Em-URGE-ing Voices

Your urgent thoughts, urging action

Posted by Jason T. Frost

People of Color and Women to be Featured on American Money

April 25, 2016

I like money. Money pays my rent and I can trade it for groceries. But more than that, I am interested in money itself. As a histo… Read more »

Posted by Caitlyn Martin

Content Warnings: Compassion, Not Coddling

April 20, 2016

Content warning: rape, sexual assault, violence, self-injury, eating disorders It happens every once in a while, more often than I… Read more »

Posted by Nigel Morton

What the Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill Would Mean for Kansas Students

April 19, 2016

Unfortunately, the Kansas Legislature is still considering HB2737 as a way to legalize transphobia. HB 2737, the Student Physical… Read more »

Posted by Jason T. Frost

Polyamory: The Next Big Court Battle

April 18, 2016

Every primate has a different method of mating, and ever since Darwin first described his theory of evolution, people have been ar… Read more »

Posted by Kristen Barton

Reproductive Justice and the Single Lady

April 15, 2016

My latest read has been “All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation” by Rebecca Traister and it… Read more »

Posted by Carley Towne

Unionizing Workers is Central to the Reproductive Justice Movement

April 14, 2016

Over the past year the Fight for 15 movement has swelled into a national workers rights movement. Today, a movement that began wit… Read more »

Posted by Caitlyn Martin

Alabama’s SB 205: a New Spin on TRAP Laws?

April 13, 2016

As of 2014, Alabama has five abortion clinics.  Today, the House Health Committee is having a public hearing on Senate Bill 205, w… Read more »

Posted by Nigel Morton

Contraception Access and the Zika Virus

April 12, 2016

The recent surfacing of the Zika virus in the Americas highlights the public health concerns caused by restricted access to contra… Read more »

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