Just do the next right thing
Today…
is the birthday of Sylvia Plath, but with all due respect, I suspect the last thing we need this morning is to spend more time contemplating the air inside the bell jar. Moving on.
Perhaps this will help. It’s American Beer Day! And what d’you know, the sour cherry gose in my fridge is made in Pennsylvania. We’ll meet up this evening, lovelies.
The 11yo knew some 💩 had gone down last night when I turned this on. What can I say. I have a soft spot for the maudlin. It helped.
Break it down to this next breath
this next step
this next choice is one that I can make
Supreme Court
SCOTUSblog | Barrett confirmed as 115th justice | Amy Howe
The Senate on Monday night confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett as the 115th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and the fifth woman to serve on the court.
It bugged me for a minute that she’s not much older than I am, but then I remembered… you can get nominated the Supreme Court in your mid/late 40s if you skip all those years of judicial experience. And are Republican.
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New York Times | The Republican Party's Supreme Court | Editorial
When [ACB] takes her seat on the bench, it will represent the culmination of a four-decade crusade by conservatives to fill the federal courts with reliably Republican judges who will serve for decades as a barricade against an ever more progressive nation.
HuffPost | Donald Trump Gave The Conservative Legal Movement Everything They Ever Wanted | Paul Blumenthal
HuffPost | Republicans Weaponized White Motherhood To Get Amy Coney Barrett Confirmed | Emma Gray
Los Angeles Times | We now have a far-right Supreme Court. Democrats can't abandon the battle | Erwin Chemerinsky
Newsweek | With Amy Coney Barrett Confirmed, Does John Roberts Still Matter? | David A. Kaplan
New York Magazine | Amy Coney Barrett’s Confirmation Is Proof That Norms Are Dead | Sarah Jones
Washington Post | Amy Coney Barrett joins a Supreme Court that’s largely out of step with the national consensus | Ruth Marcus
What’s next…
Bustle | Here’s Where Amy Coney Barrett Stands On Crucial Upcoming SCOTUS Topics | Paulina Jayne Isaac
CNN | Trump's taxes, election and abortion cases await Amy Coney Barrett in her first week | Ariane de Vogue, Caroline Kelly, Devan Cole
The New Republic | Amy Coney Barrett Will Upend American Life as We Know It | Alex Pareene, Melissa Gira Grant, Matt Ford, Simon Lazarus
Rewire News Group | 7 Things to Know Now That Amy Coney Barrett Has Been Confirmed to the Supreme Court | Caroline Reilly
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Slate | Amy Coney Barrett Could Bring Down Decades of Anti-Discrimination Law | Chiraag Bains
Refinery29 | Amy Coney Barrett On The Supreme Court Could Change Everything | Kaylen Ralph
…for abortion and other repro health
The Cut | Worried About Amy Coney Barrett? Donate to an Abortion Fund | Bridget Read
The Hill | Fertility at risk: What ACB confirmation means to reproductive rights | Diane Chen
Ms. | Barrett Hearings Inspire State Action to Protect Abortion Rights | Carrie Baker
USA Today | Barrett confirmation means Roe is at risk, and prosecutors need to step up | Miriam Aroni Krinsky
CBS | Mississippi asks Supreme Court again to review its 15-week abortion ban | Kate Smith
The Supreme Court on Monday announced it would consider Mississippi's petition during a conference on Friday. In most cases, the court announces its decision whether to take up a case the following Monday, according to the Supreme Court's website.
…for the ACA
The Cut | Amy Coney Barrett’s First Ruling Could Be Devastating | Angelina Chapin
The first case she is set to hear on November 10 will determine the survival of the Affordable Care Act.
AP | How losing Obamacare could cost you | Liz Weston
Rewire News Group | Health Care Just Got Even More Political With Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court | Nisha Verma
SELF | Amy Coney Barrett Health Policies: How Her Confirmation Might Affect Your Health | Colleen De Bellefonds
…for LGBTQ+ rights
Out Magazine | This Is the Supreme Court's Next Major LGBTQ+ Rights Case | Donald Padgett
LGBTQ Nation | LGBTQ couples rush to get married before Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to Supreme Court | Bil Browning
Abortion
The American Independent | Trump joins international coalition to oppose health care for women | Lisa Needham
Ms. | The Pandemic Politics of Reproductive Health Care | Mary Ziegler
NPR | A World Without Legal Abortion: How Activists Envision A 'Post-Roe' Nation | Sarah McCammon
Slate | The Women the Pro-Choice Movement Left Behind | Mary Harris
Laurie Bertram Roberts on what the pro-choice movement misses and how to avoid complacency in the fight to come.
Washington, DC
Medium | Anti-choice groups storm D.C. abortion clinics, receive no news attention | Steph Black
LGBTQ
The Advocate | How States Disenfranchise Queer Women of Color | Trudy Ring
The Advocate | One in 10 LGBTQ+ Teens Identifies as Asexual or Ace Spectrum | Mey Rude
America Magazine | For L.G.B.T. Catholics, Pope Francis’ civil unions remarks matter-even if church teaching hasn’t changed | Gerard O’Connell
NBC News | The small but mighty power of Black LGBTQ voters | Derrick Clifton
Maryland
Courthouse News Service | Opponent of Conversion Therapy Ban Faces Uphill Battle at Fourth Circuit | Brad Kutner
New Mexico
Out Magazine | Senator Forced to Flee Home After Homophobic Death Threats Tells Story | Donald Padgett
Pennsylvania
Erie Gay News | Bloomsburg Makes History: Third Small Town PA Community to Adopt LGBT Nondiscrimination Ordinance
Pregnancy & Parenting
Agenda (World Economic Forum) | 5 ways COVID-19 has impacted on working parents in the U.S. | Rakesh Kochhar
Jacobin Magazine | Parenting Is a Job. During the Pandemic, It’s Impossible. | Hadas Thier
The Mercury News | For some working parents, only one solution to virtual school: drop their job | Laurence Du Sault
NPR | 'Incredibly Scary': Single Moms Fear Falling Through Holes In Pandemic Safety Net | Chris Arnold
A lot of people need help in the pandemic, but especially single mothers. There are approximately 13.6 million single parents in the U.S., raising 22.4 million children. 80% of those single parents are moms. Women have lost more jobs than men during the recession, and others are quitting their jobs in frustration from the demands of child care. However, quitting is just not an option for most single parents.
It sure isn’t. So.
Reproductive Health & Justice
Hill Reporter | AOC Plus Seven Request U.N. Human Rights Investigation of Department of Homeland Security | Timothy Evans
Eight Democratic lawmakers have taken the unprecedented step of sending a letter to the UN asking that it investigate “recent, ongoing, and credible allegations of egregious human rights abuses” by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
PRI | How the US presidential election could impact women’s health worldwide | Elana Gordon
The US is the largest funder of global health and family planning programs worldwide … so the outcome of the upcoming election could carry big implications for women around the world.
New Mexico
KRWG-TV (Las Cruces, NM) | First-of-its-kind Research Shows Native Americans Support Reproductive Freedom
According to the recently released “Road to Reproductive Justice: Indigenous Communities,” 89% of Native Americans agree that women and families deserve to make their own healthcare decisions without government interference.
Work & Money
The Midwest Center | After #MeToo, This Group Has Nearly Erased Sexual Harassment in Farm Fields | Vera Chang
Reynolds Journalism Institute | Gender and age discrimination play a key role in female Hispanic journalists staying at the bottom | Dagmar Thiel
Our recent Fundamedios study revealed that salary disparities are the main type of discrimination against Latino journalists, and the situation is worst regarding Latinas. The gender gap is a problem worldwide, but Latina, or Hispanic, female journalists are at the bottom of the ladder. Additionally, they have less opportunities to grow and, opposed to men, women tend to be seen as having an “expiration date” becoming less likely to be promoted or hired after a certain age.
Colorado
The Intercept | Colorado Voters Could Be First to Pass Paid Family Leave by Ballot Measure | Bryce Covert
2020
BuzzFeed News | The Coronavirus Is Pushing Women Out Of Work And Away From Trump | Molly Hensley-Clancy
Vox | Suburban women could be Trump’s undoing | Ella Nilsen
CNN | Exclusive: New analysis shows how women helped fuel a Biden fundraising surge | Fredreka Schouten
Ms. | "Record" Numbers of Women Are Running for Office, but They Still Face Structural Barriers in Politics | Maura Reilly
The Cut | Wide Awake | Rebecca Traister
Some significant portion of the population has been roused to protest — or at least awareness — at a scale that has been seen rarely in our past and that has historically had the power to bring social and political change so eruptive and transformative that those in power will do anything to quell it.