The Missionary Movement to ‘Save’ Black Babies

Akiba Solomon writes for Colorlines: “Last December, Care Net—the nation’s largest network of evangelical Christian crisis pregnancy centers—featured a birth announcement of sorts on the website of its 10-year-old Urban Initiative. Under the headline, ‘P…

Conservatives Warn Of AARP’s Support For ‘Homosexual Agenda’

Zack Ford writes for ThinkProgress: “AARP strives to serve the interests of all people over the age of 50, and that includes members of the LGBT community. The organization has a webpage dedicated to AARP Pride, with resources related to issues like marr…

Former employee files Title IX retaliation suit against Yale

Cynthia Hua writes for The Yale Daily News: “Former security education coordinator for the Yale Police Department Susan Burhans filed a suit against Yale on Friday afternoon, alleging that her attempts to notify administrators of the University’s noncomp…

Men Step Up to Support Women’s Rights and Fight Violence … Stars and Regular Guys Say They Are Ready to Show Up

Eleanor J. Bader writes for AlterNet: “In the immediate aftermath of the Steubenville, Ohio rape trial, many men, both prominent and not, spoke out against sexism, misogyny and what has become known as ‘rape culture.'”

El Salvadorian Woman Is Dying Because She’s Been Denied The Abortion That Would Save Her Life

Tara Culp-Ressler writes at ThinkProgress: “Beatriz, a 22-year old El Salvadorian woman who is identified in the press only by her first name, is dying. She suffers from lupus, a chronic auto-immune disease that causes body’s immune system to destroy its…