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The End of Roe: Saving Abortion Rights Means Taking Them Into Our Own Hands
The relentless right and feckless Democrats brought us here. Now, preserving access to abortion will require breaking some laws.
Natasha Lennard
Natasha Lennard is a columnist for The Intercept. Her work has appeared in The Nation, Bookforum, and the New York Times, among others. She is the associate director of the Creative Publishing & Critical Journalism graduate program at the New School for Social Research in New York. She is the author of “Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life.”
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Can the Left Learn From Canada’s “Freedom Convoy”?
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The attacks on voting rights go hand in hand with current assaults on Black history and exposing histories of foundational American white supremacism.
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Anti-Trans Bills Are Moving Through State Legislatures With Remarkable Speed
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