Texas is now home to one of the country’s most restrictive abortion laws. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill banning abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, before many know they are pregnant. The law also only allows exceptions for medical emergencies, but not for rape or …
Read More »Flashback: Hustler Scores First Amendment Win Against Jerry Falwell
In the 1980s, few figures loomed larger – or exerted greater influence – on the national stage than televangelist Jerry Falwell. Under Falwell’s stewardship, the Moral Majority political organization counterpunched the previous decade’s progressive strides, mobilizing various evangelical and rightwing Christian groups into a potent, unified conservative political force. The …
Read More »More Than 70 Science and Climate Journalists Challenge Supreme Court Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett
The following op-ed has been signed by dozens of leading climate and science journalists, listed below. We are science and climate journalists. We are researchers and weavers of information, creating a fabric that explains the work of scientists who themselves are working to describe our natural world and universe. We …
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