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The executive director of pro-choice Frontera Fund discusses the ramifications of the loss of abortion rights in Texas, and the challenges that lay ahead for the state and the the country. Zaena also gives Alicia insight into what it takes to keep abortion care at the forefront of the national healthcare movement.Follow Zaena and Frontera Fund on instagram @fronterafundrgv. If you loved this episode, listen to For Sociologist Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve Getting Latinos to Care about Justice Reform Is Personal and Why Actress Selenis Leyva and Her Sister, Trans Activist Marizol Leyva, Are Closer Than Ever. Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!

“Chaos.” “Confusion.” Ever since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, doctors, activists and abortion-seekers have had to navigate a new reality for reproductive care. It's made finding care in states like Texas, with a near-total ban on abortions, especially challenging. As the US prepares for an election, the Biden campaign has vowed to restore abortion rights. Can it? In this episode:  Dr. Jessica Rubino, Family Medicine Physician Specializing in Abortion Care Holly Bowles, Director, Sexual Assault Victim Advocacy at SAFE Alliance (@SAFEatx) Cathy Torres (@_cathythebaddie), Organizing Manager at Frontera Fund (@fronterafundgrv) Amanda Becker (@AmandaBecker), 19th News Washington Correspondent  Episode credits: This episode was produced by Sonia Bhagat, with Amy Walters, Chloe K. Li and our host, Malika Bilal. Miranda Lin fact-checked this episode. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer. Alexandra Locke is The Take's executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio. Connect with us: @AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Threads and YouTube

We travel to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, where abortion bans intersect with immigration policy. And our team crosses the border into Mexico to buy something you can't get in Texas: abortion pills.  Learn more about Frontera Fund at https://fronterafundrgv.org/.  Learn more about the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health at https://www.latinainstitute.org/.  To learn more about all the organizations featured in The Defenders, visit: https://lemonadamedia.com/the-defenders-resource-page/ Share your thoughts on The Defenders! To help us keep creating great content, please take our short listener survey at bit.ly/thedefenderssurvey Gloria Riviera and Samantha Bee are our hosts. Muna Danish is our supervising producer. Lisa Phu is our producer. Isaura Aceves and Tony Williams are our associate producers. Ivan Kuraev and Natasha Jacobs are our audio engineers. Music by Hannis Brown with additional music by Natasha Jacobs. Story editing by Jackie Danziger, our VP of Narrative Content. Fact-checking by Naomi Barr. Executive producers are Jessica Cordova Kramer and Stephanie Wittels Wachs  This series is supported by Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Levi Strauss Foundation. Follow The Defenders wherever you get your podcasts, or listen ad-free on Amazon Music with your Prime Membership. You can also get premium content and behind the scenes material by subscribing to Lemonada Premium on Apple Podcasts.  Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.  Want to become a Lemonada superfan? Join us at joinsubtext.com/lemonadasuperfan.   Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this and all other Lemonada series: lemonadamedia.com/sponsors. To follow along with a transcript, go to lemonadamedia.com/show/ shortly after the air date.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The second of our two podcast episodes marking the first year beyond the fall of Roe v Wade focuses on efforts in one of Texas' most politically and culturally important regions: the Rio Grande Valley. We're proud to welcome Cathy Torres, Organizing Manager of Frontera Fund, and Laura Terrill, CEO of Planned Parenthood South Texas, two terrific orgs dedicated to providing medical, financial and emotional support to RGV residents in need of reproductive care. The Miscarriage and Abortion Hotline referenced in this episode is (833) 246-2632, and there's more on this important resource at https://www.mahotline.org/. Learn more about Frontera Fund at https://fronterafundrgv.org/, and learn more about Planned Parenthood of South Texas at https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-south-texas. Thanks as always for listening! Learn more about Progress Texas and how YOU can become part of our mission via your financial support at https://progresstexas.org/.

This is the first of two podcasts episodes marking one year since the Dobbs decision, by which the Trump-stacked United States Supreme Court wiped away decades of precedent with the Roe V Wade decision that guaranteed the Constitutional right to an abortion for all Americans. That year has seen the redoubling of efforts by abortion rights organizations across the country to regain those rights and more, including Planned Parenthood Texas Votes, who held a terrific live event last weekend at The Cathedral, a beautiful space in East Austin. This episode presents that event, featuring Wendy Davis, State Rep. Donna Howard and more - all standing firm in the fight for the freedom for ALL of us to maintain control over our bodies and our destinies. Watch for part two, a discussion with representatives of the Frontera Fund and Planned Parenthood of the Rio Grande Valley, for a closer look at what's happening on the abortion rights front in that very important part of Texas, in the next couple of days. Learn more about Planned Parenthood Texas Votes at https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/planned-parenthood-texas-votes/leadership-team. And, there's still time to support Progress Texas in our June membership drive! Learn more at https://progresstexas.org/donate.

As states in the US move to restrict abortion following the overturn of Roe v Wade, pro-choice activists, are moving just as fast in designing creative ways to ensure abortion access for all. In the Rio Grande Valley, we follow local organizers as they package emergency contraception for residents and form new coalitions to guarantee access across a large state with few resources. In Arizona, we follow Natacha Chavez, the granddaughter of Cesar Chavez, who is working to codify abortion rights protections in her state. In Kansas, community leaders galvanize voters to oppose a ballot amendment that would ban abortion. Grassroots organizers across the country continue to mobilize by activating their communities in any way they can - pushing back against bans and innovating. Visit CTLpod.com to find out more about the podcast, resources for abortion care, and information on how you can take action.Special thanks to South Texans for Reproductive Justice; Frontera Fund, Rockie Gonzalez, and the R.E.D. Moon Project; Representative Sharice Davids, Kansans for Constitutional Freedom, Emily Wales and the team at Planned Parenthood Great Plains, Susan Martin and Adam Mclain, Natacha Chavez and Amelia; and Rachel Fey and the team at Power to Decide. Some names and voices were changed to protect identities. Special thanks to all those who have shared their stories with us.Go to AbortionFinder.org to get up-to-date information on where to access an abortion. Go to Plan C Pills to learn how to access abortion pills. Explore National Abortion Funds to inquire about funding support and Planned Parenthood's Ban Off our Bodies to get involved.This podcast is brought to you by Population Media Center. Executive Producers are Lisa Caruso and Alex Demyanenko, with Co-Producer Kathleen Bedoya and Associate Producer Dominica Ruelas. This episode was field produced by Ron Fent, Joanna Friedman, and Eric Vasquez. Edited by Bruno Falcon with production services provided by Pidge Productions. Production coordination is by June Neely. Charity Tooze leads impact strategy. The narration is read by Tatiana St. Phard. Original music is composed by Valeri Ortiz.

Episode Five is the final episode of the Operation Save Abortion! Thanks for listening and for making a commitment to learn more, act more, fund more, and raise hell more in this fight for abortion and bodily autonomy. This is NOT a pod series you listen to while cleaning out your closet. It's about listening with friends and utilizing the activity and discussion guide designed for each episode to deepen your knowledge. The goal is helping you discover which part of abortion activism is right for you, so you can help build and grow community.  Each of the five episodes feature amazing experts from the reproductive health, rights, and justice movements who show us the opportunities available.  Before you get into episode five, first listen to Episode 1. It's your “Reproductive Justice 101” crash course. Abortion activism is just one part of this intersectional movement, so our first episode is designed to help ground your experience throughout this series and overall abortion advocacy in a Reproductive Justice Framework, reminding us to center those most most effected by these harmful laws, and by following Black, Brown and Indigenous leadership as we fight for bodily autonomy. Episode fiive covers our favorite things about abortion activism, DIRECT ACTION! There's no movement without folks who take to the streets, the statehouses, and anywhere we can raise awareness and raise hell. Throughout this episode, folks who brilliantly use art, comedy, rage, and creative actions tell you ways to expose or confront oppressors, and to educate and reframe the abortion narrative. So, take notes and use these dope activists as inspiration on how you can fight for abortion and bodily autonomy in these reproductive streets.  LET'S WORK! Questions? info@operationsaveabortion.com.  English transcript available HERE. Spanish transcript available HERE.  SPECIAL GUESTS: Moderator: Lizz Winstead, Abortion Access Front / IG + TW: @lizzwinstead Viva Ruiz, Thank God For Abortion / IG: @thankgodforabortion TW: @TGFAbortion Molly Gaebe,Abortion Access Front / IG + TW: @AbortionFront Niharika Rao, NYC For Abortion Rights / IG: @nycforabortionrights TW: @nycforabortion Rockie Gonzalez, Frontera Fund & Austin Justice Coalition / IG: @fronterafundrgv & @austinjusticecoalition TW: @LaFronteraFund @ATXJustice Erin Jorgenson, Shout Your Abortion / IG: @Shoutyourabortion TW: @Shoutyrabortion EPISODE LINKS: Direct Action Photos 1 and 2 (Erin) Direct Action Photos 3 and 4 (Rockie) Direct Action Photo 5 (Viva) Direct Action Photo 6 (Niharika) Direct Action Photo 7 (Molly) Operation Save Abortion Activity Guide [English] Operation Save Abortion Activity Guide [Español] Activist Toolkit Operation Save Abortion Website and Activist Calendar Get Vetted Find A Clinic: Text ‘Hello' to 202-883-4620 / INeedAnA FOLLOW US: Listen to us ~ FBK Podcast Insta/Twitter/FB ~ @AbortionFront TikTok ~ AbortionAF YouTube ~ @AbortionAccessFront PATREON HERE! Support our work, get stuff!  DONATE TO AAF HERE! VOLUNTEER HERE! ADOPT-A-CLINIC HERE! EXPOSE FAKE CLINICS HERE!

Welcome to Episode Four of Operation Save Abortion! Thanks for committing to listening to this pod series and for making a commitment to learn more, act more, fund more, and raise hell more in this fight for abortion and bodily autonomy. This is NOT a pod series you listen to while cleaning out your closet. It's about listening with friends and utilizing the activity and discussion guide designed for each episode to deepen your knowledge. The goal is helping you discover which part of abortion activism is right for you, so you can help build and grow community.  Each of the five episodes features amazing experts from the reproductive health, rights, and justice movements who share the opportunities available for us to show up and show out.  Before you get into episode Four, listen to Episode 1 if you haven't already. It is pretty much your “Reproductive Justice 101” crash course. Abortion activism is just one part of this intersectional movement, so this first episode is designed to help ground your experience throughout this series and overall abortion advocacy in a Reproductive Justice Framework, making sure to center those most most affected by these harmful laws, and by following Black, Brown and Indigenous leadership as we fight for bodily autonomy. We know all that rage in you is just yelling, “abortion bans are f**king trash!” So, we put together Episode 4 as a guide on how to turn this rage into much needed legislative advocacy. This next episode covers the challenges we are facing legislatively and what you can do about it! Our panel is going to introduce you to ways you can help get these old ass abortion laws off the books, help folks who face criminalization for pregnancy outcomes, and how to actually say some game-changing shit to those in legislature. You're going to leave this episode learning how to organize against these bans and you're going to hear about the wins folks have accomplished and the steps they took to get them! LET'S WORK! Questions? info@operationsaveabortion.com.  English transcript available HERE. Spanish transcript available HERE.  SPECIAL GUESTS: Moderator: Moji Alawode-El, Abortion Access Front / IG + TW: @AbortionFront Aurea Bolaños Perea, COLOR Latina / IG: @color_latina TW: @colorlatina Jessica González-Rojas, NYS Assemblywoman / IG + TW: @voteJGR Rockie Gonzalez, Frontera Fund & Austin Justice Coalition / IG: @fronterafundrgv & @austinjusticecoalition TW: @LaFronteraFund @ATXJustice Arpita Appannagari, National Institute For Reproductive Health / TW: @nirhealth EPISODE LINKS: Operation Save Abortion Activity Guide [English] Operation Save Abortion Activity Guide [Español] Activist Toolkit Operation Save Abortion Website and Activist Calendar Get Vetted Finding a clinic: Text ‘Hello' to 202-883-4620 or INeedAnA FOLLOW US: Listen to us ~ FBK Podcast Insta/Twitter/FB ~ @AbortionFront TikTok ~ AbortionAF YouTube ~ @AbortionAccessFront PATREON HERE! Support our work, get exclusive merch and more!  DONATE TO AAF HERE! VOLUNTEER HERE! ADOPT-A-CLINIC HERE! EXPOSE FAKE CLINICS HERE!

Episode Five is the final episode of the Operation Save Abortion! Thanks for listening and for making a commitment to learn more, act more, fund more, and raise hell more in this fight for abortion and bodily autonomy. This is NOT a pod series you listen to while cleaning out your closet. It's about listening with friends and utilizing the activity and discussion guide designed for each episode to deepen your knowledge. The goal is helping you discover which part of abortion activism is right for you, so you can help build and grow community.  Each of the five episodes feature amazing experts from the reproductive health, rights, and justice movements who show us the opportunities available.  Before you get into episode five, first listen to Episode 1. It's your “Reproductive Justice 101” crash course. Abortion activism is just one part of this intersectional movement, so our first episode is designed to help ground your experience throughout this series and overall abortion advocacy in a Reproductive Justice Framework, reminding us to center those most most effected by these harmful laws, and by following Black, Brown and Indigenous leadership as we fight for bodily autonomy. Episode fiive covers our favorite things about abortion activism, DIRECT ACTION! There's no movement without folks who take to the streets, the statehouses, and anywhere we can raise awareness and raise hell. Throughout this episode, folks who brilliantly use art, comedy, rage, and creative actions tell you ways to expose or confront oppressors, and to educate and reframe the abortion narrative. So, take notes and use these dope activists as inspiration on how you can fight for abortion and bodily autonomy in these reproductive streets.  LET'S WORK! Questions? info@operationsaveabortion.com.  English transcript available HERE. Spanish transcript available HERE.  SPECIAL GUESTS: Moderator: Lizz Winstead, Abortion Access Front / IG + TW: @lizzwinstead Viva Ruiz, Thank God For Abortion / IG: @thankgodforabortion TW: @TGFAbortion Molly Gaebe,Abortion Access Front / IG + TW: @AbortionFront Niharika Rao, NYC For Abortion Rights / IG: @nycforabortionrights TW: @nycforabortion Rockie Gonzalez, Frontera Fund & Austin Justice Coalition / IG: @fronterafundrgv & @austinjusticecoalition TW: @LaFronteraFund @ATXJustice Erin Jorgenson, Shout Your Abortion / IG: @Shoutyourabortion TW: @Shoutyrabortion EPISODE LINKS: Direct Action Photos 1 and 2 (Erin) Direct Action Photos 3 and 4 (Rockie) Direct Action Photo 5 (Viva) Direct Action Photo 6 (Niharika) Direct Action Photo 7 (Molly) Operation Save Abortion Activity Guide [English] Operation Save Abortion Activity Guide [Español] Activist Toolkit Operation Save Abortion Website and Activist Calendar Get Vetted Find A Clinic: Text ‘Hello' to 202-883-4620 / INeedAnA FOLLOW US: Listen to us ~ FBK Podcast Insta/Twitter/FB ~ @AbortionFront TikTok ~ AbortionAF YouTube ~ @AbortionAccessFront PATREON HERE! Support our work, get stuff!  DONATE TO AAF HERE! VOLUNTEER HERE! ADOPT-A-CLINIC HERE! EXPOSE FAKE CLINICS HERE!

Welcome to Episode Four of Operation Save Abortion! Thanks for committing to listening to this pod series and for making a commitment to learn more, act more, fund more, and raise hell more in this fight for abortion and bodily autonomy. This is NOT a pod series you listen to while cleaning out your closet. It's about listening with friends and utilizing the activity and discussion guide designed for each episode to deepen your knowledge. The goal is helping you discover which part of abortion activism is right for you, so you can help build and grow community.  Each of the five episodes features amazing experts from the reproductive health, rights, and justice movements who share the opportunities available for us to show up and show out.  Before you get into episode Four, listen to Episode 1 if you haven't already. It is pretty much your “Reproductive Justice 101” crash course. Abortion activism is just one part of this intersectional movement, so this first episode is designed to help ground your experience throughout this series and overall abortion advocacy in a Reproductive Justice Framework, making sure to center those most most affected by these harmful laws, and by following Black, Brown and Indigenous leadership as we fight for bodily autonomy. We know all that rage in you is just yelling, “abortion bans are f**king trash!” So, we put together Episode 4 as a guide on how to turn this rage into much needed legislative advocacy. This next episode covers the challenges we are facing legislatively and what you can do about it! Our panel is going to introduce you to ways you can help get these old ass abortion laws off the books, help folks who face criminalization for pregnancy outcomes, and how to actually say some game-changing shit to those in legislature. You're going to leave this episode learning how to organize against these bans and you're going to hear about the wins folks have accomplished and the steps they took to get them! LET'S WORK! Questions? info@operationsaveabortion.com.  English transcript available HERE. Spanish transcript available HERE.  SPECIAL GUESTS: Moderator: Moji Alawode-El, Abortion Access Front / IG + TW: @AbortionFront Aurea Bolaños Perea, COLOR Latina / IG: @color_latina TW: @colorlatina Jessica González-Rojas, NYS Assemblywoman / IG + TW: @voteJGR Rockie Gonzalez, Frontera Fund & Austin Justice Coalition / IG: @fronterafundrgv & @austinjusticecoalition TW: @LaFronteraFund @ATXJustice Arpita Appannagari, National Institute For Reproductive Health / TW: @nirhealth EPISODE LINKS: Operation Save Abortion Activity Guide [English] Operation Save Abortion Activity Guide [Español] Activist Toolkit Operation Save Abortion Website and Activist Calendar Get Vetted Finding a clinic: Text ‘Hello' to 202-883-4620 or INeedAnA FOLLOW US: Listen to us ~ FBK Podcast Insta/Twitter/FB ~ @AbortionFront TikTok ~ AbortionAF YouTube ~ @AbortionAccessFront PATREON HERE! Support our work, get exclusive merch and more!  DONATE TO AAF HERE! VOLUNTEER HERE! ADOPT-A-CLINIC HERE! EXPOSE FAKE CLINICS HERE!

“Feminist Buzzkills Live!” The Abortion Access Front Podcast is here with episode 17 and we're bringing you ALL the information on the latest anti-abortion BS. From Lizelle Herrera's case in Texas, to Idaho, NOklahoma, and fetus-powered cities – the Buzzkills are serving y'all our weekly brew of rage-filled tea with a side of f*cking hilarious comedy.  We've got Cathy Torres, the organizing manager of Frontera Fund, here to chat about the criminalization of pregnancy & Lizelle Herrera, the Texan ARRESTED for her pregnancy outcome. Along with other TX-based orgs, Frontera Fund showed the f*ck up for Lizelle and aided in securing her release. PLUS if that isn't dope enough, we've also got comedian & writer, Beth Stelling, hopping in the mix! We're chatting with her about her projects, feelings on abortion, and so much more.  Follow @AbortionFront on all socials – we'll keep you one step ahead of the garbage womb raiders trying to seize your bodily autonomy. ‘Cause you know us, when BS is poppin', we pop off! HOSTS: Lizz Winstead @LizzWinstead Moji Alawode-El @MojiLocks Marie Khan @MjKhan  SPECIAL GUESTS: Cathy Torres Beth Stelling @BethStelling EPISODE LINKS: Frontera Fund @LaFronteraFund (TW) / @FronteraFundRGV (IG) DONATE to Frontera Fund DONATE to Lizelle Herrera's legal defense & economic relief fund Beth Stelling: Girl Daddy on HBOMax Beth Stelling Website Oklahoma Story – TikTok #FETUSGATE Update – TikTok Midwest Access Coalition / @midwestaccess (TW) @midwest_access_coalition (IG)  FOLLOW US: Listen to us ~ FBK Podcast Instagram ~ @AbortionFront Twitter ~ @AbortionFront TikTok ~ AbortionAF Facebook ~ @AbortionFront YouTube ~ @AbortionAccessFront DONATE HERE! VOLUNTEER WITH US HERE! ADOPT-A-CLINIC + WISHLIST HERE! HYPOCRITES UNMASKED HERE! EXPOSE FAKE CLINICS HERE! See you next week! FBK Pod ~ Fridays at 6PM ET When BS is poppin', we pop off!

Last week, the Texas Supreme Court handed down a decision: Abortion providers can no longer sue state medical licensing offiicials to challenge Texas' six-week abortion ban. Senate Bill 8, as it's known, went into effect six months ago with ongoing legal battles in local, state and federal courtrooms. As abortion access is further restricted in the state, abortion rights advocates are doing everything they can to continue their work – including flying women out of state to get care – while navigating geographic constraints at the southern border. Guest: Cathy Torres, organizing manager for Frontera Fund, an abortion fund for the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you'll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last week, the Texas Supreme Court handed down a decision: Abortion providers can no longer sue state medical licensing offiicials to challenge Texas' six-week abortion ban. Senate Bill 8, as it's known, went into effect six months ago with ongoing legal battles in local, state and federal courtrooms. As abortion access is further restricted in the state, abortion rights advocates are doing everything they can to continue their work – including flying women out of state to get care – while navigating geographic constraints at the southern border. Guest: Cathy Torres, organizing manager for Frontera Fund, an abortion fund for the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you'll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last week, the Texas Supreme Court handed down a decision: Abortion providers can no longer sue state medical licensing offiicials to challenge Texas' six-week abortion ban. Senate Bill 8, as it's known, went into effect six months ago with ongoing legal battles in local, state and federal courtrooms. As abortion access is further restricted in the state, abortion rights advocates are doing everything they can to continue their work – including flying women out of state to get care – while navigating geographic constraints at the southern border. Guest: Cathy Torres, organizing manager for Frontera Fund, an abortion fund for the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you'll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've heard a lot about the hypothetical harm of Texas' incredibly restrictive abortion bill, SB8, and how it is a glimpse into a post-Roe future. But we wanted to talk to someone on the ground in Texas who is seeing firsthand the impact this bill is having on Texans seeking abortions. We're joined on the podcast today by Zaena Zamora, Executive Director of the Frontera Fund. The Frontera Fund makes abortion accessible to people in the Rio Grande Valley (an area on the US-Mexico border in the southernmost part of Texas) by providing financial and practical support to people seeking abortion.    Zaena talks about the lengths that Texans now have to go to in order to seek abortion, and the skyrocketing cost of providing financial assistance in a time when most of the fund's callers need assistance traveling outside of the state for their abortions. Because Frontera Fund serves a large immigrant population, Zaena also speaks to the additional obstacles that undocumented folks, and especially those along the border, face when they are forced to travel in order to seek abortion. The situation in Texas shows us the sobering reality of what life may be like for millions of people in the south and midwest when the Supreme Court rules on Dobbs v. Jackson in June 2022. It's not an optimistic picture - but you can help. Donate to abortion funds like the Frontera Fund, or your local fund (which you can find on abortionfunds.org). Push your local, state, and Congressional representatives to protect abortion rights. And keep saying the word abortion, as stigma thrives in silence.  Links: - Frontera Fund website - Frontera Fund donation site:  - Donation site for all Texas funds - The National Network of Abortion Funds: find a fund to donate to, including your local funds - TRANSCRIPT of episode! (Note that transcription software isn't flawless, but for the first and what will be the last time in my life I spent WAY too long trying to make the transcription of this episode better. They'll be much worse in the future because I'm not doing that again, so enjoy it while you can!)

It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Alex Pareene, contributing editor at the New Republic and proprietor of the AP newsletter on Substack to round up the week in news. They kick off the show with updates on the Kellogg's unionization effort, Omicron, and Tucker Carlson's prostate (not a metaphor for his mouth). Then, Alex joins as they cover the punting of the BBB into the business of the next Democratic administration, be it next term or next decade, the admin blaming the 50/50 Senate, and the absurd incompetence both in blowing this opportunity, and not even realizing the massive impact in the midterms and moving forwards that this will likely have. This brings them to the state of democratic leadership, Congress' realization that they can actually just let good things expire instead of killing them, and Larry Kudlow comparing Joe Manchin to Elon Musk due to their ingenuity, rather than the ability to stifle and misdirect innovation. Then, Sam and Emma are joined by Matthew Film Guy to walk through what's on his plate, what he's been watching, and what editors actually do. Sam gets lost in the film technology of the 80s, they discuss Matthew's upcoming project, and dive into getting personal with the Beatles with “Get Back.” And in the Fun Half: Tim Pool once again makes the mistake of debating someone who cares and knows what they're talking about, Brandon stops by to bring some boxes of sweets and his winning attitude, and Sam relives his glory days as they watch his early aughts takedown of Bob Knight over the war on Christmas, reminding him that the world really hasn't changed that much. DeSantis announces his “Stop Woke Act,” as he continues his metamorphosis into Dollar Store Trump, Marc Lamont Hill stumps Christian Walker by asking for examples, and Tucker Carlson discusses Anarcho-Tyranny with King of the working class, Kyle Rittenhouse, plus, your IMs! Purchase tickets for the live show in Boston on January 16th HERE! https://thewilbur.com/artist/majority-report/ Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here. Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ (Merch issues and concerns can be addressed here: majorityreportstore@mirrorimage.com) You can now watch the livestream on Twitch Check out today's sponsors: sunsetlakecbd is a majority employee owned farm in Vermont, producing 100% pesticide free CBD products. Great company, great product and fans of the show! Use code Leftisbest and get 20% off at http://www.sunsetlakecbd.com. And now Sunset Lake CBD has donated $2500 to the Nurses strike fund, and we encourage MR listeners to help if they can. Here's a link to where folks can donate: https://forms.massnurses.org/we-stand-with-st-vincents-nurses/ MySolarNerd.com: There are a lot of homeowners that aren't aware of the solar options currently available. It is now possible to retrofit a home with solar panels for no money down. Most homeowners that switch over to solar see significant savings starting in their first year. This is possible thanks to the Solar Investor Tax Credit (going away soon). My Solar Nerd's mission is SIMPLE: Help you find the best solar program for your home and make the transition as EASY and SMOOTH as possible. Go to mysolarnerd.com and fill out the inquiry form now. Make sure you select Majority Report Listener for how you heard about My Solar Nerd to receive a $200 gift card upon installation! Support the St. Vincent Nurses today as they continue to strike for a fair contract! https://action.massnurses.org/we-stand-with-st-vincents-nurses/ Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.com/ Subscribe to AM Quickie writer Corey Pein's podcast News from Nowhere, at https://www.patreon.com/newsfromnowhere Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! Subscribe to Matt's other show Literary Hangover on Patreon! Check out The Letterhack's upcoming Kickstarter project for his new graphic novel! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/milagrocomic/milagro-heroe-de-las-calles Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel! Subscribe to Brandon's show The Discourse on Patreon! Check out The Nomiki Show live at 3 pm ET on YouTube at patreon.com/thenomikishow Check out Jamie's podcast, The Antifada, at patreon.com/theantifada, on iTunes, or at twitch.tv/theantifada (streaming every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 7pm ET!) Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattBinder @MattLech @BF1nn @BradKAlsop Check out Ted Leo's new song with Jeppesen Airplane "Into The Conquering Sun here! All download purchases go towards Jane's Due Process and the Frontera Fund! Read Alex's piece "Losing A Street Fight To Elon Musk" here.

Sam hosts James W. Russell, public policy affiliate scholar at Portland State University, to discuss his recent book The Labor Guide to Retirement Plans: For Union Organizers and Employees, on the importance of fighting for good end-of-life security and how employers and banks have capitalized off of the switch from pensions to 401ks. Russell and Sam begin by working to define and differentiate these two retirement plans, tracing the surge in 401ks back to the 1981 decision from the Reagan Treasury Department to make 401ks a valid substitute for a defined-benefits pension plan, rather than an additional tactic, and exploring why neoliberalism sought the switch, giving flexibility to the employer while shifting all of the risk onto the shoulders of the employee. Next, they dive into the role of labor organizing in the fight for better retirements, exploring instances of solidarity against two-tiered plans for legacy and incoming workers, and how unions can fight against what has arguably been the largest expropriation of workers' income over the last three decades. They return to the topic of neoliberalism, diving into George W. Bush's failed attempts to privatize social security, and the failure of the successful attempts to privatize these institutions in Chile under a Milton-Friedman-Influenced Pinochet regime. They wrap up with the role of conservative think tanks in driving privatization of retirement plans, before looking at what we can do as individuals, and organized groups, in fighting for better and more available pension plans for American workers. Sam also covers Cuomo's corrupt book deal, LIU union-busting, and Fox News' personalities reacting to their leaked 1/6 texts, including the case of a missing Brian Kilmeade. And in the Fun Half: Sam and the MR crew cover Christian Walker's personal sacrifices for his wealth (just having to deal with Herschel Walker as his father), the devastation of Hawaii's primary water supplies at the hands of the U.S. Navy's waste, and Dave Rubin's wistful goodbye to California. Brian from Minneapolis calls in to discuss paramilitary terrorism against Zapatista farmers in Mexico, Stub Lord from Scottsdale chastises Matt and gives Sam some efficiency management tips, then Ben Shapiro reminds us of the classic Mandela effect that causes us to forget that the Loan Baron in Its a Wonderful Life was the hero all along. Stephen Crowder pivots perfectly from blatant racism to Omicron misinformation, and Nathan from Florida discusses the dumdum left's orbit and lack of organizing, plus, your calls and IMs! 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Sam breaks down what's to come in the week in news, from the continuing Build Back Better negotiations to updates on the court, labor, COVID and more! Sam is then joined by newly Twitch-banned Hasan Piker! He and the MR crew start off with Peter Doocy asking Jen Psaki about the war zone that is Christmas crime sprees as seen in the attack on the Fox News Christmas tree, before looking at the reactionary reporting on people leaving their jobs due to vaccine mandates, including a whopping 27 Air Force members. Next, they jump into the Meadows news, walking through the idiocy of turning over all of the relevant documents before refusing to testify, why Trump was able to scare him out of testifying, and the incredible 1/6 texts from notoriously reasonable characters Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity, and Donald Trump Jr. pleading with Trump's Chief of Staff. Next, Hasan joins Sam for the first inaugural Crackers & Cheese segment (missing the cheese), as they explore Hasan's recent ban from Twitch, and how bringing the “C-word” into the category of bannable slurs capitulates to white fragility and identity politics by ignoring the importance of contextual systemic subjugation. From here, they cover the importance, in general, of Terms of Service, and of de-platforming in response to overreach, discussing how a lack of ToS tends to lead to Nazis, pedophiles, and/or nazi-pedophiles, before looking at how media can and cannot encourage shifts in cultural consciousness, the importance of media aligning with existing views on material reality and inequality, and how Right Wing astroturf campaigns brilliantly and destructively unite culture war and weirdly specific policy to capitalize on this. 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Sam and Emma host Elizabeth Samet, professor of English at West Point, to discuss her recent book Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness, on the mythology behind the Americanized narrative of WWII, how it came to prevalence, and the role Tom Brokaw and Stephen Spielberg have to play. Professor Samet walks through the six myths she identifies throughout U.S. history, with the first – that the U.S. could not wait any longer to liberate the world from the growing threat of fascism and tyranny – starting to be manufactured as soon as the U.S. got its foot into the war, as she, Emma, and Sam dive into the isolationist nature of the US in the first few decades of the 20th Century, and the existing documents and pamphlets for soldiers attempting to revise this history to bolster their faith in the effort. Next, they look at the creation of a narrative of complete unity around this war effort in the wake of wars in the second half of the century, like Vietnam, which created division between the public and the military, which, along with a narrative exaggerating the sacrifices on our home front, worked to paint a picture of the Greatest Generation and their war as a collective American effort. They also cover the birth of the narratives of the U.S. as a liberator whose military will be greeted with open arms, which we would see repeated countless more times, most notably in the Iraq war, and the idea that this, like all U.S. wars, had a happy ending. This, at last, brings them to how these narratives were ultimately woven together, to create the final myth, which is that all of these narratives have been accepted and true since the beginning of the war. They explore how the baby boomer generation, through the works of Stephen Ambrose, Tom Brokaw, and Stephen Spielberg, among many others, revised and unified the narrative of their parents' generation to help a country whose confidence has been shaken to regain an earlier luster. They wrap up the interview by looking at the film noir cliché around WWII and its veterans, as well as looking at the current state of public opinion on our veterans, and how it maintains a bit of a contradiction on how we want to think about them. Sam and Emma also discuss the devastation of the tornado in Kentucky, its role as one more “once in a generation event” that's occurred this year, and the hypocrisy of libertarian ideology. 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***Listener Discretion is Warned*** Hola Conchitas! Season 3 drops this first week of October 2021! But before then we wanted to share this *Special Episode* that was our first episode to be recorded live in collab with Planned Parenthood Utah regarding Safe Abortion featuring two special guests. Our first guest is abortion storyteller, Angela Carrasco-Hinojosa a wealth and wellness coordinator working with women and children who are experience substance abuse. She is working to better engage with communities in their own health are decisions at Planned Parenthood as the Latinx Intern. Angela is a first-generation woman of color and daughter of immigrant Mexican parents who grew up in SLC and constantly strives to give back to her community who invest in her. Our second guest is Nancy Cárdenas Peña, a policy exert and organizer at heart advocating at the intersection of im/migartion and reproductive health care with a desire to see communities exercise their full bodily autonomy. Nancy currently works at the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice (Latina Institute) as the Texas State Director for Policy and Advocacy. Nancy is a board member of the Frontera Fund, an abortion fund that exclusively serves the Rio Grande Valley with practical support and abortion needs. For more information, about access to safe abortion and to learn all about the resources Planned Parenthood has to offer, check out the links below: Planned Parenthood Utah Ambassador Program link: https://ppacutah.org/beehive/ National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice: https://www.latinainstitute.org/ Texas Abortion Funds: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/txfunds --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/self-conchaspodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/self-conchaspodcast/support

This year, Zaena Zamora stepped into a new role as the Executive Director of Frontera Fund. Her grassroots group supports and funds abortion care for people. She opens up about the loss of abortion rights in the wake of SB8, and the challenges that lay ahead for Texans and the rest of the country.Follow Zaena and Frontera Fund on instagram @fronterafundrgv. If you loved this episode, listen to For Sociologist Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve Getting Latinos to Care about Justice Reform Is Personal and Why Actress Selenis Leyva and Her Sister, Trans Activist Marizol Leyva, Are Closer Than Ever. Show your love and become a Latina to Latina Patreon supporter!

This week we talk about abortion, Izzy took the 60 second rant segment really seriously and made it into a sort of poem, it's cringing but will make you laugh and we get a confession from Cal. This episode comes with a trigger warning as we appreciate abortion is an emotional topic for many people. This is not about whether abortion is right or wrong but we wanted to put the stories of people who have had an abortion at the forefront which is why we start with Cal sharing her own experience of having an abortion. We discuss some of the pro-life core arguments and discuss how we feel about these, plus we talk through the procedures recommended for safe abortions in case anyone needs to know or curious to find out. There is a lot of misinformation out there at the moment and we want to make sure the right information is out there for people so they can make informed choices. Thanks to Cal once again for her vulnerability and raw honest story telling. And thank you to all of you for your support xxx If you want to find out more about abortion not just if you live in Australia, you can find supportive information here on the Marie Stopes website - a national, independently accredited safe abortion, vasectomy and contraception provider helping women and men take full control of their reproductive lives. www.mariestopes.org.au Main contact for the UK- www.bpas.org If you want to show your support for the people in Texas you can donate to the following organisations: Lilith Fund:https://www.lilithfund.org/ Texas Equal Access Fund https://teafund.org/ Fund Texas Choice https://fundtexaschoice.org/ Jane's Due Process https://janesdueprocess.org/ Frontera Fund https://fronterafundrgv.org/ Buckle Bunnies Fund https://www.bucklebunnies.org/ West Fund https://www.westfund.org/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/imwithher/message

The Advocates talk with Dr. Ghazaleh Moayedi, a champion of reproductive health and justice and an abortion provider in Texas. Dr. Moayedi talks about what it has been like being a provider in Texas since SB8 became law, the tireless work leading up to the enactment of this law, and what comes next. Action Items: Advocate for the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA). WHPA is federal legislation that protects the right to access abortion. If passed, it would prevent abortion bans and ensure abortion access without medically unnecessary restrictions-like waiting periods, mandatory ultrasounds, inaccurate counseling. Get more information here and learn how to advocate for this legislation! Consider donating to these incredible organization to support Texans in need of abortion services: Texas Equal Access Fund provides funds and emotional support to people seeking abortion care. Lilith Fund is the oldest abortion fund in the state, serving patients in central and south Texas. Frontera Fund provides financial assistance, lodging, and transportation for patients living in the Rio Grande Valley or who have procedures scheduled at Whole Women's Health in McAllen, Texas. Clinic Access Support Network provides transportation, lodging, childcare assistance, compassionate care, and occasional procedure funding to patients in Houston, Texas. The Afiya Center was founded by Black women in North Texas to promote the reproductive health of Black women and girls. The center's Support Your Sistah Fund provides practical help to abortion patients. Fund Texas Choice helps with travel and accommodation costs for Texas residents seeking abortion care in- and out-of-state. The Bridge Collective provides information, transportation, accommodation, and abortion doula services. Buckle Bunnies Fund mobilizes across Texas to help secure funding for people seeking care. You can Venmo @Buckle-Bunnies, CashApp $BuckleBunniesFund, or shop on their website to support this fund. West Fund is a community organization working to create universal abortion accessibility. It provides financial assistance to patients in Texas, Southern New Mexico, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, who are seeking procedures in El Paso, Texas, or New Mexico. Jane's Due Process provides reproductive health resources, legal aid, and case management to help young Texans navigate parental consent laws and confidentially access abortion and birth control. The Stigma Relief Fund provides financial help to Whole Woman's Health patients.

Rev. Angela Williams (she/her) is a queer Presbyterian pastor and community organizer serving as the Senior Outreach and Faith Coordinator for Texas Freedom Network and their project Just Texas: Faith Voices for Justice. Angela creates and holds space for congregations to have courageous conversations about LGBTQ equality and reproductive freedom. She finds life in experiencing music, listening to podcasts, exploring creation, and engaging in theological discussions that go off the beaten path.Links that Rev. Williams mentions during the podcast:Support local independent abortion clinics like Whole Woman's Health Alliance by making a donation here: https://bit.ly/3mKxOmJSupport TX abortion funds by donating to 9 of them here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/txfundsThe funds you're supporting are: The Bridge Collective, Fund Texas Choice, Whole Woman's Health Alliance, Inc., Jane's Due Process, Frontera Fund, West Fund, Support Your Sistah at the Afiya Center, the Lilith Fund, Clinic Access Support Network, and Texas Equal Access Fund.Follow Just Texas on social media @wearejusttx to keep up to date with people of faith in Texas who support reproductive freedom.

Rev. Angela Williams (she/her) is a queer Presbyterian pastor and community organizer serving as the Senior Outreach and Faith Coordinator for Texas Freedom Network and their project Just Texas: Faith Voices for Justice. Angela creates and holds space for congregations to have courageous conversations about LGBTQ equality and reproductive freedom. She finds life in experiencing music, listening to podcasts, exploring creation, and engaging in theological discussions that go off the beaten path.Links that Rev. Williams mentions during the podcast:Support local independent abortion clinics like Whole Woman's Health Alliance by making a donation here: https://bit.ly/3mKxOmJSupport TX abortion funds by donating to 9 of them here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/txfundsThe funds you're supporting are: The Bridge Collective, Fund Texas Choice, Whole Woman's Health Alliance, Inc., Jane's Due Process, Frontera Fund, West Fund, Support Your Sistah at the Afiya Center, the Lilith Fund, Clinic Access Support Network, and Texas Equal Access Fund.Follow Just Texas on social media @wearejusttx to keep up to date with people of faith in Texas who support reproductive freedom.

Episode 197 Nancy Cárdenas Peña. Dan Sterenchuk and Tommy Estlund are honored to have as our guest, Nancy Cárdenas Peña. Nancy Cárdenas Peña is a policy expert and an organizer at heart advocating at the intersection of im/migration and reproductive healthcare with a desire to see communities exercise their full bodily autonomy. She currently works at the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice (Latina Institute) as the Texas State Director for Policy and Advocacy. Born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley, she lived in Mexico before returning to the United States and continuing her public education. Nancy graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in political science. She worked for the City of Austin developing and promoting the passage of local level reproductive healthcare initiatives and served on the Commission for Women. She is also a part of the Texas We Testify cohort, a group of abortion storytellers seeking to advance narratives around abortion access. Nancy is a board member of the Frontera Fund, an abortion fund that exclusively serves the Rio Grande Valley with practical support and abortion needs. National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice (Latina Institute): * https://www.latinainstitute.org (Dan/Tommy Note: click the donate button on the homepage to support!) * https://twitter.com/LatinaInstitute Nancy: https://twitter.com/ncardenastx Other organizations to consider supporting/volunteering (Nancy mentioned these in episode): * Frontera Fund Rio Grande Valley: https://fronterafundrgv.org * West Fund Texas: https://www.westfund.org * The Lilith Fund: https://www.lilithfund.org * Texas Equal Access Fund (TEA Fund): https://teafund.org * The Afiya Center: https://www.theafiyacenter.org * Fund Texas Choice: https://fundtexaschoice.org * Jane's Due Process: https://janesdueprocess.org Note: Guests create their own bio description for each episode. The Curiosity Hour Podcast is hosted and produced by Dan Sterenchuk and Tommy Estlund. The Curiosity Hour Podcast is listener supported! The easiest way to donate is via the Venmo app and you can donate to (at symbol) CuriosityHour (Download app here: venmo.com) The Curiosity Hour Podcast is available free on 13 platforms: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible, Soundcloud, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Podbean, PlayerFM, Castbox, and Pocket Casts. Disclaimers: The Curiosity Hour Podcast may contain content not suitable for all audiences. Listener discretion advised. The views and opinions expressed by the guests on this podcast are solely those of the guest(s). These views and opinions do not necessarily represent those of The Curiosity Hour Podcast. This podcast may contain explicit language. The Public Service Announcement near the end of the episode solely represents the views of Tommy and Dan and not our guests or our listeners.

We're still big mad, and we stand by this episode from 2019 more than ever this week. Don't miss a collection of new information & resources in show notes! Season 4 begins next week! We love you! Show NotesYou are listening to a rerelease of an episode we first aired in 2019, and you can find all the original show notes here. Information related to Texas law SB8, which went into effect on Sept 1, 2021 is below. The new Texas law is a "heartbeat law" and effectively prohibits all abortions in the state of Texas. When the Supreme Court declined to block the bill, it effectively killed Roe v. Wade. You should read Justice Sotomayor's dissent here. Read Stop Being Stupid About Abortion by Charlotte Shane.As always, these laws will have the most impact on the poor and undocumented people. If you can, please support Planned Parenthood and the National Network of Abortion Funds, which helps people find abortion providers in their state. If you would like to donate specifically to people in Texas, this ActBlue donation page will split your money between 10 Texas abortion funds: Support Your Sistah at the Afiya Center, Whole Woman's Health Alliance, Inc., Jane's Due Process, Clinic Access Support Network, Texas Equal Access Fund, the Lilith Fund, Fund Texas Choice, Frontera Fund, West Fund, and The Bridge Collective. For reporting, we recommend The 19th a nonprofit organization "investing in journalism that empowers women, women of color and the LGBTQ+ community." Also, the Texas Tribune has excellent reporting on everything you've heard about in the state, from coverage of SB8, to voter suppression, to COVID in Texas schools. You can support the 19th and also support the Texas Tribune with a donation.As always, the impact of these laws disproportionately effects poor people, undocumented people, and queer people. At least 7 other states are expected to quickly enact similar laws. The Future Now Fundfocuses on local and state elections as a way of preserving democracy. We are working now to reactivate Fated States and find a way to join the fight.

We touch base a bit about our feelings surrounding Texas's passing of Senate Bill 8 (The Heartbeat Bill) this week. For our previous discussion of abortion, check out our previous episode, Abortion, a WOC Tale - https://pnc.st/s/biracialunicorns/039178af60db40d4/abortion-a-woc-tale If you're looking for places to donate to help people in Texas get access to reproductive health, here's a few organizations to look into: Frontera Fund - https://fronterafundrgv.org/ Indigenous Women Rising - https://www.iwrising.org/ West Fund - https://www.westfund.org Jane's Due Process - https://janesdueprocess.org/ Texas Equal Access Fund - https://teafund.org/ Lilith Fund - https://www.lilithfund.org/ Fund Texas Choice - https://fundtexaschoice.org/ Thanks to Josef Scott of Citizens of Tape City for our theme music and Dollipop Art for our podcast artwork - you can find her on instagram @dollipop.art. We want to hear from you! If you have a question you'd like us to answer or a topic you'd like us to cover on the show, drop us a line at biracialunicorns@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail at (505) 585-1808. Like us on facebook or follow us on instagram to join in on the discussion - we're @biracialunicorns. We're now on twitter as @biracialmagic so catch us there too. If you'd like to support the show with some cash money visit us at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/biracialunicorn Please review us wherever you get your podcasts or even better tell your friends to listen. :D Find out more at https://biracialunicorns.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

On today's episode, Know Your Role(s) brings you One More Round with George and Dave as George cycles through his record collection alphabetically and Dave contemplates buying a kayak after the flooding of Hurricane Ida. On tap in this week's Bar Talk are Fall TV premieres, the US Open, and Lil Nas X's “Montero: The Debut” album release on September 17th. This week's game starts with the most important meal of the day as the fellas and producer Mary Bess compare HBO series to cereals from “Veep's” Honey Nut Cheerios to “True Blood's” Lucky Charms! George looks ahead to the holiday weekend and college football while Dave gets excited for the release of Paul Schrader's “The Card Counter,” starring the official boyfriend of “Know Your Role(s)” Oscar Isaac, on September 10th. In this week's Booth, producer Mary Bess' bad news takes us to Texas where reproductive rights are being challenged by a new piece of legislation, and we find some good news in Aurora, Colorado where three police officers and two paramedics will face criminal charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain.   Resources: Support reproductive rights activists and Texans in need via the Lilith Fund (lilithfund.org), the Whole Woman's Health Alliance (wholewomanshealthalliance.org), Jane's Due Process (janesdueprocess.org), the Afiya Center (theafiyacenter.org), and the Frontera Fund (fronterafundrgv.org), among others. Join the fight to defend black lives with groups like Color of Change (colorofchange.org) and the Movement for Black Lives (m4bl.org).   Hosted By: George Gordon & David Kleinman.  Produced By: Mary Bess Pritchett. Music: Alnitak Kid, Nate 88, & Cazeaux OSLO. Artwork: Amanda Xeller. IG & TW: @kyrpod