Democrats can use leaked Roe opinion to protect abortion rights

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Democrats can use leaked Roe opinion to protect abortion rights

By Jill Lawrence

“Saturday Night Live” used to have a segment called “What if?” that asked the pressing questions on everyone’s mind. Like, what if Superman grew up in Germany instead of America? What if Napoleon had a B-52 bomber at Waterloo? And my personal favorite, what if Eleanor Roosevelt could fly?

Here’s a new one that might seem equally hypothetical, but I’ve got to ask: What if Democrats could emerge from the midterm elections with enough senators to eliminate a stupid custom that’s kept them from getting things done, even things America sorely needs and most Americans support? In other words, what if Democrats had enough votes to kill the filibuster, an obstruction tactic that lets 41 of 100 senators block any bill they want?

The Supreme Court’s draft opinion overturning its 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, which established abortion as a constitutional right, has the potential to turn goals into realities.

Black people deserve to be found when they go missing

By Tyler Perry

Nowadays, much of the country has woken up. We’ve witnessed police brutality against people of color, with one video after another. But before our cellphones had cameras, before Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland and Ahmaud Arbery, before Eric Garner and George Floyd, there was another, more insidious strain of the problem. A version that doesn’t explode with raw aggression, but seeps along by way of sheer neglect.

When the person who has gone missing has blond hair and blue eyes, the case is all over the news. Every resource goes into finding out what happened and, if foul play is suspected, catching the killer. But if the victim isn’t white?

There's hope for athletes struggling with depression

By Gary E. Fendler

Push through it. Tough it out. Suck it up. Shake it off. Calm down. Let’s go, let’s go!

And, of course, there’s “snap out of it.”

Those last four words may have worked well for Cher and Nicolas Cage in "Moonstruck," but it’s just another troublesome phrase to high school and collegiate student-athletes when they are struggling to balance their mental health with the demands of academics, social life and excelling in competitive sports – training, conditioning, practice, travel and games.

Democrats can use leaked Roe opinion to protect abortion rights