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Peg Yorkin was a leading feminist activist since the 1980s. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

BY MS. EDITORS | Peg Yorkin—leading U.S. feminist, philanthropist and strategist, as well as theater producer—died on Sunday, June 25, 2023, at the age of 96. 

The feminist movement mourns the loss of this feminist trailblazer and philanthropist, whose dogged persistence and determination improved the lives of so many women. Rest in power, Peg Yorkin.

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Abortion rights advocates and lawmakers hold a press conference before debate of a bill that would restrict abortions after six weeks, at the South Carolina State House in Columbia, S.C., on May 16, 2023. (Logan Cyrus / AFP via Getty Images)

BY ASHKA SHAH | As Southern states continue to shut down abortion clinics, and medical care providers leave states with abortion bans, it is vital to establish a national right to abortion through the Women’s Health Protection Act.

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A participant holds a ‘Trans Rights Are Human Rights’ sign during the 2023 LA Pride Parade in Hollywood on June 11, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

BY ROBIN MARIL | Recent movement towards the meaningful incorporation of racial justice and transgender rights within the broader LGBTQ rights movement has helped shift Pride back to its liberating roots. While the fair-weather allyship of corporations undoubtedly stung some, it shouldn’t unmoor us.

Our current democratic crisis demands an authentic, inclusive, radical response. No amount of rainbow-wrapped commodified queerness can do this work.

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In this episode, Dr. Goodwin is joined by Ann Grundy to celebrate Juneteenth—which comes at a fraught moment in U.S. history. In 2023, Juneteenth comes with vestiges of the past, as book bans targeting queer, Black and Indigenous authors sweep the nation. Dr. Goodwin and Grundy remind us that these bans aren’t just attacks on critical race theory or women’s studies. They’re attacks on democracy and the First Amendment itself.

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