‘Date With Me’ TikTok Trend: Should You Broadcast Your Love Life?
Getting invested in a stranger’s love life is par for the course in our reality TV-obsessed world. But lately, that’s reached new heights. “Date with me” TikTok dating diaries have taken off, in which viewers follow the ups and downs of an average person’s dating life. People are broadcasting date prep, and posting updates about how […]
Here Are the States Where Abortion Rights Are Literally on the Ballot This Year
Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on pinterestShare on email In June, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, effectively ending federal protections for abortion. The decision overruled decades of precedent—kicking the onus back to the states to decide for themselves. And this week, reproductive rights are quite literally on the ballot in several states’ midterm elections, making it […]
How the Nation’s Only Indigenous Abortion Fund Is Expanding Reproductive Justice for a Community Long Denied It
Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on pinterestShare on email Ever since the leaked draft of the Dobbs decision revealed that the Supreme Court would rescind the constitutional right to abortion, non-Native political pundits have proposed the idea of using Indian reservations as abortion safe harbors. So their thinking goes: If the Court’s decision allows states to freely enact abortion bans, […]
How the Overturning of Roe v. Wade Stands To Financially Harm Women
Today marks the 27th annual Equal Pay Day, which the National Committee on Pay Equity started in 1996 to highlight the gender wage gap—a gap that very much persists today. According to the latest numbers from Pew Research, for every dollar a man who works full-time earns, a woman makes just 82 cents. (Over the past 20 years, […]
What To Know About the Just-Approved $8B Willow Project’s Potential Impact on the Planet
Along the northern slope of Alaska, rivers weave across the expansive tundra, creating lush habitat for caribou and migratory birds on the nation’s largest single swath of public undeveloped land at more than 23 million acres. But, following the Biden Administration’s approval of the Willow project on Monday, that land—the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A)—may no […]
Why the Drag Ban in Tennessee Is So Dangerous for the LGBTQ+ Community
In the weeks since March 2, when Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed Senate Bill 3—which restricts drag performances in the state—members and allies of LGBTQ+ community have rallied in protest. For example, during his Best Director acceptance speech for Everything Everywhere All at Once at the Academy Awards on March 12, Daniel Scheinert said drag is “a threat to nobody.” […]
Why the Drag Ban in Tennessee Is So Dangerous for the LGBTQ+ Community
In the weeks since March 2, when Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed Senate Bill 3—which restricts drag performances in the state—members and allies of LGBTQ+ community have rallied in protest. For example, during his Best Director acceptance speech for Everything Everywhere All at Once at the Academy Awards on March 12, Daniel Scheinert said drag is “a threat to nobody.” […]
Here’s What You Need To Know About the ‘Momnibus’ Bill Aiming To Reduce Black Maternal Mortality Rates
Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on pinterestShare on email The World Health Organization classifies global maternal mortality as “unacceptably high.” In the United States, even this is a vast understatement. Recent data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a steep incline in maternal deaths in recent years, with Black mothers dying at more […]
This Juneteenth, Black People Deserve Actual Liberation, Not Performative Allyship
Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on pinterestShare on email Last year, Walmart launched Celebration Edition: Juneteenth Ice Cream, only to quickly pull it from its shelves. The problem was not with the ice cream itself, but with Walmart profiting off a holiday commemorating the freedom of enslaved Black people. To me, this incident clearly showed that […]
Meet Athlete Ally, the Nonprofit Championing LGBTQ+ Inclusion and Equity in Sports
Sports have always been more than just a game. While basketball and baseball are relatively new to the history of humankind, our love of athletics can be dated as far back as 2600 B.C., with wrestling being the first known recreational sport of choice. One of the greatest unifiers, sports brings people from all walks of life together […]