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Community Schools Playbook
Posted on September 12, 2018
Around the country, educators, grassroots organizations, and policymakers are advancing comprehensive community schools as a powerful evidenced-based equity strategy. Together, they’re creating high-performing schools that serve as centers of community life, where educators, families,...
PLI in Rewire on Justice Kennedy’s retirement
Posted on June 29, 2018
Justice Kennedy’s Retirement Could Leave Abortion Rights Up to State Lawmakers Jun 29, 2018 Lauren Holter U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement could mean the end of Roe v. Wade if President Donald Trump holds true...
PLI quoted on Justice Kennedy’s retirement
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Justice Kennedy’s Retirement Could Have Big Implications For Abortion Rights In Texas By ASHLEY LOPEZ • JUN 28, 2018 Abortion rights advocates in Texas say the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy raises the stakes for...
PLI quoted in Rewire about protecting Roe
Posted on March 22, 2018
New York Could Become the Latest State to Solidify ‘Roe’ Protections as Trump Looms by Auditi Guha The New York State Assembly passed the Reproductive Health Act passed last week, the latest step in a nationwide effort by...
PLI quoted in New York Times story on stun cuffs
Posted on March 12, 2018
To Control Inmates, Some Counties Try the Threat of Electric Shock by Jacey Fortin Many of the electric shock devices used by law enforcement are meant to be out of sight, but every once in...
Letter to the Editor in the New York Times
Posted on February 11, 2018
In the Sunday New York Times To the Editor: We should not encourage lawmakers to decide where they stand on critical issues based on political expediency. Yet David Brooks tells Democrats that they should...
Turning the Tables on the Abortion Fight
Posted on February 6, 2018
by Gloria Totten in Common Dreams When it comes to healthcare, it is only women and women’s health that is legislated so forcefully. Forty five years after the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision...
45 Years After ‘Roe’: How to Turn Resistance Into Victory
Posted on January 22, 2018
Rewire by Gloria Totten The momentum from the Women’s March can’t stop on Election Day. As I stood in the middle of Boston Common last year, taking part in one of many Women’s March...
Lawmakers in 25 States Join Nationwide Effort to Protect Roe v. Wade
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Common Dreams Abortion rights advocates commemorate the 45th Anniversary of the Roe decision WASHINGTON – Lawmakers from 25 states and 3 localities have joined together to introduce proactive legislation to protect women’s fundamental right...
The Untold Story of the Roe v. Wade Anniversary
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OurFuture and Common Dreams by Gloria Totten Today – January 22 – is the 45th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, which recognized abortion as a constitutional right. This year, as in...