Several Democratic lawmakers in Texas have been sounding the alarm over a devastating directive from the White House Office of Management of Budget. They are warning that a federal funding freeze ordered by Trump’s OMB could wreak havoc on many programs Texans depend on to combat childhood hunger,

Former Glamour Editor in Chief Cindi Leive remembers a two decades long friendship with the titan of the reproductive rights movement Cecile Richards.

The activist modernized Planned Parenthood and transformed the organization into a formidable political player.

Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and progressive activist, died Jan. 20 after a battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. She was 67.

Cecile Richards devoted her life to political activism in the fight for equal rights, most notably the rights of women to reproductive health.

From former President Barack Obama to pro-life leaders like Lila Rose, activists on both sides of the abortion debate have reacted to the death of Cecile Richards, with many offering prayers for the

As we mourn the loss of activist, organizer, and former president of Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, I offer words of wisdom she shared with me in our interviews over the years.

Cecile Richards, an abortion rights activist who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by former President Joe Biden in November, has died.

It was a sticky June day last summer in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and lifelong organizer and reproductive rights activist Cecile Richards was in her element. At an abortion storytelling event she had spearheaded in response to Louisiana’s near total abortion ban, she listened to, encouraged, and thanked woman after woman who shared their experiences.

I am heartbroken by the passing of my friend and mentor Cecile Richards,” said HRC President Kelley Robinson. Robinson called Richards “a giant in the fight for freedom — an unwavering advocate for reproductive,

Richards was a major force in Texas and national politics. Like her mother, former governor Ann Richards, Cecile spent most of her life rallying for progressive causes. Richards was a labor organizer, a staffer to Representative Nancy Pelosi, and then president of Planned Parenthood from 2006 to 2018.

Richards, the eldest daughter of Gov. Ann Richards, forged her own path as a tireless advocate for women across Texas and the United States.