Melissa Gira Grant

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Articles

The Fringe Religious Movement that Schooled Vance Boelter

1 week ago | newrepublic.com | Melissa Gira Grant

Early Saturday morning in New Hope, Minnesota, a local law enforcement officer passed a parked black SUV with police lights. She did not know the nondescript white man seated behind the wheel was in the midst of an alleged assassination spree, stalking public officials at their homes, posing as a police officer at their doors, and, when they answered, opening fire.
The Fringe Religious Movement that Schooled Vance Boelter

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Melissa Gira Grant

Early Saturday morning in New Hope, Minnesota, a local law enforcement officer passed a parked black SUV with police lights. She did not know the nondescript white man seated behind the wheel was in the midst of an alleged assassination spree, stalking public officials at their homes, posing as a police officer at their doors, and, when they answered, opening fire.
The Los Angeles Protests Are an Act of Self-Defense

2 weeks ago | newrepublic.com | Melissa Gira Grant

Angelenosmobilized this weekend, after ICE descended on their city and over several daysbegan making very public arrests. Last week, people arriving at their mandatoryICE check-ins at a federal building were instead quickly locked up in a makeshift detention center,where as many as 200 people were being held in basement rooms. (“No food. Nowater.
Missouri’s Historic Abortion Victory Is Crumbling Before Our Eyes

3 weeks ago | newrepublic.com | Melissa Gira Grant

Just a few months ago, Missouri voters approved a ballot measure to protect abortion rights. That measure, known as Amendment 3, added a “reproductive freedom” amendment to the state constitution. It was crafted to offer stronger legal protections for abortion than existed under Roe v. Wade, according to campaigners, and to end the state’s near-total abortion ban, which had been triggered by the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe.
Missouri’s Struggle to Restore Abortion Access

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Melissa Gira Grant

Share On election night in 2024, Missouri voters became the first in the country to lift their state’s total abortion ban, with a ballot measure meant to enshrine in the state’s constitution the right to end a pregnancy. More than 1.5 million Missourians—motivated by the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade two years before, a ruling that had triggered the Missouri ban—fought back with their votes.
Missouri’s Struggle to Restore Abortion Access

1 month ago | newrepublic.com | Melissa Gira Grant

On election night in 2024, Missouri voters became the first in the country to lift their state’s total abortion ban, with a ballot measure meant to enshrine in the state’s constitution the right to end a pregnancy. More than 1.5 million Missourians—motivated by the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade two years before, a ruling that had triggered the Missouri ban—fought back with their votes.
Missouri’s New Fight to Roll Back Abortion Age Restrictions

1 month ago | newrepublic.com | Melissa Gira Grant

In November, Missouri voters approved a ballot measure meant to end the state’s total abortion ban (which made only very narrow exceptions for life-threatening emergencies), adding an amendment to the state’s constitution that protected reproductive freedom, including the right to an abortion. The measure did not, however, automatically repeal the state’s dozens of anti-abortion laws—including those that have long made it impossible for young people in Missouri to obtain an abortion in the state.
The Trump Administration Isn't Pro-Family. It's Pro-Patriarchy.

2 months ago | newrepublic.com | Melissa Gira Grant

Ifonly the pronatalist turn in American politics were confined to onebespectacled, self-promoting husband and wife team starring in countless profiles over the last handful of years. “Meetthe ‘elite’ couples breeding to save mankind,” is how the The Telegraph introduced Simone and Malcolm Collins in2023. “America’s premier pronatalists,” as The Guardian dubbed them, “want to make Americaprocreate again” per the Washington Post.
The Trump Team Knows Its Case Against Abrego Garcia Is Thin

2 months ago | newrepublic.com | Melissa Gira Grant

In retrospect, maybe one of the first signs the Trump administration knew they were losing was when they tried to pin even more crimes on Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man removed from the United States in “error,” they admitted, and jailed in a notorious Salvadoran prison.
Why the Trump Team Keeps Turning ICE Raids Into Reality TV

2 months ago | newrepublic.com | Melissa Gira Grant

In recent weeks, the Trump administration has fully embraced the art of the immigration raid as reality television. They are intentionally producing devastating scenes designed to circulate on social media. But beyond offering viewers a chance to participate in the administration’s cruelty, this content creation serves a strategic purpose. Why are Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem and “border czar” Tom Homan showing up personally for raids, cameras and influencers in tow?