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Get our free mobile app Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas have filed a lawsuit against the City of Lubbock, which recently passed a "Sanctuary City for the Unborn" ordinance. In the lawsuit, Planned Parenthood says that the ordinance is unconstitutional since, in their words, it will prohibit residents from exercising their constitutional rights, therefore violating citizens rights under the Supreme Court ruling of Roe v. Wade. The lawsuit also requests that c...

From the Wastewater Drain, Solid Pandemic Data The coronavirus could turn sewage surveillance into a mainstream public health practice. Marc Johnson, a virologist at the University of Missouri, examining leftover RNA from samples of wastewater collected by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.Credit...Michael B. Thomas for The New York Times By Emily Anthes Marc Johnson saw trouble in the water. Dr. Johnson, a virologist at the University of Missouri, had spent much of 2020 studying sew...

The exterior of a Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center is seen on May 28, 2019 in St Louis, Missouri. | Getty Images/Michael B. Thomas The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over the legality of the Trump administration’s "Protect Life Rule" barring Title X funding for Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. In an order issued Monday, the high court consolidated three cases regarding the Title X funding dispute: American Medical Association v. Cochran...

This Black History Month, as history struggles to keep up with current events, we can remember how we got here as we keep our eyes on the future.

Sen. Josh Hawley’s wife files criminal complaint over protest outside couple’s Washington, D.C. home: report Dave Goldiner The wife of Missouri Senator Josh Hawley reportedly filed a criminal complaint against the leader of a protest outside the couple’s suburban Washington D.C. home last month. A Fairfax Count magistrate decided there was probable cause to charge protest leader Patrick Young of Washington, D.C. with a misdemeanor for “violating the tranquility of a home...

A New Congress is Sworn in, Proving That When Women Run, It Matters In this op-ed, Cecilia Silva, the Texas Program Manager for ReflectUS, a national coalition eliminating barriers for women to run for office, offers insight and guidance for any woman looking for a future in politics. By Cecilia Silva Tasos KatopodisGetty Images When I was a college sophomore at the University of Texas at Arlington, I decided to run for student senate. It wasn’t an easy decision. My financial situati...

Whiteness is at the core of the insurrection Vox.com 1/8/2021 Fabiola Cineas © Jon Cherry/Getty Images Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday, forcing their way inside and interrupting Congress’s certification of electoral votes. A white man, a smug grin on his face, hauls off a congressional lectern. Another sports a gun at his waist and carries zip ties, as if prepared to take hostages. Yet another places his foot on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk ...

Cori Bush goes to Washington Jada Yuan, The Washington Post Dec. 22, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush is the first Black Lives Matter organizer who will serve in the House of Representatives.Photo for The Washington Post by Michael B. Thomas ST. LOUIS - Cori Bush was missing her bullhorn. Sometime in August, someone broke into her SUV, ransacked the car and stole it - and nothing else. Thats the kind of not-so-subtle message of intimidation that the activist-turned-congr...