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By CARRIE N. BAKER
Intense political polarization in contemporary American society shapes not only national politics, but local politics as well. It’s happening across partisan boundaries, but also within the left as well as the right. Some people appear to have lost the capacity to disagree without demonizing one another, calling each other names, assuming bad intentions and engaging in character assassination. Examples abound, such as recent personal attacks on social media against Northampton’s mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra; attacks on Amherst school board members that resulted in multiple resignations in 2023; student protesters’ treatment of Smith College’s new president last year; and call outs that led to the cancelation of the 2021 Western Massachusetts Visual Arts and Poetry Biennial.
By CARRIE N. BAKER
In November 2022, a group of anti-abortion doctors and a dentist filed a lawsuit in Amarillo, Texas, challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone in 2000. They asked the court to ban the medication...
By CARRIE N. BAKER
On Friday, Oct. 25, at Gila River Indian Community in Arizona, President Joseph Biden delivered a formal apology on behalf of the United States to an assembly of Native American leaders for the genocidal impact of 150 years of U.S. Indian boarding...
By CARRIE N. BAKER
In elections across the country at all levels, Republicans are furiously backpeddling from their hard-line opposition to reproductive rights. There’s no better example of this than just to our north in New Hampshire.The Republican candidate for...
By CARRIE N. BAKER
Last Thursday, the Massachusetts Legislature passed historic legislation (S2899) allowing the licensure of certified professional midwives in the state for the first time and reducing regulatory barriers to the creation of community birthing centers...
By CARRIE N. BAKER
To know what’s coming if Donald Trump wins the fall election, check out Project 2025, the extreme right’s policy agenda and plan of action for the next Republican president. The Heritage Foundation produced Project 2025 with support from a coalition...
By CARRIE N. BAKER
U.S. presidents have a tremendous influence on our rights. As head of the executive branch, presidents are responsible for enforcing civil rights laws. Democratic presidents reliably strengthen reproductive rights, enhance protections against sexual...
By CARRIE N. BAKER
Over the last several years, in response to abortion bans and restrictions, advocates around the country have developed an alternative supply network for abortion pills outside of the medical system and the law. As a lawyer and law-abiding citizen, I...
By CARRIE N. BAKER
In the wake of growing Republican restrictions on reproductive rights, Democrats in many states are introducing bills to protect access to contraception. In response, Republicans are blocking these bills, going on record as opposed to contraception....
By CARRIE N. BAKER
During the summer after my sophomore year of college, I worked as a waitress in a West Hartford diner. I earned $2.13 an hour plus tips. I had to smile at nasty customers all day long to get the tips I relied on to pay rent for a room at the YWCA in...
By CARRIE N. BAKER
Over 60 percent of Americans support abortion rights, but last year Roe was overturned and 14 states now ban abortions in most circumstances. A president who lost the popular vote by millions appointed three staunch opponents of abortion to the...
By CARRIE N. BAKER
In nations banning abortion across the world, activists have created community support networks facilitating access to abortion pills. In June 2022, when the Supreme Court eliminated constitutional abortion rights in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health...
By CARRIE N. BAKER
Last June, the Supreme Court eliminated our constitutional right to choose for ourselves whether or not to continue a pregnancy, allowing states to force the dangerous and burdensome conditions of pregnancy, labor and delivery on unwilling women,...
By CARRIE N. BAKER
On April 28, Massachusetts CongresswomanAyannaPressley marched at the head of a large group of U.S. House members to the Senate chambers to demand passage of a joint resolution, S.J. Res. 4, to finally recognize the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as the...
By CARRIE N. BAKER
On Jan. 17, prosecutors in Stoughton charged Victor Carter with viciously murdering Amber Buckner, who was stabbed 30 times. Police found her with the handle of a 4-inch knife protruding from her right temple. The next day, prosecutors in Quincy...
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