Diane, 8:45am, February 24th...
Today…
is Twin Peaks Day.
if Twin Peaks isn’t your cup of coffee – damn fine as it is – today is also National Tortilla Chip Day.
But for much of 1990-1991, this truly was a whole. mood. How much did I wish I could pull of an early-’50s skirt, tight sweater and saddle shoes. Just ridiculous.
Abortion
Inside Health Policy | Becerra Maintains Abortion Pill Should Be Available Through Telehealth | Beth Wang
Kaiser Health News | ‘It’s a Minefield’: Biden Health Pick Must Tread Carefully on Abortion and Family Planning | Noam Levey, Rachel Bluth
More from AP, CBS, The Hill, Salt Lake Tribune, USA Today
The American Independent | Supreme Court takes abortion case that could end free speech for doctors | Lisa Needham
Boston Globe | Could Roe v. Wade really become ‘the law of the land’? | Mary Ziegler, Rachel Rebouché
HuffPost | U.S. Could Prevent 19 Million Unsafe Abortions Abroad If Helms Amendment Is Repealed | Alanna Vagianos
USA Today | With dozens of anti-abortion bills introduced this year, states aim to chip away at Roe v. Wade | Justin Franz
Washington Post | House Democrats may try to repeal the Hyde Amendment’s restrictions on abortion funding. Can they do it? | Michele L. Swers, Kelly Rolfes-Haase
Kansas
Kansas City Star | Kansas Republicans seek amendment for legislative veto over regulations, state agencies | Katie Bernard
Rhode Island
Uprise RI | RI Senate votes that abortion is not healthcare | Steve Ahlquist
South Carolina
WFAE-FM | A Closer Look At South Carolina's New Abortion Law And Its Legal Challenge | Marshall Terry
Texas
Dallas Morning News | Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s list of Senate priorities includes reforming energy grid, restricting abortion | Allie Morris
Dallas Observer | The Satanic Temple Says Texas Abortion Laws Violate Religious Liberty. So, They're Filing Suit. | Jacob Vaughn
LGBTQ
ABC | 'I'm still here': Transgender troops begin new era of open military service | Devin Dwyer
The Advocate | Justices Thomas and Alito and the Threat to LGBTQ+ Equality | Trudy Ring
Inside Health Policy | Bill Prohibiting LGBTQ+ Discrimination Likely To Pass House This Week | Maya Goldman
NPR | What Is The Equality Act? Anti-Discrimination Law Explained | Danielle Kurtzleben
LGBTQ Nation | Biden administration issues strong statement urging passage of LGBTQ civil rights bill | Bil Browning
Washington Blade | Sen. Collins won't co-sponsor Equality Act, laments 'revision' not made | Chris Johnson
More from American Independent, The Hill, LGBTQ Nation, National Memo
Los Angeles Blade | VA Secretary orders greater LGBTQ inclusivity in agency care for veterans | Brody Levesque
More from Military.com, Stars and Stripes
Mic | 2021 is already on pace to be the deadliest year yet for trans people | Vanessa Taylor
New York Times | Passports May Soon Include a New Option for Gender Identity | Valeriya Safronova
New York TImes | Southern Baptists Expel 2 Churches Over Sex Abuse and 2 for L.G.B.T.Q. Inclusion | Ruth Graham
AP | Southern Baptists oust 2 churches over LGBTQ inclusion | David Crary
Washington Post | 1 in 6 Gen Z adults are LGBT, Gallup survey shows. And this number could continue to grow. | Samantha Schmidt
Arkansas
Red River Radio | Ark AG Presents Bill To Ban Transgender Athletes From Girls' Sports | Chuck Smith
More from KTHV-TV, LGBTQ Nation
Georgia
Project Q Atlanta | Georgia lawmaker targets doctors who help transgender children | Matt Hennie
Iowa
KCCI-TV | Iowa Republicans reintroduce religious freedom bill critics say targets LGBTQ community | Laura Terrell
Kansas
AP | Critics: Kansas bill on trans athletes will cause bullying | John Hanna
Kansas City Star | Kansas bill would bar transgender youth from girls sports. | Katie Bernard
Massachusetts
WHDH-TV | Justice Department withdraws from transgender athlete case | Brynne Connolly
Nebraska
Omaha World-Herald | Lincoln passes first ban in Nebraska to prevent conversion therapy on youth | Riley Johnson
New Mexico
Farmington Daily Times | Bill seeks to prevent transgender females from competing in girls, women's sports | Hannah Grover
Rhode Island
Providence Journal | RI Senate votes to exit marriage business | Katherine Gregg
South Carolina
Post and Courier | SC lawmakers look to ban trans athletes from girls sports, sparking civil rights worries | Adam Benson
The State | SC bill could ban trans athletes from women’s sports | Emily Bohatch
Utah
KUER-FM | How Two Utah Anti-Trans Bills Fit Into The State’s History Of LGBTQ Policy | Caroline Ballard, Sonja Hutson
Virginia
WTOP-FM | Ban on LGBTQ ‘panic’ defense nears in Virginia | Neal Augenstein
West Virginia
Instinct | Study Details Impact of Discrimination Against LGBT West Virginians | Gerald Biggerstaff
Pregnancy & Parenting
Ellwood City Ledger | Having a baby transforms us; it should not also endanger us | Marianne A. Fray
Forbes | Executive Moms: How Things Have Gotten Better And Worse | Richard Eisenberg
Pandemic Parenting
The American Independent | 'The current situation is impossible': Parents weigh in on schools reopening | Donna Provencher
Bloomberg | As Women Drop Out of Labor Market, Moms Call for More Aid | Julia Fanzeres
Medium | How COVID-19 has upended the lives of working parents | Tatyana Deryugina
New York Times | Why Do So Many Mothers Feel Like Failures Right Now? | Jennifer Senior
Florida
Orlando Sentinel | Florida lawmakers consider ‘baby box’ as a place to abandon newborns | Steven Walker
Massachusetts
Ms. | The U.S. Is Failing Mothers of Color-But Massachusetts Is Fighting Back | Anna Dragunas
Reproductive Health & Justice
Iowa
Iowa State Daily | Let's talk about the pink tax again | Sarah Poyer
Work & Money
Bloomberg | Women Gained 22 Seats on S&P 500 Boards in January Surge | Jeff Green
CBS | Child care workers, crucial to economic recovery, earn poverty wages in 40 states | Megan Cerullo
Deseret News | Universal pre-K, tax credits or child allowance: Which policy would help Americans? | Lois Collins
Washington Monthly | The Phony Conservative Attacks on Child Care Credits | Anne Kim
Fast Company | WNBA team launches class to help athletes hone their social justice advocacy | Pavithra Mohan
Fortune | The all-male board is almost dead among major U.S. IPOs | Claire Zillman, Emma Hinchliffe
Inside Higher Ed | Women make up just 24 percent of research universities' top earners | Colleen Flaherty
The 19th | Biden makes changes to PPP loans to better reach small businesses owned by women and people of color | Chabeli Carrazana
The 19th | How the $1.9 trillion pandemic rescue package addresses gender and racial disparities | Chabeli Carrazana
Reuters | Women inch towards equal legal rights despite COVID-19 risks, World Bank says | Sonia Elks
International Business Times (U.S.) | Low Wages, Poor Parental Leave Hinder Gender Equality: World Bank
Worth Magazine | This Is A National Emergency For Women. We Need Actions, Not Words | Juliet Scott-Croxford
Minnesota
Duluth News Tribune | Minnesota Democrats renew push for universal 12-week paid family leave protections | Dana Ferguson
Minnesota Women's Press | Legislative Update: What’s coming up that impacts women? | Sheila Regan
More, More, More
New York Times | The Lies Hollywood Tells About Little Girls | Mara Wilson