To donate by check, phone, or other method, see our More Ways to Give page.

×
      LATEST NEWSOPINIONCLIMATEECONOMY POLITICS RIGHTS & JUSTICEWAR & PEACE
      LATEST NEWS
      OPINION

      south carolina

      Demonstrators in Columbia, South Carolina rally for abortion rights

      South Carolina Bill to Execute People Who Have Abortions Gets Support From 21 Republicans

      "Executing women is not fringe GOP," said one human rights lawyer. "It's your horrifically mainstream 'pro life' GOP."

      Julia Conley
      Mar 14, 2023

      A new pro-forced pregnancy proposal in the South Carolina General Assembly that would make people who obtain abortion care eligible for the death penalty was portrayed as coming from the fringes of the Republican Party by one GOP lawmaker—but with 21 state Republicans backing the legislation, critics said the idea is representative of the party's anti-choice agenda.

      Proposed by state Rep. Rob Harris, the South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act of 2023 would amend the state's criminal code to give a zygote, or fertilized egg, "equal protection under the homicide laws of the state"—meaning obtaining an abortion could be punishable by the death penalty.

      Keep ReadingShow Less
      News
      abortion rights
      South Carolina Teen Sues School, Teacher Who Shoved Her Over Pledge of Allegiance Refusal

      South Carolina Teen Sues School, Teacher Who Shoved Her Over Pledge of Allegiance Refusal

      "The thing that's beautiful about America is we have freedoms," said the student's lawyer. "Students in our schools should feel safe."

      Julia Conley
      Mar 10, 2023

      Marissa Barnwell, a 15-year-old high school student in Lexington, South Carolina, was joined by her parents and the family's lawyer on Thursday as they spoke publicly about a federal lawsuit they filed against her school district, the state Department of Education, and a teacher who they say assaulted Barnwell late last year for not reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

      Surveillance footage from River Bluff High School shows Barnwell walking through a school hallway on November 29, 2022 when the pledge began playing over a loudspeaker.

      Keep ReadingShow Less
      News
      Civil Rights
      Tom Steye, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and Pete Buttigieg on a debate stage.

      Biden Intervention in Democratic Primaries Is a Show of Weakness

      Having his way with the Democratic National Committee is a slam dunk because Biden supplies the ball, hires the referees, owns the nets, and controls the concession stands.

      Norman Solomon
      Jan 31, 2023

      When the Democratic National Committee convenes its winter meeting on Thursday in Philadelphia, a key agenda item will be rubber-stamping Joe Biden’s manipulation of next year’s presidential primaries. There’ll be speeches galore, including one by Biden as a prelude to his expected announcement that he’ll seek a second term. The gathering will exude confidence, at least in public. But if Biden were truly confident that Democratic voters want him to be the 2024 nominee, he wouldn’t have intervened in the DNC’s scheduling of early primaries.

      New polling underscores why Biden is so eager to bump New Hampshire from the first-in-the-nation spot that it has held for more than 100 years. In the state, “two-thirds of likely Democratic primary voters don’t want President Joe Biden to seek re-election,” the UNH Survey Center found. “Biden is statistically tied with several 2020 rivals, including Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, all of whom are more personally popular than Biden among likely Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire.”

      Keep ReadingShow Less
      Opinion
      joe biden
      SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER
      Quality journalism. Progressive values. Direct to your inbox.
      Follow Us
      Most Popular

      'The Billionaire Bailout': FDIC Chair Says the Biggest Deposit Accounts at SVB Held $13 Billion

      3 Children, 3 Adults Killed in Shooting at Christian Elementary School in Nashville

      'Noah's Wounds Were Not Survivable': Parents Allow Detailed View of AR-15 Carnage

      Internet Archive to Appeal 'Chilling' Federal Ruling Against Digital Books

      'This Scam Is a Non-Starter': Dems Blast McCarthy's Latest Call for Painful Cuts

      It Is Time to Show the American People Photographs of Children Massacred by Gun Violence

      Biden Urged to Crack Down on 'Terrifying' Use of AI by Medicare Advantage Insurers

      The Rule of Law Being Eviscerated by Republican Judges

      Biden Veto Expected After 4 Senate Dems, Sinema Help GOP Gut Water Protections

      GOP Voters Keep Backing Trump Because He Hates the 'Right' People

      SUPPORT OUR WORK.
      We are independent, non-profit, advertising-free and 100%
      reader supported.