Feminist, journalist, consent education and mental health advocate. Former interim letters editor/editorialist at the San Antonio Express-News and staff writer for the Watertown Daily Times and Kerrville Daily Times. Follow her on Twitter @DonnaProvencher.
Refugee rights organizations say Donald Trump previously pledged to help Christian refugees but has failed them.
By Donna Provencher - October 02, 2020
But Trump and Hicks traveled and interacted with an extensive network of people after being exposed to the virus in the past week.
By Donna Provencher - October 02, 2020
Actually, the Michigan Democrat has never missed a single floor vote in the Senate.
By Donna Provencher - October 01, 2020
More Republicans than in previous years, particularly young Republicans, are planning to vote across the aisle this year.
By Donna Provencher - October 01, 2020
The Department of Homeland Security told federal officials to paint a sympathetic picture of Kyle Rittenhouse to the public, according to a report from NBC News.
By Donna Provencher - October 01, 2020
The first debate was a thunderbolt a minute.
By Donna Provencher - September 30, 2020
Throughout the first presidential debate, Trump repeatedly talked over opponent Joe Biden and moderator Chris Wallace — and was finally reprimanded by Wallace.
By Donna Provencher - September 29, 2020
The Home School Legal Defense Association lobbies for corporal punishment and opposes gay rights.
By Donna Provencher - September 29, 2020
Cardinal Raymond Burke has a long history of involving himself in politics.
By Donna Provencher - September 29, 2020
The Trump campaign is throwing accusations at the wall ahead of the Tuesday night debate.
By Donna Provencher - September 29, 2020
John Cornyn’s Democratic challenger, MJ Hegar, received an outpouring of financial support — and a coveted Obama endorsement — in the wake of Ginsburg’s death.
By Donna Provencher - September 28, 2020
Tax scandals plagued both men, but there are more than superficial similarities between the two disgraced White House occupants.
By Donna Provencher - September 28, 2020
Ron DeSantis is allowing bars and restaurants to reopen at full capacity, in direct violation of safety standards meant to control the spread of COVID-19.
By Donna Provencher - September 28, 2020
If it becomes law, the new emergency phone number dedicated to suicide prevention will go into effect in July 2022.
By Donna Provencher - September 28, 2020
Reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, the Affordable Care Act, and DACA are all on the chopping block if Barrett is confirmed.
By Donna Provencher - September 25, 2020
Local election workers admitted the mix-up was an error on their part.
By Donna Provencher - September 25, 2020
MJ Hegar’s tattoos conceal the scars from shrapnel wounds sustained during her service in Afghanistan as an Air Force helicopter pilot.
By Donna Provencher - September 24, 2020
‘Thanks to his disdainful attitude and his failures, our allies no longer trust or respect us, and our enemies no longer fear us.’
By Donna Provencher - September 24, 2020
A Manhattan Supreme Court judge rejected Eric Trump’s request to delay his deposition until after Nov. 3.
By Donna Provencher - September 23, 2020
Right-wing activists fling mud at Joe Biden’s Catholic credentials as the 2020 election splits American Catholic voters in an unprecedented way.
By Donna Provencher - September 23, 2020
The ‘public charge’ test can once again be used to deny immigrants visas or green cards if they receive public assistance — even during a pandemic.
By Donna Provencher - September 23, 2020
Among the hardest hit are U.S. citizens with undocumented spouses.
By Donna Provencher - September 22, 2020
Experts see Trump’s threats as a thinly veiled bid for control in an ongoing global trade tug-of-war.
By Donna Provencher - September 22, 2020
While Trump rushes to install a new Supreme Court justice before the election, the health care coverage of millions of Americans is on the line.
By Donna Provencher - September 22, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett and Barbara Lagoa, who are both conservative and anti-abortion, present a clear danger to women’s rights and health care access.
By Donna Provencher - September 21, 2020
Forest again denied the efficacy of masks and invited a COVID-19 and QAnon conspiracy theorist to hold court.
By Donna Provencher - September 18, 2020
Ignorance is strength in Trump’s Orwellian rewrite of history.
By Donna Provencher - September 18, 2020
Death tolls in red states are sky-high too — especially those that had early reopenings and no statewide mask orders.
By Donna Provencher - September 17, 2020
Harris is now the top GOP target for racial stereotypes, ‘birtherism’ conspiracy theories, and inappropriate sexual comments.
By Donna Provencher - September 17, 2020
The campaign’s latest ad features a trope common in Nazi propaganda.
By Donna Provencher - September 16, 2020