Late (candidate) registration
Today… I’m late, so I’ll be brief here.
is the #StrikeForBlackLives.
in 1848 was the final day of the Seneca Falls Convention.
is Fortune Cookie Day. Be kind, tip well.
‘Cause it’s ne-never over…
Abortion
Kanye West talks racism, Harriet Tubman, abortion
Meg Kinnard | AP
On abortion, West said that while he believes it should be legal, financial incentives to help struggling mothers could be a way to discourage the practice. “Everybody that has a baby gets a million dollars,” he said as an example.
Regulating Reproduction: Making Sense of June Medical Services v. Russo
Rachel Rebouché | Ms. Magazine
June Medical Services v. Russo, a highly-anticipated Supreme Court case, could have overturned Roe v. Wade and made the constitutional right to an abortion an artifact of the past.
Mike Pence Tells Wisconsin Voters Biden Supports 'Taxpayer-Funded Late-Term Abortions'
Benjamin Fearnow | Newsweek
Vice President Mike Pence portrayed Joe Biden as a "radical left" leader in cautionary remarks to Wisconsin voters, claiming the presidential hopeful supports "late-term abortions right up to the moment of birth."
How My Pregnancy Loss Shaped My Perspective of Anti-Choice Legislation
Madeleine Siegel | Rewire.News
It is critical to confront willful ignorance and ensure that the discussion on abortion rights is based on truth and science, guided by the wisdom of medical professionals and those who have lived experience.
Colorado
Our Stories Are Devastating. Will Reading Them Convince You To Protect Our Rights?
T. S. Mendola | HuffPost
This fall, Colorado will vote on banning all abortions after 22 weeks. Seven women share their heartbreaking experiences to show why that must not happen.
Nebraska
Taxes still top focus as Nebraska lawmakers resume session
Grant Schulte | AP
Lawmakers are also expected to consider legislation to further clamp down on abortion rights and impose anti-bias training requirements for police.
Go home, Huskers.
LGBTQ
Trump’s commission on human rights issues report undermining LGBTQ people & international law
Alex Bollinger | LGBTQ Nation
A draft report released by the State Department shows that the Trump administration is trying to cement its position that LGBTQ rights are not fundamental human rights and that “religious freedom” should be protected over LGBTQ people when they come into conflict, critics said.
A proposed anti-trans rule would let homeless shelters judge who’s a woman
Katelyn Burns | Vox
A proposed Housing and Urban Development rule would allow federally funded homeless shelters to judge a person’s physical characteristics, such as height and facial hair, undetermining whether they belong in a women or men’s shelter, according to a copy of the rule’s text obtained by Vox.
The Advocate | True Colors, Others Counter Trump's Attack on Homeless Trans People
Bloomberg News | Trump’s First ‘Midnight Rule’ Might Target Transgender Homeless People
Trump administration faces two lawsuits for allowing doctors to refuse transgender patients
Alex Bollinger | LGBTQ Nation
A second coalition of LGBTQ organizations has filed a federal suit against the Trump administration over its recent rule change that removed protections for transgender people in health care.
Washington Post | Transgender man sues University of Maryland hospital after it canceled his hysterectomy
Rainbow Wave 3.0? Record Number of LGBTQ+ Candidates on 2020 Ballots
Donald Padgett | Out Magazine
Since about 2018 we've been discussing "rainbow waves," or election cycles that boast a large group of LGBTQ+ candidates getting voted into office. That continued in 2019 when over 80 queer and trans candidates won elections.
Black Trans Women Face Constant Sexual Violence In Prison. CJay Smith Is Fighting Back.
Elly Belle | Refinery29
In the U.S., one out of every two Black transgender people has been incarcerated. And trans women who are incarcerated in men’s prisons are 13 times more likely to be sexually assaulted than cisgender men. Yet more than 50% report fearing for their safety if they are vocal about harassment, discrimination, or violence. Despite all of these hurdles, one woman found the strength to speak out against abuse.
Nearly half of LGBTQ youth considered suicide in the last year. That was before the pandemic.
Juwan Holmes | LGBTQ Nation
About 40% of LGBTQ youth have contemplated youth in the last year, according to a national survey by the Trevor Project. The information was gathered between December 2, 2019 and March 31, 2020, which means most respondents answered before they were faced with the even tougher circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic.
Hollywood LGBTQ-Inclusive Films Up, Diversity Down and Trans Characters Absent, GLAAD Study Finds
Brad Pareso | Adweek
Hollywood studio movies have made gains in depicting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer characters, but the industry still has far more ground to cover to fully reflect the LGBTQ community, according to GLAAD’s eighth annual Studio Responsibility Index unveiled on Thursday.
Hallmark Channel is in “active negotiations” over a possible LGBTQ holiday film
Molly Sprayregen | LGBTQ Nation
This year, Hallmark will reportedly be making holiday cheer a little more queer. After criticism for its past holiday movie lineups that have not featured any LGBTQ leads, company representatives are claiming this year will be different.
Entertainment Tonight | Hallmark Says Upcoming Projects Will Feature LGBTQ Storylines, Characters and Actors
The Wrap | Hallmark Commits to Adding LGBTQ Storylines to Its Movies
Facebook And Instagram Ban Conversion Therapy Content In Major Policy Push
Isabelle Lichtenstein | GO
On July 10th, Facebook and Instagram announced that the social media platforms will ban content about conversion therapy on their platforms in an effort to combat hate speech online.
Work & Parenting
Moms are reducing work hours four to five times more than fathers amid pandemic, study finds
Katie Kindelan | ABC News
Mothers, especially those with young children and who are working from home during the coronavirus pandemic, have reduced their working hours four to five times more than fathers have, according to a new study.
WTOP-FM (Washington, DC) | Parenting in a pandemic: Working moms are working less
Our rude childcare awakening
Linda Smith, Adrienne Schweer | New York Daily News
The coronavirus has exposed what millions of working parents already knew: childcare is essential. So is access to paid sick and family leave. Unfortunately, neither of these policies were sufficient for working families before the COVID-19 crisis — and the pandemic is making things much worse.
Ag Update | Staffing among serious issues facing rural childcare
The Daily Progress | Nearly 40% of Virginia’s child care centers closed during the pandemic - a problem for parents going back to work
Hartford Courant | The child care industry is at risk, but there is a solution.
News & Observer | ‘COVID-19 is killing enrollment.’ As school begins, child care centers struggle to stay open
WHYY-TV (Philadelphia, PA) | Child care dilemma: Philly parents scrambling to plan for three days a week of virtual school
Winston-Salem Journal | Our child care shortage isn't new. But the pandemic has worsened problems for parents and providers in North Carolina.
History shows that we can solve the child-care crisis — if we want to
Lisa Levenstein | Washington Post
This is not the first time that the country has faced an extraordinary challenge that demands a fundamental redesigning of everyday life — including new arrangements for child care.
Many schools aren’t reopening in the fall. Now what?
Anna North | Vox
The shift to remote learning this spring in response to the coronavirus pandemic was a disaster for many students and families — so much so that in recent weeks, many public health experts have called for schools to reopen if possible. It’s increasingly clear, however, that in many communities, it isn’t possible — at least not yet.
Post Tribune | Emotionally torn parents face possibly their toughest decision: should we send kids back to school?
South Bend Tribune | ‘Logistical nightmare’: Parents, teachers worry about balancing school and safety
The Tennessean | School reopening: Rich kids get smarter and the disadvantaged get left behind
How Educational Inequality In America Could Be Impacted By The Homeschooling Pod Frenzy
Rebekah Bastian | Forbes
While self-organizing around schooling pods makes sense as a way of taking control and optimizing for several difficult factors, this trend can have highly inequitable results.
Hitting reset: 5 ways the pandemic could benefit working moms in the long-term
Alison Goldman | The Lily
With schools closed, moms have provided the bulk of child care, and are also more likely to have reduced their work hours and to have experienced some degree of psychological distress during the pandemic. But what if businesses can use all of this as an opportunity to create more supportive office cultures?
Area women discuss the cost of motherhood on employment and earnings
Carissa Wigginton | The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead
Motherhood doesn’t come without a cost on pay and in the labor market — a price Jane Pettinger, an assistant professor at Minnesota State Moorhead’s Paseka School of Business, and many women know all too well.
Pregnancy & Parenting
🠲 During Coronavirus Lockdowns, Some Doctors Wondered: Where Are the Preemies?
Elizabeth Preston | New York Times
They don’t know what caused the drop in premature births, and can only speculate as to the factors in lockdown that might have contributed. But further research might help doctors, scientists and parents-to-be understand the causes of premature birth and ways to prevent it, which have been elusive until now.
How to Educate, Understand and Support Black Mothers in Maternal Birth
Donna Duarte-Ladd | New York Family
There is so much that needs to be done when it comes to Black Maternal Health; here are a few ways to start your journey.
Georgia
Study: Ga.'s maternal death rate worst in the U.S.; Gov. Kemp signs laws he hopes will improve Ga.'s ranking
Terrance Kelly | WGCL-TV (Atlanta, GA)
Kemp signed several pieces of legislation his office said will “ensure a safer and healthier Georgia.” The new laws will reduce surprise medical billing (HB 888) and address Georgia's maternal mortality rate by enhancing access to quality and timely care for mothers on Medicaid (HB 1114), the governor’s office reported.
Reproductive Health & Justice
Until Black Women Are Free, None of Us Will Be Free
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor | The New Yorker
The women of the Combahee River Collective believed that another world was possible, one in which Black women, and thus all of humanity, were freed from systems of oppression and exploitation, as the result of a collective struggle that reached down to the roots of the problems we face.
Teens need easy access to condoms and long-acting reversible contraception, say pediatricians
Sandee LaMotte | CNN
The AAP supports the "provision of free or low-cost barrier methods within communities, including providing barrier methods within clinics.” … In a separate paper, the AAP tackled the issue of providing teens with up-to-date information on the use of long-acting reversible contraception, or LARC.
Minnesota
Minneapolis City Council declares racism a 'public health emergency'
Jeremiah Jacobsen | KARE-TV (Minneapolis, MN)
The Minneapolis City Council has approved a resolution declaring racism to be a public health emergency. The resolution calls for city leadership to take a series of action steps and dedicate resources to racial equity work in the city.
The Hill | Minneapolis declares racism a public health emergency
KSTP-TV (St Paul, MN) | Minneapolis City Council declares racism a public health emergency
Ohio
Local Black women in the fight for reproductive justice
Meredith Shockley-Smith | The Cincinnati Herald
The 2019 infant mortality rate is the lowest Hamilton County has ever seen for Black women. It is a fine time for a win for Black folks. ... This local victory should serve as a blueprint for moving forward.
Work & Money
The pain of the coronavirus is about to get a lot worse
Erica Pandey | Axios
For months now, American workers, families and small businesses have been saying they can't keep up their socially distanced lives for much longer. We've now arrived at "much longer" — and the pandemic isn't going away anytime soon.
Here's how much men and women earn at every age
Kathleen Elkins | CNBC
The wage gap forms early and continues to grow: As data from the BLS shows, men earn more from the start. And women not only earn less, but their peak earning age is lower than that of the average man.
NOW Chapter Leaders Launch New Campaign to Oust President Toni Van Pelt Over Allegations of Racism
Emily Shugerman | The Daily Beast
Furious that NOW has yet to remove President Toni Van Pelt over allegations of racism, a group of state chapter leaders have started a social media campaign to push her out of office.
The Diversity Employers Need To Remember: Age Diversity
Stefanie K. Johnson | Forbes
The benefits of diversity and inclusion have been most widely examined in terms of race and gender … But workers over 40 also represent a major segment of the population facing workplace discrimination. It’s essential that employers remember the importance of age diversity, too.
The Gap in Retirement Income Between Men and Women Is Shockingly Large
Christy Bieber | The Motley Fool
New research has shown that men, on average, have much more money in retirement than women. And while this may not be a surprise, it has profound consequences – especially since women tend to live longer and may be more at risk of having too little money to ensure a comfortable retirement throughout the whole of their lives.
Salary History Bans Help Combat the Race and Gender Pay Gap
Jessica Stender | Ms. Magazine
New research shows that emerging state laws prohibiting employer inquiry into the prior salary of job candidates or new hires have not only resulted in pay increases for both women and Black workers, but have also increased pay transparency, which is critical to closing gender and race-based wage gaps.
DOL Wage and Hour Division Issues New FMLA Forms and Requests Comment on FMLA Regulations
Mary A. Gambardella | National Law Review
On July 16, the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued a Request for Information [asking] for input on what stakeholders would “like to see changed in the FMLA regulations to better effectuate their rights and obligations under the FMLA” as well as challenges experienced by employers and employees.
More, More, More
Coronavirus catcalling is real. Mask or no mask, catcalling is all about power.
Danielle Campoamor | NBC News
Not even a global pandemic can keep cisgender men from attempting to assert their perceived dominance in public.
🠲 A Woman’s Place is in the City
Marisa Schulz | Next City
While men and women have many of the same needs and preferences on a variety of civic issues — from the need for access to transportation and the desire for walkable neighborhoods and active public places — women also experience spaces differently than men. They travel differently; have a greater need for safety when traveling to, from and within public spaces; and are highly impacted by segregated land uses.