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.
Ibrar Nadeem boasted about rejecting campaign donations from Jewish people.
By Jesse Valentine - February 06, 2026
This Iowa mother of four was heartbroken when her fetus received a fatal diagnosis. Then the pregnancy threatened her life, too.
By - February 05, 2026
The increases come as many Ohioans are already struggling with health care costs.
By Jesse Valentine - February 04, 2026
Evans is the Republican congressman in Colorado’s eighth district
By Jesse Valentine - February 02, 2026
Putnam County Legislator Erin Crowley worked for Lawler when she allegedly tried to provoke protestors into being unruly.
By Jesse Valentine - January 27, 2026
A Houston mom knew she needed to stay alive for her teenage son. But not one of 90 doctors she saw was willing to save her life by ending her dangerous pregnancy.
By Bonnie Fuller - January 27, 2026
Issa voted 17 times to abolish the ACA.
By Jesse Valentine - January 27, 2026
Millions of Americans are expected to drop health insurance because of increased costs.
By Jesse Valentine - January 22, 2026
Republican lawmakers want Wisconsin women who have medication abortions at home to collect blood and fetal remains in fluorescent orange biohazard containers called “catch kits.”
By Bonnie Fuller - January 21, 2026
Husted made the remark while advocating for stricter work requirements for SNAP recipients.
By Jesse Valentine - January 20, 2026
The cap is supported by President Donald Trump and Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
By Jesse Valentine - January 15, 2026
The CBO warns 100,000 Americans could become uninsured under the proposal.
By Jesse Valentine - January 14, 2026
This would force women into aggressive surgeries or hours of unnecessary labor instead of their doctors utilizing standard and safe D&C (dilation and curettage) or D&E (dilation and evacuation) procedures.
By Bonnie Fuller - January 13, 2026
Plus a new campaign ad out of Pennsylvania.
By Jesse Valentine - January 12, 2026
Roys is one of several Democrats running for Wisconsin governor in 2026.
By Bonnie Fuller - January 06, 2026
Garrity previously celebrated the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
By Jesse Valentine - December 30, 2025
Electric bills have gone up by 13% since Donald Trump returned to the White House
By Jesse Valentine - December 23, 2025
Nearly a half million Michiganders will pay higher insurance premiums in 2026.
By Jesse Valentine - December 17, 2025
Chrysa Ostenso of Ladysmith, WI says her health insurance premiums are expected to jump by $1,500 a month.
By Jesse Valentine - December 16, 2025
Mary (not her real name) tells her story to Bonnie Fuller for COURIER Texas.
By Bonnie Fuller - December 11, 2025
DOGE axed an $8.4 million initiative to help homeless children in Nevada.
By Jesse Valentine - December 10, 2025
Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell gave Donald Trump a $6 billion gift.
By Jesse Valentine - December 09, 2025
Major retailers, including Walmart and Home Depot, say that Trump’s tariff policy is forcing them to raise prices.
By Jesse Valentine - December 03, 2025
Election day is Dec. 2.
By Jesse Valentine - November 26, 2025
Lawler has turned to MAGA extremists and Obamacare opponents for help with his reelection bid.
By Jesse Valentine - November 26, 2025
Turkey prices are up 24% from last year.
By Jesse Valentine - November 25, 2025
Collins is considered the most vulnerable Senate Republican facing reelection next year.
By Jesse Valentine - November 24, 2025
About 888,000 North Carolinians could see their health care premiums double if Obamacare tax credits expire.
By Jesse Valentine - November 21, 2025
Candidates in Iowa and Ohio dismissed the effort as a “hoax” and a political hit
By Jesse Valentine - November 20, 2025
A Yale Law professor described the White House’s actions as “illegal and immoral.”
By Jesse Valentine - November 18, 2025
Plus as ad from South Carolina
By Jesse Valentine - November 14, 2025
More than 60% of Arizonans voted to enshrine a abortion rights into their state constitution.
By Jesse Valentine - November 14, 2025
Abortion may be legal in Wisconsin, but the hurdles still involved forced mom Gracie Ladd, 33, to flee the state anyway.
By Bonnie Fuller - November 13, 2025
3.8 million people could become uninsured next year if the subsidies expire
By Jesse Valentine - November 12, 2025
Ninety-nine percent of House Republicans vote with Trump at least 95% of the time
By Jesse Valentine - November 12, 2025
A whistleblower complaint says Veterans Guardian defrauded veterans and the government.
By Jesse Valentine - November 06, 2025
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.
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