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Criminal Justice

Trump’s Supreme Court pick would be a disaster for women, LGBT rights

Neil Gorsuch — Donald Trump’s anti-abortion and anti-LGBT Supreme Court nominee — is on track to get confirmed as soon as next week. Democrats in the Senate are hoping they can kill the nomination with a filibuster, although there may be enough support for Gorsuch’s nomination to defeat a filibuster and allow the vote to happen. Reproductive rights advocates are extremely concerned about his nomination, and rightfully so. Gorsuch had a hand in the Hobby

Immigration and Refugees

#Resist historic pull to separate families

Separating families is perhaps the most enduring American tradition there is. It’s embedded in this country’s history, and now felt most sharply by the immigrants, especially undocumented immigrants, in our families and communities. Under the Trump administration, there’s been a renewed push for resisting the policies that make our families and our communities less safe. Immigrants (and refugees) have been subject to a spate of questionably legal executive orders in the first few months of this

Rigged Maps on the Better Georgia Podcast
2017 Legislative Session

An accused sexual predator is trying to silence African American voters

Disgraced former judge and current lawmaker Johnnie Caldwell is pushing a bill that would silence thousands of African American voters. Better Georgia and a coalition of progressive groups fighting against Caldwell’s map rigging bill believe the legislation is likely illegal.  As egregious as it is for a lawmaker to try to stand in the way of Georgians’ voting rights, we’re not surprised, considering that the source is Johnnie Caldwell. Amongst other things, Caldwell is an accused sexual predator who

Healthcare

Ending domestic violence needs to be a policy priority. Now.

Last year in Georgia, 121 people were killed during domestic violence incidents. And policymakers are busy pushing policies that make people less safe, instead of addressing the prevalence of violence that already exists in too many of our communities. Domestic violence, often called family violence in Georgia, is a type of violence — often a mix of physical, emotional, financial or sexual violence — used to exert power and control over a partner or family member.

Campus Rape Cover-Up on the Better Georgia Podcast
Women

Rep. Ehrhart to rape survivors: “Trigger somewhere else”

Recently, a supporter of Rep. Earl Ehrhart’s campus rape cover-up bill told a room full of rape survivors that “the trauma of going through a false accusation…is not unlike the trauma someone experiences when they’re raped.” Ehrhart himself then backed up these horrifying statements by telling survivors that “this is a macro-aggressive environment. If you feel triggered, trigger somewhere else.” Both statements are antagonistic and aggressive, designed to “put rape victims in their place.” The entire conversation smacks

Campus Sexual Assault

Survivor of Campus Rape: We Demand Better

By Guest Blogger Grace Starling Rape isn’t a partisan issue. No one ever considered rape victims when writing House Bill 51, and that is dangerous for every Georgia citizen. HB 51 — the campus rape cover-up bill — which passed the Georgia House of Representatives last week, is a clear example of egregiously biased and shoddy legislation. The bill requires a university to report all felonies that occur on a college campus or by a student