No Pence, all the richer
Today…
is the birthday of Graciela Olivárez (1928-1987), the first woman and first Latina to graduate from Notre Dame Law School.
is National Meatball Day, yes please. It has only been since reaching my 40s that I can finally make a meatball that would make Big Nana. My mother always said it was a matter of age as much as skill, and as always, she was right.
is Organize Your Home Office Day. It’s on my list, okay?
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know they won't win
Before you even say it, yes, of course Crowded House, I had the cassette and love them still.
Abortion
Rewire News Group | What It’s Like Being a Black Leader in the Abortion Movement | Yamani Hernandez
Arkansas
AP | Arkansas Senate OKs ultrasound requirement for abortions | Andrew DeMillo
New Mexico
Bustle | New Mexico Abortion Ban Trigger Law Overturned Thanks To Indigenous Women’s Activism | Jennifer Gerson
North Carolina
Newsweek | Abortion Clinic Condemns Police After 'Extremist' Fires Gun at Protest Outside Facility | Ewan Palmer
Ohio
Cleveland.com | Ohio AG Dave Yost asks U.S. Supreme Court to defend ban on abortion providers receiving family-planning funds | Jeremy Pelzer
The Columbus Dispatch | Abortion protesters arraigned following disruption at January anti-abortion Mass | Danae King
South Carolina
Charlotte Observer | Ban on SC’s new anti-abortion law stays in place | John Monk
Post and Courier | Federal judge to decide "shortly" on whether to grant longer block of SC abortion ban | Jamie Lovegrove
Wyoming
WyoFile | Guns, abortion, and election law: week one of the session | Nick Reynolds
LGBTQ
The American Independent | How the anti-LGBTQ war on marriage turned into obsessing about girls in sports | Casey Quinlan
AP | LGBTQ rights bill ignites debate over religious liberty | David Crary
Harper's Bazaar | Black Trans Women Have Always Been Integral in the Fight for Women’s Rights | Ashlee Marie Preston
INSIDER | A social media trend has people identifying as 'super straight.' The transphobic campaign was meant to divide LGBTQ+ people. | Steven Asarch
them. | More Anti-Trans Bills Have Been Introduced in 2021 Than Any Year in History | Nico Lang
Insider | Republicans are pushing at least 37 bills nationwide targeting transgender athletes as conservatives open up a new front in the war on trans rights | Kayla Epstein, Madison Hall
Washington Blade | Bill would create commission on LGBTQ service members, veterans | Lou Chibbaro Jr.
The Washington Blade | White House open to third-gender option on federal IDs, not sure EO needed | Chris Johnson
Newsweek | White House Open to Third Gender Option on Federal Forms, Not Certain Executive Order Needed | Alexandra Hutzler
Washington Post | The new wedge: States rush to block transgender athletes | Philip Bump
Alabama
Metro Weekly | Alabama lawmakers vote to criminalize gender-affirming health care for transgender youth | John Riley
Arizona
Scottsdale Progress | Scottsdale may soon have non-discrimination law | Deja Bumfield, Wayne Schutsky
Arkansas
KUAR-FM | Bill That Bans Transgender Girls And Women From Participating In Girls' Sports Passes Committee | Sarah Kellogg
Arkansas Times | Today in the legislature: Action for a problem that doesn't exist | Max Brantley
More from Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Arkansas Times
Kentucky
WUKY-FM | Transgender Sports Participation Controversy Still Alive In Kentucky Legislature | Josh James
Maine
Daily Kos | Maine bill seeks to bar transgender girls from girls' sports starting in elementary school | Marissa Higgins
Michigan
Detroit Free Press | Michigan Democrats: We have enough votes to add LGBTQ protections to state law | Dave Boucher
WUOM-FM | Whitmer calls on Legislature to send her a bill to expand Michigan's civil rights law | Rick Plutaz
More from Detroit News, Michigan Advance, MLive, WWTV-TV
North Carolina
News & Observer | A victory for NC transgender students: School records will now list their preferred name | T. Keung Hui
South Dakota
Argus Leader | Gov. Kristi Noem intends to sign anti-trans sports bill passed in Senate | Morgan Matzen
Jezebel | In Honor of International Women's Day, SD Governor Kristi Noem Celebrates Bullying Teen Girls | Esther Wang
More from The Advocate, The Hill, NPR, Rapid City Journal
Wisconsin
WUWM-FM | Capitol Notes: Bill Banning Transgender Athletes Could Pass, May Be An Election Issue In Wisconsin | Marti Mikkelson
The Capital Times | Proposed limits on trans athletes only fuel hatred | Jessie Opoien
Pregnancy & Parenting
Al Jazeera | ‘No winning’: US working mothers on losing ground to COVID | Kaelyn Forde
The Nation | Parenting as a Radical Act of Love | Emily Douglas
A special issue on parenting, including:Courtney Martin | From Raising Anti-Racist Kids to Being an Anti-Racist Family
Andre Perry | We Should All Be Able to Have Babies Like White People
Imani Perry | The Long Shadow of Family Separation
POLITICO | A $39 billion lifeline for American child care | Juan Perez Jr.
Romper | The COVID Crisis Can Be A Once-In-A-Generation Chance To Fix Child Care | Molly Langmuir
Colorado
Colorado Newsline | Why Colorado needs to pass the birth equity bill package | Kayla Frawley
Florida
Miami Herald | Parents have been hit hard by the pandemic economy. Miami is offering free child care | Yadira Lopez
Indiana
The Times of Northwest Indiana | State lawmakers eye expansion of Indiana baby box locations | Dan Carden
Minnesota
MPR | Greater Minnesota’s child care crisis squeezed by pandemic | Angela Davis, Maja Beckstrom
Virginia
Richmond Times-Dispatch | Addressing Virginia’s child care crisis | Kathy Glazer
Reproductive Health & Justice
Chicago Tribune | Congressional report outlines action plan to provide opportunities for Black women and girls | Francine Knowles
HuffPost | Here's How Long It Might Take To Mentally Recover From The Past Year | Julia Ries
Newsweek | Stop Demanding Racial Justice from Biden. Most Inequality Is at the State Level | Monique Mumila
Colorado
The Denver Post | Aurora takes first step to stop taxing menstrual products | John Aguilar
Work & Money
CNN | Teen Vogue staffers question Alexi McCammond's hire as editor in chief 'in light of her past racist and homophobic tweets' | Kerry Flynn
More from The A.V. Club, The Daily Beast, Mediaite, New York Post, Women’s Wear Daily, The Wrap
NBC | On International Women's Day, let's remember 'as much as women are succeeding, they are struggling' | Lauren Leader
Nieman Lab | Less than a third of the world’s top editors at major outlets are women | Hanaa' Tameez
The 19th | Pandemic continues to disproportionately harm women, LGBTQ+ people | Shefali Luthra
U.S. News & World Report | In One Year, Coronavirus Pandemic Has Wreaked Havoc on Working Women | Tim Smart
California
The Advocate | California May Mandate Gender-Neutral Kids' Sections in Large Stores | Mey Rude
Sacramento Bee | Study finds CA corporate boards have added women | Andrew Sheeler
Idaho
Idaho Statesman | In rejecting grant, Idaho Republicans ‘voted against families and local communities’ | Scott McIntosh