Supreme Court

Right-wing backlash to marriage equality victory

As poll after poll demonstrates, public opinion is on the side of marriage equality. That seismic shift in political consciousness…

July 16, 2015

Trans victory in West Virginia

Wheeling, W.Va. -- In the wake of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling favoring marriage equality, another triumph was won…

July 16, 2015

Stop racist executions!

The Supreme Court has backed the use of an execution drug used in U.S. prisons over the objection of death…

July 10, 2015

Ruling on ACA subsidies

Some 6.4 million people breathed a sigh of relief on June 25. On that day, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3…

July 6, 2015

LGBTQ victory shows that mass struggle wins rights

June 26 was a day of huge celebrations. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality. Laws defining…

June 29, 2015

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer view on rights, liberation, & anti-racist solidarity

The following excerpts are from a talk on “LGBTQ: Rights, Liberation and Solidarity” given by Shelley Ettinger, a former WW…

June 29, 2015

Gender bias behind Detroit outrage

We are taught, beginning in elementary school, that our rights are protected by the Constitution. Freedom of expression is one…

June 28, 2015

Supreme Court gives cops license to attack

On May 18, the U.S. Supreme Court awarded immunity from liability to two San Francisco police officers who, in 2008,…

June 25, 2015

Black and Brown unity in Alabama

Columbiana and Gadsden, Ala. “Forward ever, backward never! Not one step back!” shouted over 100 people in Columbiana, Ala., on…

June 24, 2015

Texas laws threaten access to abortion

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on June 9 upheld two of the strictest, most unscientific and…

June 18, 2015