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People of Missouri Accomplish What Its GOP Lawmakers Refused to Do for Nearly 10 Years: Approve Medicaid Expansion

'Groundbreaking Win for Our Movement': Progressive Cori Bush Upsets Rep. Lacy Clay, Ending 50-Year Political Dynasty

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"From the Bronx to St. Louis, the Squad is here to stay, and it's still growing."

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'They Are Executing An Innocent Man!': Final Words of Walter Barton Spark Fresh Demand for End to US Death Penalty

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Walter Barton

"The only way to avoid executing an innocent person is to abolish the death...

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Abortions 'Virtually Halted' in Missouri as Licensing Fight Continues for Last Clinic Providing Procedure

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Pro-choice supporters and staff of Planned Parenthood hold a rally

"No one should be forced out of their home state just to access healthcare...

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Brad Rose looks at rows of soybean plants that show signs of having been affected by Dicamba use on Aug 9, 2017

'Victory for Farmers' as Jury Awards Grower $265 Million in Damages From Drift of Monsanto's Dicamba

Right-Wing 'Review Boards' in Missouri Would Pave Way for Arresting Librarians Over Books Deemed 'Inappropriate'

'Now Let's Do This Everywhere': Kansas City, Missouri Approves Free Public Transit for All

The exterior of a Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center

'Deeply Disturbing': Missouri Health Director Kept Spreadsheet of Planned Parenthood Patients' Menstrual Periods

Pro-choice supporters and staff of Planned Parenthood hold a rally outside the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center in St. Louis, Missouri, May 31, 2019

To Counter Missouri's Attacks on Abortion Care, Planned Parenthood Opens 'Mega-Clinic' in Neighboring Illinois

Refusing to Comply With 'Dehumanizing' Rules Any Longer, Missouri's Last Abortion Clinic Defies Regulators

Black drivers in Missouri are 91 percent more likely to be pulled over by police than white drivers, according to a new report from the state's attorney general.

'Wake-Up Call' Report Shows Black Drivers in Missouri 91 Percent More Likely to Be Pulled Over by Police

Extreme Flooding Across Midwest 'Exactly In Line' With Scientific Warnings of Climate Crisis: Experts

Missouri's Last Abortion Clinic Safe for Now Under Judge's Order, But Fight to Protect Roe 'Far From Over'

'A Public Health Crisis': With Deadline in 48 Hours, Missouri's Last Abortion Clinic Sues GOP Government to Remain Open

Thousands of people attempt to march down Istanbul's famous Istiklal street during a rally for International Women's Day on March 8, 2019.

Abortion Laws in Saudi Arabia More Forgiving Than in Alabama: Report

Reproductive rights advocates

As Republicans Target Roe, New Poll Shows Majority of Americans Don't Want Landmark Ruling Overturned

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We're Not In Kansas Anymore: Stable Genius Strikes Again

Sigh. So there was a Super Bowl. The Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers. With his usual linguistic and geographic acumen, Dear Leader tweeted his congrats to the Chiefs: "You represented the Great State of Kansas and, in fact, the entire USA, so very well." Alas, Kansas City is in Missouri. At some point he (or his lackeys) deleted it. Because he is, as one social media analyst put it, "a stonecold fucking moron," he hasn't learned the Internet is forever. Let us pray he won't be.

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ACLU

ACLU Sues Missouri Over Disastrous Public Defender System

ACLU

Court Finds Mandatory Drug Testing of College Students Unconstitutional

Center for Biological Diversity

Ban Sought on Commercial Trapping of Wild Turtles in Missouri

Advancement Project

Missouri Legislature Passes Bills to Undercut Fundamental Right to Vote

Sierra Club

After EPA Rejection of Weak Missouri Air Pollution Proposal, 600 Missourians Speak Out In Support of Protecting Communities from Dangerous Sulfur Dioxide

ACLU

Federal Trial Begins Over Voting Rights in Ferguson, Missouri

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Robert C. Koehler

The Armed Bureaucracy

Heidi Shierholz

Missourians See 'Right-to-Work' for What It Is: An Assault on Workers

Frank Leon Roberts

The Ferguson Effect: Why Wesley Bell’s Primary Victory in St. Louis Matters

Christopher Brauchli

Missouri and the Death Penalty

Leonard Pitts Jr.

Think Innocent People Are Never Wrongly Convicted?

Jeff Bryant

How Budget Austerity Puts Public School Parents On Par With Criminals

Rinaldo Walcott

After Ferguson: Defend the Dead

Janine Jackson

Michael Brown Had a Father

Carl Finamore

Missing in Action: AFL-CIO Should Be in Ferguson

John Grant

Community or Warzone: Warrior Cops Lose a Round in Missouri