On the blink
Today…
I have no idea, I didn’t really sleep last night. In my ~6 years of working remotely, I find the really mixed blessing is that you can do it anywhere, anytime. Can’t sleep? You can always copyedit a report, pull a press list, update the project management platform.
Abortion
Jezebel | Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court To Reinstate Rule Requiring Patients Pick Up Abortion Pill In-Person | Justice Namaste
On Tuesday, the Trump administration made its second request to the Supreme Court to reinstate a rule that patients must pick up an abortion pill in person from a hospital, clinic, or medical office during the covid-19 pandemic.
The American Independent | Judge rules against one of Trump administration's last chances to restrict abortion | Lisa Needham
AP | Justices asked again to reinstate rule for abortion pill | Mark Sherman
Bloomberg | U.S. Asks Supreme Court to Halt Mail Delivery of Abortion Pills | Greg Stohr
Georgia
Jezebel | Madison Cawthorn Has Some Unsurprisingly Racist Thoughts About Raphael Warnock Representing 'Real Americans' | Esther Wang
“He wants to defund our police, he says he’s a pastor yet he’s all about abortion. This is somebody who does not represent what real Americans believe.”
More from American Independent, Newsweek, Refinery29,
Massachusetts
Boston Globe | Abortion-rights bill deserves passage — again | Editorial
Boston Globe | Massachusetts House speaker knocks Baker’s abortion proposal, says reps will ‘overturn’ it | Matt Stout
WBTS-TV | Massachusetts House Seeks to Overturn Baker Abortion Amendment | Steve LeBlanc
Minnesota
Minnesota Monthly | Just the Pill: Minnesota’s very own mobile abortion clinic | Dinneen Graff
LGBTQ
ABC | FDA launches study that could lead to removal of restrictions on blood donations by gay and bisexual men | Tony Morrison
For the first time, the FDA is sharing new details on a study it's funding that could lead to the removal of longtime restrictions around blood donations by gay or bisexual men. The first-of-its-kind pilot study aims to gather and present data to the FDA for review by late 2021.
The American Independent | Pete Buttigieg will be first gay man ever nominated to the Cabinet | Casey Quinlan
More from ABC, The Advocate, AP, Changing America, CNN, Instinct, LGBTQ Nation, NBC, New York Times, The 19th, NPR, Out, Roll Call, USA Today, Washington Post
Georgia
The Advocate | LGBTQ+ Georgia Voters, Allies Can Flip the Senate | Neal Broverman
Indiana
GoMag | Indiana Court Declines To Hear LGBTQ+ Birth Certificate Discrimination Case | Isabelle Lichtenstein
Changing America | Supreme Court hands LGBTQ+ families victory in birth certificate case | Anagha Srikanth
New Jersey
Herald News | NJ Supreme Court eliminates roadblocks for transgender people seeking legal name changes | Sammy Gibbons
NJ.com | An alliance aimed at making life better for transgender people launches in N.J. Tuesday | Tennyson Donyéa
Tennessee
Clarksville Now | Clarksville dinged on LGBTQ equality in new report, updates discrimination policy | Keely Quinlan
Pregnancy & Parenting
Mom.com | The New Latchkey Kids: Why So Many Kids of Working Parents Are Home Alone in the Pandemic | Virginia Duan
While there are many resources that working parents can access and try … sometimes there really is no other choice than to leave your kids at home to navigate the complexities of online learning by themselves while you work.
My stomach clenches at the idea of having no choice but to leave the kids home alone all day, every day. These two are having a hard enough time with me here.
Vogue | Pregnancy and the COVID-19 Vaccine: Experts Weigh in on Your Questions | Fiorella Valdesolo
As an ICU nurse in Queens became the first New Yorker to receive the vaccine on Monday, it has inspired something that has been, thus far, unfamiliar this year: a sense of hope and promise. But it’s also inspired a litany of questions.
New York | Should Pregnant People Take the Vaccine? FDA and CDC Say That’s Up to Them. | Irin Carmon
New York Times | Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women May Opt to Receive the Vaccine | Apoorva Mandavilli
U.S. News & World Report | ACOG: Pregnant Women Should Have Chance to Get COVID-19 Vaccine | Chelsea Cirruzzo
Colorado
KRDO-TV (Colorado Springs, CO) | 36% of working parents in Colorado Springs have remote-friendly jobs | Shelby Filangi
New Jersey
WKXW-FM (Ewing, NJ) | NJ parents also essential during COVID — report calls for support | Dino Flammia
Reproductive Health & Justice
National Memo | Biden HHS Nominee Becerra Expected To Restore Reproductive Rights | Lisa Needham
While much of Becerra's work at HHS will focus on the pandemic, his nomination represents an opportunity to restore reproductive health and abortion rights.
The 19th | Of course women of color were among the first to get vaccinated | Barbara Rodriguez, Chabeli Carrazana
Black and Latina women have been on the frontlines of fighting COVID-19. Across the country, they are now the first to be inoculated against it.
Work & Money
The Appeal | 'She Just Said She Wanted To Be Believed' | Jerry Iannelli
More than 20 women accused Harry Morel, a longtime district attorney in Louisiana, of sexual misconduct. But Morel pleaded guilty to just a single obstruction of justice count while Mike Zummer, the FBI agent who investigated him, was fired. Now, Zummer is speaking about what he says is a grave injustice—at the hands of the Justice Department.
CNBC | Exclusive: For the first time in over 20 years, all S&P 500 boards have at least one woman | Courtney Connley
In 2020, S&P 500 boards appointed 413 new independent directors, with 59% of these appointments going to women and minority men, according to a new report. With these new appointments, every S&P 500 board now has at least one woman, marking the first time this has happened since Spencer Stuart started tracking this data in 1998.
The Lily | 87 million Americans will lose paid leave on Dec. 31. These women’s stories show us the consequences. | Bryce Covert
If the current trend is any indication — in which women, who disproportionately shoulder unpaid care work, are far more likely to disrupt their careers to deal with the effects of the pandemic — it’s women who will keep suffering the most.
Duluth News Tribune | Here's what you need to know about Minnesota's $242M aid package for workers, businesses | Dana Ferguson
Sacramento Bee | California workers appear likely to lose two weeks of paid sick leave as COVID-19 surges | Jeong Park
The State | Paid family leave for state employees on the table for SC lawmakers this year | Emily Bohatch
More, More, More
Bangor Daily News | 4 years after the Women’s March, advice for sustaining social movements | Kimberly Simmons
The demands of contemporary feminists will not be achieved without sustained and strategic pressure — and we know it. And, since 2016, we’ve gained more skills, more relationships, more visions for shared liberation and simultaneously more experiences of inequalities to draw on. 21st-century feminist activism is just getting started.
New York Times | Is the Legal System an Effective Solution to Domestic Violence? | Alisha Gupta
FKA Twigs has highlighted a problem that 1 in 3 American women face. But it is still rare for aggressors to face charges, convictions or financial penalties.