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Playing Devil’s Advocate: The Satanic Temple’s Lessons for the Left
“One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone. Beliefs should conform to one’s best scientific understanding of the world....
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May 1, 20235 min read


Brown, Bodies, Battles: Abortion Activism on College Campuses
When the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision was released on June 24, the stories on my Instagram feed were inundated...
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Mar 6, 20234 min read


Hyding in Plain Sight
“I’m not going to be able to do anything more… this is my only option,” a single working-mother of three told a phone counselor at the...
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Feb 27, 20236 min read


The Battle for Abortion Access will be Fought Locally
A year ago, living in a country without the right to an abortion felt more like a conservative pipe dream than a material possibility....
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Feb 16, 20234 min read


Handkerchiefs for Hope
In Buenos Aires, a crowd of protestors dressed in green gathered in the Plaza de Mayo to patiently await the decision of the Argentinian...
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Jan 13, 20235 min read


On Dobbs: It’s Time for White Feminists to Show They Care About More Than Themselves
The future isn’t female anymore. Or so says the widely circulated New York Times article written by Michelle Goldberg in which she...
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Oct 31, 20225 min read


Decrepit Democracy: The Wretched and the Damned
Last month, a project 50 years in the making near-reached completion, and there were tears of outrage and tears of joy. On May 2,...
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Jun 8, 20226 min read


A Rabbi’s View on the Political Landscape: An Interview with Rabbi Preston Neimeiser
*This interview is the first installment of BPR’s latest series, Faith in Politics, which highlights the viewpoints of different...
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Dec 3, 20214 min read


The Future of the Republican Party: An Interview with Michael Steele
Michael Steele made history as the first African American Lieutenant Governor of Maryland (2003) and chairperson of the Republican...
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Jun 14, 20219 min read


Catholicism and White Supremacy: How These Unlikely Allies Set the Stage for Poland’s Staunch Aborti
On Wednesday, January 27, the Polish government enacted a near-total ban on abortion with exceptions only for fetal abnormalities, rape,...
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Mar 14, 20215 min read


Power to the States: Preparing for a Post-Roe America
On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court issued one of the most consequential decisions of the century: Roe v. Wade. Crafting an argument...
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Nov 1, 20186 min read


Lahren Wrongful Termination Lawsuit Questions Media, Free Speech
Last month, outspoken conservative political pundit Tomi Lahren went on the morning talk show The View. To the surprise of many, Lahren...
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May 15, 20175 min read


BPR Interviews: Cecile Richards
Cecile Richards is the President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Before joining...
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May 12, 20164 min read


Zika and the Abortion Rights Debate
What happens when a country without legal abortion tells women not to get pregnant? This was the question many asked when government...
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Mar 18, 20165 min read


The American Disconnection with the Supreme Court
This spring, the Supreme Court will hear its first major abortion case since 2007. The case was brought by several abortion providers and...
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Dec 5, 20155 min read


Regulating Reproduction: Embryo Custody Versus Abortion
Thecase centered on Dr. Mimi C. Lee and Stephen Findley, her ex-husband. Before their wedding, Lee was diagnosed with breast cancer and...
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Dec 5, 20155 min read


Winning With No One: Social Conservatism in an Age of Low Turnout
In June of 2015, when the Supreme Court finally legalized same-sex marriage, many activists began celebrating the end of the culture...
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Dec 3, 20155 min read


The Racial Right: The Racist Origins of the Christian Right Wing
In the winter of 2011, onlookers at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Watts Street in New York City looked up and saw the face of a troubled...
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Oct 24, 20154 min read


BPR Interviews: John Hudak
John Hudak is a fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is an expert in campaigns, elections and presidential...
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May 5, 20154 min read


Reproductive Rights in Post-Communist Poland
Before the fall of the iron curtain, the communist bloc in Europe, with the exception of Romania, held surprisingly liberal abortion...
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Jan 26, 20155 min read
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