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February 11, 2024

14th Amendment Challenges

How will SCOTUS apply Section 3


Eliminating Gender-Based Violence

200 million women and girls survive FGM/C



States News

Louisiana turns down summer food assistance

Rural homeless Texas teen tells her story

Why this South Texas county closed early voting sites


U S Constitution


The 14th Amendment Challenges


Learn what exactly Section 3 of the 14th amendment is and where lawsuits challenging the former president's eligibility stand.

Could The 14th Amendment Kick Trump Off The Ballot?

Democracy Docket: Everything you need to know about how the 14th Amendment could disqualify Trump from the ballot.

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Global News


Ending FGM/C


More than 200 million women and girls alive today are FGM/C survivors.


This Q&A explains the importance of challenging long-standing cultural norms to end FGM/C.

Ending FGM/C, Advancing Women's Health | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Eliminating gender-based violence and harmful practices like child marriage and FGM/C is one priority area of the new Johns Hopkins Center for Global Women's Health and Gender Equity.

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State News


Louisiana turns down summer food assistance again StatesNews


Rural homeless teen tell us about homelessness in rural Texas TxTribune


Milwaukee officials, advocates praise clean energy, efficiency investment StateNews


Why this South Texas county closed half its early voting sites for 2024 TxTribune



Addressing abortion access through state ballot initiatives KFF


For Your Information

FBI foils 2022 plot by militiamen to "start a war" at the Texas-Mexico border TxTribune


Jan 6 was an example of networked incitement TheConversation


Hundreds of researchers urge Supreme Court to follow science on abortion pill Huffpost


Social Security lifts more people above the poverty line than any other program CBPP


To resolve the humanitarian and administrative border crisis, the U S must fix the broken asylum system, help stabilize the Western Hemisphere, and provide robust, orderly migration pathways AmProgress


Immigration is not an invasion JustSecurtiy


Clearinghouse for 14th Amendment JustSecurity



Trump Trial Clearinghouse JustSecurity

What's Happening In Our Corner


These organizations listed on our website are offering workshops, virtual classrooms, new programs, updates on their initiatives, valuable resources, and news you can use.


What is FGM/C: It is a product of pervasive social injustice. Learn the 4 types FGMNetwork


How the average kid gets sex trafficked: Top 6 ways to protect them DefendYoungMinds




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