Organizers in Indigenous areas face barriers like historic disenfranchisement and physical distance between would-be voters. In Arizona, one native outreach organization is drawing on the power of its own community members.
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100 years ago, US citizenship for Native Americans came without voting rights in swing states
It’s been a century now since an act of Congress granted citizenship to Native Americans, but advocates say that the right bestowed in 1924 still hasn’t translated into equal access to the ballot.
Queer doulas make childbirth safer for Black, brown, and LGBTQ+ people, but barriers remain
Queer doulas make childbirth safer for Black, brown, and LGBTQ+ people, but barriers remain. Here’s what you need to know.
Fears about far-right future of Supreme Court grow amid Alito flag controversy
Advocacy groups and lawmakers worry that unchecked bias and a potential second Trump term could greenlight more Supreme Court decisions aligned with far-right interests.
Meet the Gen Z candidate taking on one of Arizona’s most MAGA Republicans
Failure to address gun violence and support for Arizona’s total abortion ban has put Rogers in Gen Z’s crosshairs.
Senate Democrats will hold a vote on birth control protections in June
The Right to Contraception Act would protect access to birth control nationwide as many reproductive rights advocates worry that contraceptive access will be Republicans’ next target after they successfully helped overturn Roe v. Wade.
Here’s every school board seat up for grabs in Pima County this November
Nearly 50 school board seats are up for grabs in Pima County in this year’s November election.
OPINION: What we can do to fight back and slow the attacks against women this November
This is part six in a series on the increase in violence against women since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and the future of abortion care and emergency medical treatment in the United States. Read part one here. By the definition we have laid...
Trump: ‘We’re looking at’ restricting birth control
Former president Donald Trump said he was looking at the possibility of restricting access to birth control, but also alluded to a state-by-state approach to limiting contraception access.
Here’s every school board seat up for grabs in Maricopa County this November
Nearly 170 school board seats are up for grabs in Maricopa County in this year’s November election.
OPINION: Forcing women to deliver a dead fetus is anything but dignified
xplore the harsh realities and consequences of abortion bans in the US, where women are forced to endure traumatic pregnancies.
Gallego, Biden engage Arizona Latinos in person while Republican outreach offices are still closed
A Cricket Wireless now stands where the much-touted Hispanic Community Center had its short-lived presence in south Phoenix.
Some Arizona women rely on IVF for family planning, and they don’t trust local Republicans to keep that right
Tricia Crismon and Debbie Freeman of Arizona used IVF to have children, and both fear that right could be taken away.
Opinion: Trump has shown he can’t keep Americans safe. In a second term, that could be disastrous.
From his failed response to COVID-19 to his role in the overturning Roe v. Wade to his new economic agenda that could cause job losses and price hikes, Donald Trump has proven he can’t protect Americans, writes Chris Edelson.
GOP House speaker punishes fellow lawmakers for hosting educational drag story hour at AZ Capitol
Arizona’s Republican House speaker banned Democrats from using conference rooms after a lawmaker hosted a scheduled, adults-only, educational drag story hour.
VIDEO: Hundreds show up in Scottsdale to support reproductive rights
@coppercourier Days after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled to enforce a long-dormant law that bans nearly all abortions, hundreds took part in a pro-abortion rights rally in Scottsdale and Camelback on Sunday. Did you attend any rallies this past weekend? 📹 ABC15.COM...
Roaming billboard targets Rep. Schweikert’s votes that ‘could outlaw IVF’
US House Republicans released a budget proposal with a hidden abortion ban, similar to Arizona’s, that would make fertility clinics targets for wrongful death lawsuits.
Planned Parenthood now offering male birth control in Phoenix
Planned Parenthood Arizona is now offering vasectomies in Phoenix for the first time in a decade.
WATCH: Republican lawmaker invites prayer group to speak in tongues at Arizona Capitol
State Sen. Anthony Kern escorted a religious group to the senate floor Monday morning and led them in prayer, where he asked for divine intervention in legislative matters as those around him spoke in tongues. “Let is be so, father God,” Kern said. “Lord right...
Arizona Labor unions host successful citizenship fair, with more in the works
The local painter’s union hall in Phoenix was filled with volunteers, immigration lawyers, and applicants for naturalization.
Far-right groups push to limit IVF access
Groups like the Heritage Foundation are trying to take a “back-door” approach to restricting access to IVF by pushing for strict regulations that chip away at the ability of providers and patients to complete treatment.
How Arizona could soon have an IVF court ruling like Alabama’s
With Roe overturned, Arizona’s legal definition of when life begins could now include unused frozen embryos as victims in wrongful death lawsuits.
George Santos’ former treasurer running attack ads in Arizona with Dem-sounding PAC name
The Republican operative bought airtime under an unregistered PAC named “Turn AZ Blue” to run attack ads against Marlene Galán-Woods in a hotly-contested Democratic primary.
Strapped for cash, Trump reportedly abandons planned Arizona trip to save money
Trump hasn’t visited Arizona since 2022, and has left a trail of unpaid bills from venues across the state totaling $150,000 since 2016.
Opinion: Arizona needs to protect access to contraception
“Without Roe, access to contraception is needed more than ever, and protecting that access shouldn’t even be a question,” Gilbert residnet Lori Ament writes in an op-ed.
Biden issues executive order to improve women’s health research
The order directs federal agencies to ensure that they are using federal funds to research diseases and health conditions that disproportionately affect women, and requires them to report their investments in women’s health research annually.
Arizona Republicans say they support IVF, but their records suggest otherwise
Washington longtimers like Rep. David Schweikert and perennial candidates like Kari Lake have one thing in common: their policies would effectively end family planning healthcare like IVF and abortions.
Senate hopeful Kari Lake mingles with D.C. lobbyists despite anti-establishment rhetoric
Lake spent last week in Washington D.C., where she mingled with lobbyists, appeared at a glitzy fundraiser for her campaign, and met with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Families of transgender students dispel myths and fears that fuel anti-trans laws
Two other Republican-introduced bills “based in fear and a caricature” of transgender students make their way through the legislature.
Milestones in women’s history from the year you were born
Stacker dug through historical records and selected inspirational or important moments in women’s history every year from 1919 to 2022.