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As always, a heart for my Pap on Veterans Day. This is him in 1944, 20 years old and recently arrived in England. He was a paratrooper with the 17th Airborne, would later be transferred to the 82nd as part of Operation Varsity, the last large-scale Allied airborne operation of World War II.
One more, on furlough in France, 1945. He’s pictured here with another guy from back home, so between the two of them you can’t tell neither is bigger than 5’8”. In boots.
Supreme Court
The 19th | The Affordable Care Act — and its protections for women and LGBTQ+ people — looks likely to survive | Shefali Luthra
During oral arguments Tuesday, a majority of Supreme Court justices seemed hesitant to strike down the Affordable Care Act, a ruling that could have profound implications for gender-based health care protections.
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Rewire News Group | Key Moments in the GOP Fight to Take Away Your Health Care | Caroline Reilly
The fight to gut the Affordable Care Act has been a long, ten-year battle.
Refinery29 | I Need Birth Control To Survive. The Supreme Court Could Restrict My Access. | Julia Youman
2020
Dr. Jill’s Husband
CNBC | Why bringing women back into the workforce is Joe Biden's greatest opportunity to recharge the economy | Joanne Lipman
Romper | Why Biden Is A Win For Families Working In & Out Of The White House | Morgan Brinlee
The 19th | Joe Biden can accomplish these health care goals without the Senate | Shefali Luthra
CNN | What can Joe Biden do to save Obamacare in the Supreme Court? Not much. | Gregory Krieg, Tami Luhby
Rewire News Group | 3 Things President Biden Can Do on Day One for Reproductive Rights | Caroline Reilly
NPR | A Biden Administration Could Bring Big Changes To Schools And Colleges | Anya Kamenetz, Elissa Nadworny
them. | Biden is the First President-Elect to Fully Support LGBTQ+ Rights | Henry Giardina, Nico Lang
Dr. Jill
The Hill | Jill Biden set to redefine role of first lady | Julia Manchester, Morgan Chalfant
The 19th | Jill Biden will be the only first lady to work full time | Mariel Padilla
ABC | Jill Biden could make history as 1st first lady to hold paid job outside the White House | Katie Kindelan
Madam VP
Cincinnati Enquirer | Madam Vice President has a nice ring to it | Bonnie Jean Feldkamp
Commercial Appeal | Harris elected VP is hard-fought, and overdue, step forward for Black women | Tonyaa Weathersbee
HuffPost | 3 Reasons It Took So Long To Get Our First Madam Vice President | Emily Peck
Vogue | What Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris’s Win Means for Women’s Health | Lauren Valenti
Abortion
Daily Beast | ‘Abortion Reversal’ Dr. George Delgado Inventor Enlists in the COVID Wars | Emily Shugerman
LGBTQ
LGBTQ Nation | Betsy DeVos is about to lose her job. A gay whistleblower tells us why people should celebrate. | Juwan Holmes
Dwayne Bensing, an out lawyer & former staffer at the Department of Education under DeVos, reflects on her anti-LGBTQ crusade and looks forward to her eventual exit.
You knew this was coming…
Vox | The incredibly bizarre Dean Browning and "Dan Purdy" Twitter drama, explained | Rebecca Jennings
A politician was accused of using a fake burner account for a gay Black Trump supporter. That’s when things got weird.
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New Hampshire
them. | Having More Than One Trans Legislator Is Important. New Hampshire Proves Why. | Samantha Allen
New York
AP | Lawsuit challenging arrest of NYC transgender woman settled | Tom Hays
LGBTQ Nation | Trans woman gets $30K in settlement with NYPD after she was arrested for saying her name | Alex Bollinger
Pregnancy & Parenting
Glamour | Black Women Who've Died in Childbirth Won't Be Forgotten | Shannon Miller
INSIDER | How to support single parents during the pandemic, according to 4 single moms | Kelly Burch
I can name that tune in one note…
Romper | We Got This Far Because Moms Got Mad. Let's Keep Going. | Alexis McGill Johnson
Arkansas
KARZ-TV (Little Rock, AR) | UAMS to test telehealth to improve death rate rural pregnant women
Reproductive Health & Justice
The Hill | Senate panel recommends $96 billion for health department | Jessie Hellmann
The federal family planning program, commonly referred to as Title X, which hasn’t received a funding increase since 2015, would be flat-funded once again at $286 million. The program funds reproductive health services and primary health care for millions of low-income women and men.
Work & Money
Axios | There's a business case for companies to offer child care benefits | Erica Pandey
Fatherly | FFCRA Paid Family and Sick Leave Expires Soon. Here's How It Works | Cameron LeBlanc
Forbes | Covid Threatens Women’s Recent Workplace Gains | Carrie McCabe
Washington Post | Naval Academy names Sydney Barber as its first Black female brigade commander | Lauren Lumpkin
California
The Mercury News | Women workers in this Bay Area county might not be faring as well as you’d think, analysis suggests | Laurence Du Sault
New York
WNYC-FM | MTA Creates Four New Positions for Pregnant Workers After Nightmare Miscarriage | Stephen Nessen
Tennessee
JD Supra | Tennessee’s New ‘Pregnant Workers Fairness Act’ Requires Employers to Reasonably Accommodate Pregnant Employees | Anne R. Yuengert, John Rodgers
More, More, More
BUST Magazine | New Statue Honoring "Mother of Feminism" Mary Wollstonecraft Is, You Guessed It, Naked | Lauren Williams
The Hill | Why some feminists are upset about a new sculpture of the 'mother of feminism' | Anagha Srikanth
CBS News | Gender equality is "essential" to global coronavirus recovery, Norway's prime minister says | Elizabeth Elkind
HuffPost | The Tortured Life And Tragic Crime Of The Only Woman On Death Row | Melissa Jeltsen
Teen Vogue | White Women Have to Answer for Backing Trump Again | Kaylen Ralph
USA Today | Oxford dictionaries change 'sexist' definitions of the word 'woman' | N'dea Yancey-Bragg
“Bitches who… twerk, be bisexual, eat hot chip,” that all stays. “And lie” was just rude.