Roe V Wade
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Gaza and the US elections: Harris is a flawed but better alternative to Trump
Ultimately, a vote for Harris is a vote against the extremism and corruption of Trump, but it is not necessarily a vote for a more just or ethical foreign policy
In the US, 2022 was a year of right-wing attacks. What lies ahead?
It’s a rocky road to a functional democratic future for the United States, but fighting injustice is a long-term task
What African feminist movements are up against in 2023
Emboldened by the overturning of Roe v Wade, Western conservative movements are dialling up their Africa campaigns. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
WATCH: Could new abortion rules in the US affect the world’s biggest state HIV fund?
The US government has appointed the first African head of its Aids fund, Pepfar. John Nkengasong, a Cameroonian virologist
Democracy under serious and sustained attack from within the US
Far-right Republicans and the conservative supreme court are working on a carefully laid plan to turn the US into a repressive regime
Is the US supreme court bent on doing harm?
Two recent rulings by America’s apex court are profoundly troubling
Banning abortion criminalises femininity as it does race and poverty
Unpacking the reversal of Roe v Wade and the ruling in Dobbs v Jackson reveals a pushback against gains made by women
No good will come of overturning Roe v Wade
The US supreme court’s ruling on landmark abortion case will be felt most keenly by women