The original March on Washington, a cornerstone of the civil rights movement, drew approximately 250,000 participants in 1963. Its influence paved the way for significant legislative milestones, including the passage of federal civil rights and voting rights laws in the 1960s. The erosion of voting rights, recent Supreme Court rulings that impact affirmative action and abortion rights, and the rise of hate and violence against marginalized communities, however, punctuate the current commemoration.
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Posted inHealth
How Dallas Counties access to abortion clinics compares to the rest of the country
Story by Stacker Monkey Business Images // Shutterstock How Dallas County, TX access to abortion clinics compares to the rest of the country In the wake of the Supreme Court […]
Posted inPolitics,
Texas Amended its Constitution Hundreds of Times. It Likely Won’t Do So for Abortion Anytime Soon
By Emma Williams Originally appeared in the Texas Tribune A Texas Democrat is proposing a constitutional amendment stopping future abortion restrictions. Voters would have to approve it — but Republican […]
Posted inWomen
African American Leaders Speak Out on SCOTUS Roe Reversal
By Staff and Wire Report | Los Angeles Sentinel African American leaders across the nation largely condemned the U.S. Supreme Court ruling issued on June 24, overturning the federal abortion […]
Posted inNews
What you need to know about abortion in Texas
BY MEGAN MUNCE, Texas Tribune, texastribune.org The U.S. Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional protection for abortion in a much-anticipated ruling Friday that will greatly affect access to reproductive health care […]
Posted inOpinion
Roe v Wade, Voter Suppression, and “We” The Voters
By Dr. John E. Warren Publisher, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint The current uproar over the leaked draft of the U.S. Supreme Court’s anticipated Decision on Abortion Rights is […]
Posted inOp-Ed
Pay Attention Roe v. Wade & the Far Right’s Extreme Plans
By Ben Jealous President of People For the American Way Things are about to get worse for millions of vulnerable people in our country. It looks like the far right-wing […]
Posted inNews
Dallas Joins Nationwide Protests Against End of Roe v. Wade
By Steven Monacelli On May 3, the news broke that the United States Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which enshrined certain privacy […]