to the limit.
Longstanding environmental policies are a factor in the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color.
The 5-4 decision affirms recent precedent by overturning provider restrictions in Louisiana.
This week’s Bostock decision creates stronger legal ground for more wins in housing, education, and health care, and in overturning the transgender military ban.
The Health and Human Services department is continuing plans to undo antidiscrimination provisions of the Affordable Care Act.
The COVID-19 shutdown is wreaking havoc on child visitations and family reunification.
Advocates are sounding the alarm about the risks of the new coronavirus spreading inside correctional facilities.
Advocates are expressing concern that less than four years after the court ruled that TRAP laws are unconstitutional, it has agreed to revisit the question.
The House passed a comprehensive rights bill last year, but it died in the Senate. A new proposed compromise would ban discrimination — but with a major loophole.
Human rights advocates are decrying the Trump administration's policy of requiring asylum seekers to stay in Mexico for the duration of their immigration proceedings.
After a surge of bans this year, abortion providers and advocates are expanding coalitions to widen the network of support for rights and access.
Pro-choice religious leaders are an increasingly visible component of the growing movement fighting back against extreme abortion bans.
The new research, by Building Movement Project, finds systemic barriers to leadership roles at nonprofits and calls for organizations to address bias.
Without passing any major anti-choice legislation, the Trump administration has managed to curtail access to reproductive health care by radically altering federal policies.
Advocates hope that the aptly named criminal justice law, which is limited in scope, could lead to broader reforms.















