In the chaos of the GOP’s efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, it’s easy to forget what the fight is actually for. Who would be affected the most if Planned Parenthood were to be defunded?

I work in a well-known sports bar chain restaurant, in which both its employees and customers are mostly white; making me, an Afro-Caribbean woman, a prominent eye within the store. 

I never considered myself an activist until I joined Connecticut Students for a Dream, a statewide youth led organization that works to advocate and empower undocumented students and their families