Pizza, pizza, pizza
Today…
is the birthday of Alice Walker (1944–), novelist, poet, essayist, and the first Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, for The Color Purple in 1983.
is National Pizza Day! Complete coincidence that we made pizza last night. As I told the kids, we celebrate National Pizza Day Eve, of course. Erev National Pizza Day.
I usually make my own crust, but because reasons and timing, I didn’t, shut up. I did make the sauce.
On the left: Italian sausage for the 11yo. On the right: half veggie sausage for the 13yo. Not pictured: anchovy and black olive for me.
And appropriately, the ‘80s new wave throwback the 13yo has been listening to for months now. They fascinate me.
Abortion
Forbes | What Is The Global Gag Rule & How Does It Affect Abortion Access Around The World? | Alice Broster
New York Times | Ilyse Hogue, Influential Abortion Rights Advocate, Will Step Down as NARAL Chief | Lisa Lerer
Jezebel | NARAL Pro-Choice's President, Ilyse Hogue, Is Stepping Down | Marie Solis
The Hill | NARAL president to step down | Jessie Hellmann
Rewire News Group series on The Future of Abortion Access
The Future of Abortion Access | Jessica Mason Pieklo
What I Learned From Buying Abortion Pills Online | Steph Black
Purvi Patel and the Case of the Self-Managed Abortion | Imani Gandy
I’m a Doctor. Self-Managed Abortion Is Safe. | April Lockley
Unacceptable Care: Why Patients Manage Their Own Abortion | Jamila Perritt, Susan Rinkunas
Michigan
Bridge Michigan | Health officials worry as Michigan GOP ties COVID funding to abortion debate | Jonathan Oosting, Mike Wilkinson
South Dakota
Argus Leader | Action on abortion survivor bill deferred after last-minute proposed amendment | Danielle Ferguson
Argus Leader | Almost 70 clinicians sign letter opposing three South Dakota abortion-related bills | Danielle Ferguson
Virginia
WVTF-FM | Removing Abortion Coverage Prohibition Wouldn't Cost Virginia Anything Impact Statement Shows | Michael Pope
LGBTQ
The Atlantic | How One Supreme Court Decision Increased Discrimination Against LGBTQ Couples | Netta Barak-Corren
The Intercept | How the Trump Era Encouraged Publicly Funded Discrimination in Adoption and Foster Care | Akela Lacy
Washington Blade | US to Washington Blade'reengage' with UN Human Rights Council | Michael K. Lavers
Georgia
Project Q Atlanta | Advocates call for LGBTQ action against ‘insidious’ voting bills | Mike Fleming
Idaho
Boise State Public Radio | Lawmakers In 19 States Cloning Idaho's Transgender Athlete Bill | Troy Oppie
Nebraska
KLKN-TV | Potential city ordinance looks to ban conversion therapy | Macy Meyer
Lincoln Journal Star | Opponents worry conversion therapy ban would unconstitutionally restrict speech in Lincoln | Riley Johnson
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh City Paper | Mayor Bill Peduto names appointees to Pittsburgh’s new LGBTQIA+ Commission | Amanda Waltz
WESA-FM | Peduto To Appoint 17 Members To LGBTQIA+ Commission | Ariel Worthy
Wisconsin
WEAU-TV | Petition seeks Wisconsin birth certificate form changes | Max Cotton
Pregnancy & Parenting
VICE | The COVID Vaccine Wasn’t Tested on Pregnant People. Now They’re Worried. | Carter Sherman
Reproductive Health & Justice
The 19th | ‘We all know somebody’: Rep. Lauren Underwood on the fight to stop pregnancy-related deaths | Shefali Luthra
The Lily | Black maternal health is in crisis. Here’s how lawmakers hope the ‘Momnibus’ package will help. | Ashley Nguyen
Mic | The "Momnibus Act" seeks to address Black maternal mortality, finally | Ray Levy Uyeda
Business Insider | To effectively defeat the pandemic, we have to tackle white supremacy in healthcare | Ana Delgado
Medium | Since Black Women Saved America, When Will Decreasing Maternal Mortality Become a Priority? | Allison Gaines
YES! Magazine | How Organizers Are Fighting an American Legacy of Forced Sterilization | Ray Levy-Uyeda
Massachusetts
Dig Boston | The Dignity Initiative: Fighting For Menstrual Care During COVID | Angela Yang
Texas
Houston Chronicle | End period stigma - and give people the day off too | ShaCamree Gowdy
Utah
Deseret News | Utah lawmakers nix idea requiring ‘consent’ as part of sex education | Marjorie Cortez
Work & Money
CNBC | Democrats to unveil one-year plan to send up to $3,600 per child to households | Tucker Higgins
The 19th | Two decades in the making, Rosa DeLauro’s plan to cut child poverty in half is on the brink of passing | Chabeli Carrazana
Sacramento Bee | Have kids? You could soon see extra money each month from Washington | David Lightman
Las Cruces Sun-News | Single female homebuyers dominate male counterparts | Gary Sandler
Ms. | Table for 12, Please: Janet Yellen Is Willing to be Dangerous | Pat Mitchell
TechCrunch | Silenced No More Act seeks to ban use of NDAs in situations involving harassment or discrimination | Megan Rose Dickey
Washington Post | Sexual harassment in federal contracting: How one woman says an employer retaliated after she reported abuse | Samantha Schmidt
Maryland
WTOP-FM | Supporters say Maryland family-leave bill would help fight ‘she-cession’ | Michelle Murillo
Massachusetts
Worcester Business Journal | Mass. paid family leave law makes it easier for women to stay, advance in their careers | Monica Busch
West Virginia
WTRF-TV | Capito Introduces Legislation to Deliver Overtime Benefits Flexibility for Working Parents | John Lynch