Just be here now
Today… we got a new president, it’s National Hugging Day, and it’s my kids’ first day back after five days off.
We got a new president. It happened. I watched the whole time like
I gotta cattle prod the 13yo out of bed now, so just dropping a song that caught my attention a while back when it was featured on an episode of Scrubs – no, not a word – and well, it’s worth a listen.
Open up your heart, let the light shine in
Don't you understand
They already have a plan
Biden
New York Times | Biden’s 17 Executive Orders and Other Directives in Detail | Aishvarya Kavi
Vox | Biden’s flurry of first-day executive actions, explained | German Lopez
He is a professional pro…
Vanity Fair | Joe Biden Wastes No Time Scrubbing the Cheeto Stains Out of Nation’s Collective Rug | Bess Levin
More from Buzzfeed, Rolling Stone
The Advocate | On Day One, Biden Issues Order Against Anti-LGBTQ+ Discrimination | Trudy Ring
Huffington Post | Biden Signs Executive Order Enhancing LGBTQ Protections On Day 1 | Dave Jamieson
Metro Weekly | President Biden issues executive order protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination | John Riley
them. | Biden’s First Day Will Include Order to Enforce LGBTQ+ Workplace Equality | Derrick Clifton
Marketplace | Biden executive actions target LGBTQ discrimination | Meghan McCarty Carino
LGBTQ Nation | Biden administration will allow U.S. embassies to fly Pride flags again | Juwan Holmes
USA Today | President Joe Biden executive order reverses Donald Trump ban on race and gender diversity training | Jessica Guynn
Bloomberg | Biden’s Plans to Fight Inequity Prove Light on Specifics | Jeff Green
The Hill | Biden reverses Trump executive order restricting diversity training | Jordan Williams
BET | Biden-Harris Administration To Begin Racial Equity Initiative As Part Of Day One Executive Orders | Madison Gray
Abortion
AP | Biden gets Pope's welcome, abortion warning from US bishops | Nicole Winfield
Reuters | Pope urges U.S. reconciliation as bishops call out Biden on abortion | Philip Pullella
Washington Post | On Biden’s Inauguraton Day, U.S. bishops clash over the new president and abortion | Michelle Boorstein
Teen Vogue | How President Biden Can Make Abortion Much More Accessible | Moira Tan
HHS
Inside Health Policy | ACA 1557 Protections Expected As Biden Supports LGBT+ Policy | Maya Goldman
Kaiser Health News | Advocates View Health Care as Key to Driving LGBTQ Rights Conversation | Aneri Pattani
Marketplace | Biden's Levine nomination sends signal about LGBTQ health protections | Justin Ho
LGBTQ+
The Advocate | 'A New Day': LGBTQ+ Activists, Politicians Laud Inauguration | Trudy Ring
The Advocate | LGBTQ+ Americans Express a Weary Hope With Biden/Harris Inauguration | Mey Rude
CBS | Biden administration allows users to choose their pronouns on remastered website | Li Cohen
Mashable | Oh, hey, the White House website now treats people with basic human dignity | Jack Morse
Daily Beast | I’m Happy Joe Biden Is President. I’ll Be Really Happy When He Delivers Trans Equality. | Dawn Ennis
NBC | Biden to reverse transgender military ban imminently, White House says | Jo Yurcaba
Womany
The Hill | Record number of women to serve in Biden Cabinet | Aris Folley
The Lily | Biden made big promises to women on the campaign trail. Here’s what we can actually expect. | Anne Branigin
Ms. | “At This History-Making Moment, We Are Hopeful”: Feminist Lawmakers and Advocates React to the Biden-Harris Agenda for Women | Carrie Baker
Madame Vice President!
ELLE | 'Today I'm Feeling Seen': Black and South Asian Women Reflect on Kamala Harris Becoming Vice President | Brea Baker
Ms. 172 Years After the First Woman Ran, Kamala Harris Breaks the Executive Branch's Glass Ceiling | Cynthia Terrell
Ms. Kamala Harris and the Feminist Future of America | Janell Hobson Ms. Magazine
NBC | Why Kamala Harris' impact on boys is just as important as her impact on girls | Danielle Campoamor
Dessert
The Cut | The Immense Relief of Watching Trump Leave the White House | Claire Lampen
Whew. That’s a lot. You should tell people…
Abortion
The Guardian | Fauci: US to repeal anti-abortion rule on aid and join Covax vaccine scheme | Michael Safi
Huntington News | Beyond Roe v. Wade | Sydney Somerville
The 19th | Medical experts worry about fallout from Supreme Court abortion ruling | Shefali Luthra
Verily Magazine | Our Awkward Semantics About When Life Begins-And What It Means For Women’s Health Care | Mary Rose Samarriba
Idaho
Idaho Statesman | Idaho legislator wants to ban state funding for abortion and referrals to abortion clinics | Hayat Norimine
KMVT-TV | City Council rejects proclamation to make Twin Falls a ‘Sanctuary City for Pre-born Babies’ | Steve Kirch
Iowa
Iowa Public Radio | Proposal To Amend Iowa Constitution To Say It Doesn't Protect Abortion Rights Advances In Iowa House | Katarina Sostaric
Iowa City Press-Citizen | Iowans must reject Republicans' 'extreme' amendments to our state's constitution | Christina Bohannan
Kansas
Wichita Eagle | Fast-tracked anti-abortion bills are a danger to Kansas women | Julie Burkhart
Mississippi
Jezebel | Mississippi Is Trying to Criminalize Even Talking About Abortion | Emily Alford
Missouri
Montana
Montana Public Radio | Abortion Bills Draw Opposition From Montana Medical Association | Shaylee Ragar
LGBTQ
Changing America | Students, educators team up to fight LGBTQ+ harassment in schools | Anagha Srikanth
NorthJersey.com | LGBTQ youth faces an 'epidemic' within the COVID pandemic — a lack of safe housing | Sammy Gibbons
Washington Blade | Gill Foundation puts up $1 million for campaign to expand LGBTQ civil rights | Chris Johnson
Iowa
The Gazette | St. Luke's counselor says in complaint he and trans patients harassed by staff | Erin Jordan
Maryland
New York Daily News | Lawmakers in Maryland, Virginia introduce bills banning ‘LGBTQ+ panic defense’ | Muri Assunção
North Carolina
WCHL-AM | Orange County Passes LGBTQ Protections, Joins Other Town Governments | Elle Kehres
Winston-Salem Journal | Greensboro reinstates LGBTQ protections once taken away by state | Richard Barron
Wisconsin
AP | Transgender teen must use male name on offender registry | Todd Richmond
Pregnancy & Parenting
U.S. News & World Report | Lawmakers to Renew Maternal Health Push as Democrats Control Congress, White House | Chelsea Cirruzzo
Alabama
Dothan Eagle | Alabama should expand Medicaid to reduce birth defects | Britta Cedergren
Georgia
Georgia Public Broadcasting | Georgia's Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout Exposes Broad Public Health Shortfall | Ross Williams
New Jersey
WOBM-FM | McGreevey's 'Women's Project' pairs with first lady's program | Patrick Lavery
Work & Money
Forbes | Working Parents Need Companies To Start Caring | Mary Beth Ferrante
Companies:
Forbes | How Companies Can Help Close The Gender Gap In The Tech Sector | Talal Rafi
Inc. | Will the Gender Pay Gap Get Wider in 2021? | Jessica Stillman
MedScape | Women Physicians and the Pandemic: A Snapshot | Jennifer Lubell
The Staffing Stream | How the Staffing Industry Can Help Shrink the Gender Pay Gap | Mike Brown
California
Sacramento Bee | Family leave for California state workers could be restored in Biden’s COVID-19 proposal | Wes Venteicher
New Mexico
KRQE-TV | History made: Women hold majority in New Mexico House of Representatives | Rachel Knapp
Ohio
JD Supra | Finally! Ohio Restores its Employment Discrimination Statute | JD Supra | Kathryn Siegel, Meredith Shoop, Kevin E. Griffith