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Legal Actions Seek Guarantee of Abortion Access for Patients in Medical Emergencies
New cases say fear and confusion about abortion bans in three states are causing doctors and hospitals to deny medically necessary abortions. By Pam Belluck On September 12, 2023 Early in her pregnancy, Jaci Statton was in her kitchen when she felt like she was going to pass out and saw that her jeans had…
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U.S. Will Resume Offering Free At-Home Covid Tests
The Biden administration is restarting a program that has provided hundreds of millions of free tests through the Postal Service. By Sheryl Gay Stolberg On September 20, 2023 The Biden administration, looking ahead to a possible winter surge of Covid-19, announced on Wednesday that it was reviving its program of offering Americans free coronavirus tests…
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US education chief considers new ways to discourage college admissions preference for kids of alumni
By Collin Binkley and Carole Feldman On September 21, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s education chief said he’s open to using “whatever levers” are available — including federal money — to discourage colleges from giving admissions preference to the children of alumni and donors. In an interview with The Associated Press, Education Secretary…
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Former Eastpointe principal files federal racial discrimination lawsuit
School boss Gibson accused of targeting Black administrators By Susan Smiley On August 29, 2023 A second former Eastpointe Community Schools administrator filed a federal discrimination lawsuit last week against the school district and Superintendent Christina Gibson individually. Renita Williams, who was employed by Eastpointe Community Schools for more than five years and served as…
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California is the first state to tackle reparations for Black residents. What that really means
By Wendy Fry, Erica Yee, and Rya Jetha On June 29, 2023 Will reparations for Black residents in California become a reality? If not, are they likely to happen anywhere else in the United States? All eyes are on California, long considered the nation’s test tube for progressive policies, and its pioneering reparations task force, which this…
Read MoreSecretary Mayorkas Announces Extension and Redesignation of Afghanistan for Temporary Protected Status
From The Department of Homeland Security On September 21, 2023 Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas today announced the extension and redesignation of Afghanistan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from November 21, 2023, to May 20, 2025, due to ongoing armed conflict and extraordinary and temporary conditions in Afghanistan that prevent…
Read MoreWhy the Catholic Church gave $900K to fight Ohio’s abortion rights amendment
By Dan Horn On September 15, 2023 The Catholic Church in Ohio is giving more than spiritual and moral support to the campaign to defeat Issue 1 in November. It’s also giving money. Campaign finance records show the Archdiocese of Cincinnati donated $500,000 in June to the group leading the charge against Issue 1, a proposed…
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An Ohio ballot measure seeks to protect abortion access. Opponents’ messaging is on parental rights.
By the Associated Press On September 4, 2023 COLUMBUS, Ohio — The wording of a proposed constitutional amendment on Ohio’s fall ballot to ensure abortion rights seems straightforward: It would enshrine the right “to make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions.” Yet as the campaigning for and against the nation’s latest tug-of-war over abortion…
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Ohio votes on abortion rights this fall. Misinformation about the proposal is already spreading
By Ali Swenson and Christine Fernando On September 4, 2023 An effort to guarantee access to abortion rights in Ohio, a November ballot measure, is already fueling misleading claims about how it could influence abortion care, gender-related health care and parental consent in the state. The proposed constitutional amendment would give Ohioans the right to…
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