Casey Quinlan is the LGBTQ reporter at The American Independent. They previously worked for ThinkProgress as a gender and sexuality policy reporter. Casey has freelanced for publications such as Rewire News, New Republic, Teen Vogue, In These Times, Glamour, Bustle, Vox, SCOTUSblog, and Supermajority News.
Hate crimes in the United States rose from 2022 to 2023.
By Jesse Valentine - April 15, 2024
Cao is a former U.S Navy captain.
By Jesse Valentine - March 29, 2024
Kiggans has flirted with baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
By Jesse Valentine - March 08, 2024
Ohio voted to protect abortion rights. GOP senate candidate Bernie Moreno doesn't care.
By Jesse Valentine - March 07, 2024
Syngenta AG owns approximately 1500 acres of U.S farmland.
By Jesse Valentine - March 04, 2024
Hovde is running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin despite primarily residing in California.
By Jesse Valentine - February 26, 2024
McCormick says we need leaders with the moral clarity to condemn antisemitism.
By Jesse Valentine - February 09, 2024
Of the nearly dozen gun bills lawmakers will soon take up, one is particularly noteworthy because it’s backed by unlikely allies: mental health advocates and a pair of House members who’ve long been at opposite ends of firearm legislation.
By Annmarie Timmins, New Hampshire Bulletin - January 31, 2024
The United Auto Workers of America endorsed the re-election of President Joe Biden Wednesday, just months after he became the first sitting U.S. president to walk a picket line with striking autoworkers in Michigan.
By Ashley Murray, States Newsroom - January 24, 2024
Gunter has repeatedly referred to Brown as “Scam Brown”
By Jesse Valentine - January 17, 2024
The state of Texas robbed Amanda Zurawski of her fertility and almost her life when it wouldn’t permit her an abortion so she’s gone to the state’s Supreme Court to change the law - “this is why I’m on earth”
By Bonnie Fuller - January 10, 2024
Health care-focused organizations across the state are hopeful that the 2024 legislative session will be a year that reins in health costs and allows patients to have greater access to the care they need.
By Danielle J. Brown, Maryland Matters - January 08, 2024
Five people died on January 6, 2021 – including a police officer who was bludgeoned to death.
By Jesse Valentine - January 05, 2024
On Wednesday, the New Hampshire House passed a bill that would make registering to vote an online experience.
By Ethan DeWitt, New Hampshire Bulletin - January 04, 2024
Most Americans believe wealthy individuals and big corporations don’t pay their fair share in taxes.
By Jesse Valentine - December 22, 2023
Even the Republican senator's home county gave Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear a larger share of the vote than four years earlier.
By - December 15, 2023
Republicans Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton have taken thousands of dollars in donations from chemical companies and their affiliated PACs.
By Jesse Valentine - December 08, 2023
Eric Hovde's proposal is similar to Sen. Rick Scott's unpopular 2022 plan to make every American pay income taxes.
By Jesse Valentine - December 07, 2023
A bipartisan package of bills in Michigan signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, creates specified criminal penalties for assaulting health care workers.
By Anna Liz Nichols, Michigan Advance - December 06, 2023
Both former President Donald Trump and former U.S. Rep. George Santos have lied about their records and been accused of defrauding veterans.
By Jesse Valentine - December 05, 2023
Millions of Texas families’ health and well-being would be jeopardized if the legislation were repealed.
By Jesse Valentine - December 04, 2023
More than 3 million Floridians will lose their health insurance if Scott and Trump succeed.
By Jesse Valentine - November 30, 2023
Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves took $98,000 from Mississippi Power and executives of its parent company.
By Jesse Valentine - November 06, 2023
The Republican gubernatorial nominee also broke his promises to make the office more frugal.
By Jesse Valentine - November 03, 2023
It might not surprise Mississippians that The Cook Political Report, regarded as one of the nation’s preeminent elections experts, shifted their 2023 Mississippi governor’s race forecast on Monday in Democrat Brandon Presley’s direction.
By Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today - October 24, 2023
Friday’s jobs data showed a strong, resilient U.S. labor market with wages outpacing inflation — welcome news for Americans hoping to have more purchasing power in 2024.
By Casey Quinlan - January 05, 2024
‘I hope that we can organize enough people around the fact that we want our personal freedoms in this country,’ said Sykes, candidate for Ohio’s 13th Congressional District.
By Casey Quinlan - August 19, 2022
Gov. Ron DeSantis’s appointees are pushing to restrict transgender health care post-Roe while ignoring advocates’ concerns.
By Casey Quinlan - August 05, 2022
Democrat Will Rollins is running for the seat in California’s 41st Congressional District currently held by Republican Ken Calvert, who has a long record of anti-LGBTQ votes.
By Casey Quinlan - July 29, 2022
The Florida Republican said he’s worried about LGBTQ rights groups becoming a ‘pro-abortion enterprise.’
By Casey Quinlan - July 15, 2022
‘The governor doesn’t make the law,’ said Shelly Skeen of Lambda Legal. ‘The family code in fact says that parents should be providing medically necessary care to their kids.’
By Casey Quinlan - July 07, 2022
‘We are seeing white nationalist groups use anti-LGBTQ bigotry to build political power,’ said an expert on white nationalism.
By Casey Quinlan - June 27, 2022
Anti-LGBTQ Republicans have turned their attention to falsely accusing drag performers of ‘grooming’ children for sexual abuse.
By Casey Quinlan - June 21, 2022
‘Dangerous anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment and rhetoric fuels physical harm against our community,’ one LGBTQ rights advocate said.
By Casey Quinlan - June 14, 2022
Conservatives continue to use so-called ‘parental rights’ bills as a weapon against LGTBQ people.
By Casey Quinlan - June 01, 2022
More lawmakers are introducing and passing legislation to protect LGBTQ people in their jurisdictions from the discriminatory laws of other states.
By Casey Quinlan - May 19, 2022
‘This gubernatorial race in November in Pennsylvania is really critical for the state of abortion access here,’ one advocate said.
By Casey Quinlan - May 10, 2022
TransSOCIAL in Florida and the HiDad Project in Arizona are two of the groups providing assistance to LGBTQ people.
By Casey Quinlan - May 05, 2022
Legislation banning LGBTQ content in schools harms teachers as well as students.
By Casey Quinlan - April 20, 2022
The law is part of a tidal wave of bills targeting transgender youth across the country.
By Casey Quinlan - April 14, 2022
‘They’re ringing the alarms for us by saying the quiet part out loud,’ said Cathryn Oakley of the Human Rights Campaign.
By Casey Quinlan - April 06, 2022
Suzette Baker, a librarian in Llano County, Texas, was fired from her job earlier this month after she refused to comply with her manager’s order to remove books that dealt with LGBTQ people’s life experiences.
By Casey Quinlan - March 24, 2022
Physicians say they’re worried political attacks will make it harder for patients to access gender-affirming care.
By Casey Quinlan - March 18, 2022
Transgender sports bans have spread quickly through state legislatures.
By Casey Quinlan - March 10, 2022
‘I am relieved that we are moving out of state and filled with anxiety for everyone who can’t escape this nightmare,’ one parent said.
By Casey Quinlan - March 03, 2022
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton are targeting trans kids and their families.
By Casey Quinlan - February 28, 2022
‘It felt like my life was being signed away,’ an Arkansas teenager told the New York Times in January.
By Casey Quinlan - February 23, 2022
State lawmakers across the country have proposed bills offering stronger protections.
By Casey Quinlan - February 16, 2022
Republican governors have seized on anti-trans legislation as one of their current wedge issues.
By Casey Quinlan - February 08, 2022
The state’s Republican governor, Kristi Noem, championed the bill.
By Casey Quinlan - February 02, 2022
Conservative state lawmakers want to make it even harder for trans youth to access gender-affirming health care.
By Casey Quinlan - February 01, 2022
The right-wing push for ‘parental rights’ in public school education has resulted in bills targeting LGBTQ-inclusive content.
By Casey Quinlan - January 27, 2022
The Biden administration has accomplished a lot in the first year but more work remains, they say.
By Casey Quinlan - January 21, 2022
Groups like the ‘American College of Pediatricians’ are using their professional associations to legitimize dangerous messaging about LGBTQ people.
By Casey Quinlan - January 19, 2022
Republicans are chipping away at LGBTQ rights in state legislatures across the country.
By Casey Quinlan - January 11, 2022