It's poncho love
Today…
in 2005, Martha Stewart was released from prison, and if your brain didn’t immediately picture that poncho, I don’t even know you.
in 1917, Rep. Jeannette Rankin of Montana took her seat as the first woman member of Congress
in 1933, Frances Perkins was confirmed as Secretary of Labor and first woman cabinet member.
is National Pound Cake Day AND National Snack Day, both suitable for nervous eating while we wait for Supreme Court decisions at 10am this morning.
Abortion
HuffPost | State Lawmakers Have Introduced Nearly 400 Anti-Abortion Bills This Year | Melissa Jeltsen
Ms. | Danger Ahead: States Will Be the Main Abortion Battleground in 2021 | Elizabeth Nash
New York Times | Absolutists Are Taking Over the Anti-Abortion Movement | Mary Ziegler
Arkansas
KUAR-FM | Arkansas Legislature Votes To Pass Abortion Ban, Awaits Action From Governor | Sarah Kellogg
Arkansas Times | Hutchinson will sign stand-your-ground and voter ID bills and hints abortion ban will also be approved | Max Brantley
More from Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Arkansas Times, Courthouse News Service
California
Los Angeles Times | Becerra investigating Providence Health after accusations that it applies Catholic limits on care | Michael Hiltzik
Massachusetts
Boston.com | Jeff Turco says he’s a ‘moderate Democrat.’ Reproductive rights groups say he’s a ‘threat.’ | Nik DeCosta-Klipa
LGBTQ
AP | Lawmakers can't cite local examples of trans girls in sports | Lindsay Whitehurst, David Crary
Daily Beast | Legislators Fail to Cite Examples to Justify Anti-Trans Laws | Tim Teeman
Jezebel | Trans Athlete Bills Are the Right's New, Hateful Culture War | Esther Wang
Deadspin | GOP targeting of transgender athletes in H.S. is disingenuous, cruel, and on-brand | Jesse Spector
The Hill | Majority of states considering bills limiting transgender access | Reid Wilson
Slate | The Shadowy, Widespread Effort to Erase Trans Youth | Mary Harris
Washington Post | Transgender rights emerge as a growing political flash point | Matt Viser, Marianna Sotomayor, Samantha Schmidt
LGBTQ Nation | Republican introduces anti-trans bathroom bill in Congress to stop “radical gender ideology” | Alex Bollinger
Mediaite | Jen Psaki Blows Off Reporter Concerned About Docs Who Want To Refuse Trans Patients: 'Did You Have Another Question?' | Tommy Christopher
them. | LGBTQ+ Activists Call on Biden to Release All Trans Immigrants From ICE Detention | Nico Lang
Alabama
CBS | Alabama Senate votes to make hormone therapy and surgery a felony for trans youth | Sophie Lewis
More from Alabama Political Reporter, The Hill, Metro Weekly, WAFF-TV
Arizona
KTAR-FM | Mesa becomes latest Arizona city to adopt non-discrimination ordinance | Griselda Zetino
Georgia
Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Georgia Senate panel OKs bill limiting sports to gender identified at birth | Maya T. Prabhu
Georgia Public Broadcasting | State Senate Committee Passes Bill To Exclude Transgender Girls From Sports | Ross Williams
More from AP, Project Q Atlanta, The Trussville Tribune
Maine
Maine Public Broadcasting Network | Transgender in Maine: Support and Challenges for Trans People Throughout Maine | Cindy Han
Minnesota
Daily Kos | Minnesota's anti-trans sports bill is unlikely to pass, but its ideas set a terrifying precedent | Marissa Higgins
Star Tribune | Bloomington considers banning conversion therapy for minors, vulnerable adults | Kim Hyatt
Mississippi
The Advocate | Mississippi, South Dakota Send Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills to Governors | Trudy Ring
CNN | Mississippi moves one step closer to banning transgender athletes from women's sports | Devan Cole
More from ABC, AP, Mississippi Today, WDAM-TV
Missouri
AP | Lawmaker pitches constitutional rules for trans athletes | Summer Ballentine
KTVI-TV | Missouri House committee hears emotional testimony for legislation regarding transgender high school athletes | Emily Manley
More from KTTS-FM
Montana
The Advocate | Montana Senate Approves Two Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills, Sends to House | Trudy Ring
New Hampshire
Concord Monitor | Bill banning “gay panic defense” tabled | Ethan DeWitt
LGBTQ Nation | Committee hearing devolves into chaos after GOP lawmaker calls LGBTQ people “deviant” | Bil Browning
Nashua Telegraph | Manchester Republican refers to LGBTQ as ‘deviant sexuality’ | Nancy West
New Jersey
WRNJ-FM | Governor Murphy signs 'LGBTQI+ Senior Bill of Rights' legislation | Jay Edwards
South Carolina
Post and Courier | Trans athletes competing in school sports are rare. SC lawmakers advance potential ban. | Adam Benson
The State | SC bill banning trans girls from women’s sports takes first steps in the House | Emily Bohatch
AP | South Carolina superintendent against trans sports ban bill | Jeffrey Collins
More from Post and Courier, WYFF-TV
LGBTQ Nation | Court sides with school that censored 4th-grader’s pro-transgender essay | Alex Bollinger
The Advocate | Court: Principal Was Right to Ban Fourth-Grader's Pro-Trans Essay | Mey Rude
South Dakota
South Dakota Public Broadcasting | Senate Committee Rejects Bill Preventing Trans Girls from Playing Girls' Sports | Lee Strubinger
More from Argus Leader, Rapid City Journal
Wyoming
CBS | Hate crime bill introduced in Wyoming, one of three states without such laws | Erin Donaghue
Pregnancy & Parenting
New York Times | We Expect 300,000 Fewer Births Than Usual This Year | Melissa S. Kearney, Phillip B. Levine
INSIDER | US birth rates just plummeted to their lowest since the baby boom era | Julia Naftulin
Refinery29 | Scared To Have A Baby Right Now? You Must Not Be Rich | Natalie Gontcharova
USA Today | 'I am better mom': After quitting their jobs during the pandemic to care for family, here's how it changed these women | Swapna Ramaswamy
Georgia
Ms. | How Georgia's Women's CARE Act Addresses Incarcerated Pregnant People | Pamela Winn, Abigail Cook
New Mexico
Reproductive Health & Justice
Idaho
Idaho Press | Sex ed bill passes education committee | Sally Krutzig
Kansas
Kansas Reflector | Kansas Senate Republicans swiftly shut door on proposed Medicaid expansion amendment | Noah Taborda
Wichita Eagle | Kansas Medicaid expansion faces steep climb after quick rejection in first 2021 debate | Katie Bernard
Kentucky
Lexington Herald-Leader | Bill to further victimize abuse survivors unnecessary for Ky | Linda Blackford
Washington, Douglass Commonwealth
WDVM-TV | Planned Parenthood: DC statehood is a women’s rights and civil rights issue | Rebecca Burnett
Work & Money
Bloomberg | Bank of America Says U.S. Economy Is Hurt by a Lack of Workforce Diversity | Saijel Kishan
CNBC | The pandemic is reversing gender equality progress in the workplace, PwC says | Vicky McKeever
ELLE | There's A Generation War Happening In The Workplace | Lotte Jeffs
Gothamist | Cuomo Has A Long History Of Using Women As Props To Empower Himself, Critics Say | Brigid Bergin
LGBTQ Nation | The Equality Act is important but it won’t solve workplace discrimination | John Gallagher
Washington Post | Hybrid and remote schedules threaten the progress we’ve made on gender equity at the office | Sian Beilock
Washington Post | Fewer Americans are earning less than $15 an hour, but Black and Hispanic women make up a bigger share of them | Andrew Van Dam
Connecticut
Teen Vogue | Connecticut Just Passed the CROWN Act in Near-Unanimous Vote | Kara Nesvig
Hawaii
Honolulu Civil Beat | Hawaii Lawmakers Consider Requiring Gender Diversity On Corporate Boards | Anita Hofschneider
Indiana
WBND-TV | Indiana girls bring concerns over 'Men Working' signs to their lawmakers, and the city vows action | Kelsie Smith
Massachusetts
The Somerville Times | State of Emergency called for Somerville women | Kristen Strezo
North Carolina
Fayetteville Observer | Fayetteville City Council to look at adding policy to prevent hair discrimination | Abby Church
Utah
Salt Lake City Weekly | No Woman Need Apply: Actions speak louder than words when it comes to a gender discrimination lawsuit against the SLC Fire Department. | Christopher Smart
More, More, More
The Conversation | 4 assumptions about gender that distort how we think about climate change (and 3 ways to do better) | Jacqueline D. Lau, Sarah Lawless, Pip Cohen