The Harm of Anti-Prostitution Loitering Laws
Anti-prostitution loitering laws target poor women of color. Repealing these laws is a first step toward reducing harm and ending a racist, sexist, and transphobic system of sexual policing.
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Black Women and the Black Tax
Responding to institutional neglect, Black women are more likely to provide financial assistance to family members than other groups. What can federal policymakers do to address the Black Tax—a racial and gender wealth gap?
Queer Students of Color and Diversity Mandates in Public Education
In March 2022, Donald Trump told his supporters in South Carolina: “We have no choice, the fate of any nation ultimately depends upon the willingness of its citizens to lay down… their very lives to defend their country.” What ominous threat was he referencing? Diversity mandates in public education, or the specter of critical race theory and LGBTQ history in classrooms.
The Value of Home Healthcare
We’re facing a national labor shortage of home healthcare aides, who tend to the basic needs of millions of Americans. To meet this crisis, we must transform labor conditions in the home healthcare industry
The Religious Network that Made Abortion Safe When it Was Illegal
Prior to Roe, this religious network ran one of the largest abortion referral services in the U.S. Contemporary pro-choice advocates should reanimate their vision of a religious right to safe abortion
Minimizing Harm: Feminist Legal Activism and Abortion
In Ireland, anti-abortion activists used the law to restrict abortion access. Feminist activists must be willing to strategically engage with the law to minimize harm.
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