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The good news is, September is National Italian Cheese Month. Where. to even. begin. There are the classic choices, mozzarella, an aged provolone, your “king of cheeses” parmesan or the criminally underrated fresh ricotta or gorgonzola. But if you hit the good cheese counter this month, I encourage you to check out a taleggio, bel paese, my beloved rustico with red pepper, or of course, my favorite “if I was a cheese” pick, pecorino toscano, which like me is delightfully salty, Italian, semi-firm and good for grating.
Oh, and the bad news is everything else…
Abortion
BuzzFeed News | The Supreme Court Will Let Texas’s 6-Week Abortion Ban Take Effect, Upending Decades Of Abortion Rights Protections | Zoe Tillman, Nicole Fallert
The law, which bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy and empowers private citizens to sue to enforce it, goes into effect Wednesday in a monumental shift on abortion rights.
Houston Chronicle | Texas policies on COVID, guns, abortion and education not a good look | Chris Tomlinson
Los Angeles Times | Texas is about to turn private citizens into antiabortion vigilantes | Editorial
Ms. | Educating Texans on How to Get Abortion Pills Online: “Your Nearest Provider Is In Your Pocket” | Carrie Baker
USA Today | George Orwell meet Greg Abbott: Texas abortion law is an un-American infringement of rights | Editorial
More from ABC, Above the Law, AP, Axios, Bloomberg, CNN, The Daily Beast, Daily Kos, Forbes, Houston Chronicle, HuffPost, Insider, The Nation, NBC, The New Republic, Newsweek, New York Times, The 19th, NPR, POLITICO, RawStory, Reuters, Teen Vogue, Vox, Washington Post, The Week
New Mexico
Prism | New Mexicans fought for abortion access and won | Denicia Sam Cadena, Nicole Martin
LGBTQ
LGBTQ Nation | 20 red states sue Biden administration for the right to discriminate against trans people | Alex Bollinger
More from The Hill, Washington Blade
NBC | Anti-gay hate crimes fell slightly in 2020, while anti-trans crimes rose, FBI says | Jo Yurcaba
The 19th | LGBTQ+ people of color face greatest risk from spike in hate crimes. Why doesn't FBI data include them? | Orion Rummler
Michigan
The Michigan Daily | Three bills impacting the LGBTQ+ community in the state legislature | Scarlett Bickerton
Texas
Dallas Morning News | Transgender sports, ‘critical race theory’ bills advancing as GOP ramrods 2nd special session agenda | Bob Garrett
Virginia
WUSA-TV | Virginia Supreme Court to uphold reinstatement of Loudoun County teacher fired over comments on transgender policy | Khalida Volou
More from The Hill, InsideNova, LGBTQ Nation, New York Daily News
Pregnancy & Parenting
The Atlantic | Why Some Parents Regret Having Children | Gail Cornwall
Because have you met children? Come on now…Axios | The number of homeschooled kids in America has doubled during the pandemic | Erica Pandey
The Hill | As ICUs reach capacity, pregnant women must get vaccinated | Mark Simon
InStyle | It's Time to Leave the Term 'Pregnancy Brain' Behind
New York Times | Lessons on Child Care, From the Military | Alisha Gupta
Reproductive Health & Justice
Fortune | The real problem with women removing their own IUDs | Claire Zillman, Emma Hinchliffe
HealthyWomen | Breast Cancer Is the Leading Cause of Cancer Death in Latina Women: The Healthcare System Could Change That | Nicole Audrey Spector Mashable | How women are pressured into using prescription birth control | Anna Rose Iovine
The 19th | Advancing voter restrictions could jeopardize political influence of women of color | Orion Rummler
Rewire News Group | Free Tampons Are Coming to Oregon Schools. Is California Next? | Lizzie Tribone
Nebraska
News Channel Nebraska | Sex Ed plans face postponement by top state school officials | Joe Jordan
North Carolina
The Charlotte Observer | NC House budget would fund pro-life counseling centers that provide no actual health care | Julie von Haefen
Work & Money
The Cut | The Demise of the Girlboss | Samhita Mukhopadhyay
Inside Higher Ed | Women's colleges work to compete in a crowded market | Emma Whitford
INSIDER | LGBTQ characters of color are making animation history — but creatives of color can't escape the industry's discriminatory past | Abbey White, Kalai Chik
NBC | Twitch streamers boycott the platform to raise awareness for marginalized voices | Kalhan Rosenblatt
Michigan
Detroit Free Press | Michigan lawmakers consider bipartisan push to end 'tampon tax' | Dave Boucher
More from Detroit News, MLive