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What Else Biden Can — and Should — Do to Fight the Texas Abortion Ban
The judicial back-and-forth on the abortion law shows why the Justice Department's lawsuit against Texas won't be enough.
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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Sarah Everard’s Killer Got a Life Sentence, but the System That Enabled Him Remains
Even after Wayne Couzens’s crime, U.K. Parliament is considering a bill to give police greater authority to arrest people.
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Four Months Ago, Biden Said Haiti Wasn’t Safe. Now He’s Deporting Thousands There.
The Biden administration is using a Trump-era policy to justify mass deportations — only Biden is doing it at a faster pace.
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The Supreme Court Will Not Save Us From the Decimation of Abortion Rights
With Texas all but banning abortion and endorsing a repugnant vigilantism, we need to look for other ways to protect access to abortion.
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Supreme Court Ended Eviction Moratorium, but Pandemic Has Shown Road Map for Fighting Back
The Supreme Court callously ended the CDC’s eviction moratorium, but the pandemic has already shown the most effective way to fight back: direct actions.
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For His Accusers to Get Justice, Andrew Cuomo's Impeachment Must Go On
The decision to halt Cuomo's impeachment would be a blow to accountability — and leave the door open for Cuomo to return to politics.
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The Problem Isn't Just Cuomo, It's the System That Made Him
Patriarchal violence in New York politics and beyond will not come to an end with the removal of a small number of predatory perpetrators, however powerful.
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The Incredible Cynicism of GOP Support for #FreeBritney
Britney Spears's struggle is against patriarchal control and economic exploitation — which are core Republican values.
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Miami Building Collapse Shows Tragic Costs of Neoliberal Deregulation
From London's Grenfell fire to Miami’s Champlain Towers South, politicians need to be held to account for gutting regulations that could mitigate disasters.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis Wants to Defund Florida Universities That Teach Anti-Racism
DeSantis signed a law to track political beliefs at universities — and threatened budget cuts for those he doesn't like.