Civil Rights

Since the revelations of NSA snooping, we're all a bit on edge about privacy in these digital times. But back in 1970, the writers at Newsweek were already worrying about the effects technology and mass communication would have on our private lives. If only they could have been as insightful about the business model of printed news magazines.

“With landmark Supreme Court rulings on marriage expected to be released any day now, it’s more urgent than ever to showcase the powerful voices of conservatives who support marriage for same-sex couples,” the campaign manager of Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry said. “[We now boast] 65 accomplished leaders in Republican and right-of-center circles who are diverse in their geography, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, and more."

Mel Wymore is a typical city council candidate in many ways, campaigning as a community board appointee, ex-PTA chair and founder of a roster of local organizations. But Wymore's community-leader resume has an unusual feature: He built much of it while he was a woman.

A series of charts curated by Mother Jones shows the extent to which companies like Facebook and Google are caving in to the government's requests for user data.

After 18 months of resistance, President Obama announced that he would permit emergency contraception - the "Plan B" morning-after pill - to be sold over the counter to girls and women all ages. He essentially flip flopped, but this one was long overdue.

Since April, North Carolina citizens have gathered at the state capital in Raleigh for “Moral Monday” rallies and acts of civil disobedience to protest the the cruel things Republican legislators are doing to the people of the state. Nearly 400 people have been arrested and now their elected representation is labeling the Gandhi and Dr. King inspired protests as a "circus" of "morons."

With all the moaning and wailing at Fox News and other right-wing media outlets about the supposed unfairness about the phrase “war on women,” you’d think conservative politicians would try to avoid the charge by, you know, not waging it. Or at least laying off it a little. Instead, the opposite is happening.

Sen. Marco Rubio was confronted by ThinkProgress about the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), and seemed inclined to stick with current law, which protects works from being fired in the case of race or gender, but not sexual orientation.

Our opponents have really reached a new low in Ohio. Anti-choice politicians are using the state budget to take essential funds away from low-income women and children and give them to anti-choice "crisis pregnancy centers" (CPCs) instead.

Rick Perry added a sweeping anti-choice bill to the legislature’s agenda: SB 5, filed by state Sen. Glenn Hegar (R-Katy), combines the worst of anti-choice legislators’ proposed abortion bills from the regular session into a nightmarish document that would decimate Texans’ access to safe, legal abortion care.