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Nowruz (pronounced no-rooz), also known as Persian New Year, is a holiday marking the arrival of Spring and the first day of the year in Iran and other countries like Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, whose solar calendar begins with the vernal equinox. Nowruz, which means “new day”, is...

Did you know that there is an election happening in just a few weeks? And, while we won’t be voting for the U.S. President this time around, we will be voting for the people who will hold positions in Congress, and state and local offices.These elections are called “midterms” because they happen right in the middle of a presidential term. The people we elect...

Are you enraged about the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade? Does the fact that unjust abortion bans are taking effect across the nation spark a fire of fury in your gut? We get it. Your emotions are valid, but rather than letting them burn you inside out, now’s the...

August 26 is Women’s Equality Day – a date which celebrates and commemorates the day the 19th amendment was passed in 1920, allowing some women the right to vote in the United States. The passing of this amendment was a culmination of decades of work by the suffragette movement. While this was a momentous moment for women’s rights...

On Friday June 24^th the United States Supreme Court issued its final decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case, ending our constitutional right to abortion. Within hours of the announcement, supporters...

The right to safe, legal abortion is no longer protected under the U.S. Constitution. But we will not be defeated.

In a landmark decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to overturn our fundamental right to abortion and turn its back on 36 million Americans of reproductive age. This decision...

Upwards of 4,000 abortion rights advocates joined together at the Bans Off Abortion Rally on Saturday, May 14 to take a stand against the U.S. Supreme Court draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and the sweeping abortion bans that are being passed throughout the country...

Late last night, Monday May 2nd, Politico published a leaked copy of the Supreme Court draft opinion which showed their intentions to overturn Roe v. Wade and end the constitutional right to abortion. We are...

You may have heard on the news that the U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide on a case this summer that could completely dismantle Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court case that made abortion access a constitutional right. This decision could...