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We promise to keep telling the stories of legal changemakers fighting for our shared humanity.

US Capitol and White House with judicial gavel, credit Illustration Brandon Celi and Bloomerang

Wednesday June 28, 2023

The story of the openly gay leader of the civil rights movement
Progressive lawyers team up with Jewish leaders to win back abortion rights
An aggressive Supreme Court is reshaping our lives
Clarence Thomas’ latest ruling is a tragedy for criminal justice

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and her husband, Patrick G. Jackson. Credit Demetrius Freeman, The Washington Post

Wednesday June 21, 2023

Her ancestors were slaves, and her husband’s were enslavers. Now, she’s a Supreme Court Justice.
She just became the first Muslim woman federal judge
SCOTUS remembers that racism is still a thing
State Bar wants to disbar lawyer who tried to overturn 2020 election

Kai Shappley speaks at an October 2021 rally in Austin. Credit Jay Janner, Austin American-Statesman

Wednesday June 14, 2023

Time is running out for Justice Roberts
How Alito enabled the explosion of anti-trans laws
The conservative legal movement’s war on LGBTQ people
How to support trans kids

Lina Hidalgo, credit Vogue

Wednesday May 31, 2023

The most powerful progressive is a 32 year Latina judge from Texas
The first ever Black woman was just confirmed to the Eleventh Circuit
SCOTUS’s newest opinion would bring back child labor
Law students say UC Law SF ignored racism complaints

Illustration of SCOTUS building Credit POLITICO illustration, Photo by iStock

Wednesday May 24, 2023

The censorship of diversity is a temper tantrum of white guilt
The fate of affirmative action
SCOTUS is hiding its most importance decisions from you
How the conservative legal movement succeeded beyond their wildest dreams

Protest outside Supreme Court, credit Balls and Strikes

Wednesday May 17, 2023

The end of affirmative action will leave Black patients to suffer
Federal judge has a pointed message about race for the Supreme Court
Angry moms with lawyers vs the conservative legal movement
The most ambitious reparations plan ever proposed