Priorities
Today…
I’m watching the opening ceremonies, I don’t know what else.
On Lovett or Leave It a few years ago, Jon Lovett was going off about the upcoming royal wedding – the abuses of the monarchy, the waste, etc, etc. All true! But from the back of the room, a plaintive gay voice cried out, “But the dress!”
Should these Olympics be happening, now, this year, at all? I’m here for those arguments, absolutely. But also… the dress…
Abortion
The American Independent | GOP legislatures keep forcing doctors to spread misinformation about 'abortion reversal' | Lisa Needham
Ms. | Student Campaign to Increase Emergency Contraception Access: “EC Vending Machines Everywhere” | Carrie Baker
Salon | The cost of the GOP's war against abortion is adding up - and taxpayers are footing the bill | Kylie Cheung
Mississippi
AP | Mississippi argues Supreme Court should overturn Roe v. Wade | Emily Wagster Pettus
More from ABC, Bloomberg, Business Insider, CNN, Daily Beast, Forbes, The Hill, Los Angeles Times, NBC, New York Times, POLITICO, Reuters, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post
North Carolina
Asheville Citizen Times | Anti-abortion protesters ramping up clinic demonstrations, Asheville noise complaints show | Joel Burgess
Ohio
Ohio Capital Journal | Abortion providers press on as state regulations grow | Susan Tebben
Texas
Austin Chronicle | Safer Legal Abortion? Not in This State! | Mary Tuma
Bustle | How To Support Abortion Rights In Texas Right Now | Madhuri Sathish-Van Atta
LGBTQ
The Advocate | Senate Confirms Historic LGBTQ+ Nominees to Defense Department | Trudy Ring
Barron's | Gay Families Still Face Financial Planning Challenges, Even With Marriage Equality | Lewis Braham
The Hill | Half of states now restrict conversion therapy for LGBTQ kids | Reid Wilson
LGBTQ Nation | Will the American government apologize for discriminating against LGBTQ people for decades? | Alex Bollinger
LGBTQ Nation | One in four LGBTQ young people now identify as non-binary | Molly Sprayregen
Salon | Amazon sales of a transphobic book revives greater free speech debate | Kylie Cheung
Slate | Judges are shooting down anti-transgender laws, but a Supreme Court battle looms. | Mark Joseph Stern
VICE | Trans Athletes on What It's Like to Play Sports Despite Bans and Bigots | Amy Rose Spiegel
California
CNN | The intentional misgendering of transgender nursing home residents in California is no longer banned, court rules | Scottie Andrew
Kansas
Wichita Eagle | Board to take more input on Wichita anti-discrimination ordinance; many remain skeptical | Michael Stavola
North Carolina
News & Observer | ‘Nobody should be denied.’ Blue Cross NC expands coverage for transgender people | Virginia Bridges
Pregnancy & Parenting
CNBC | Over a year after child-care centers reopened, families are still struggling | Megan Leonhardt, Nina Perez
HuffPost | More Than 8 Million Kids Could Get Subsidized Child Care Under Democratic Plan | Jonathan Cohn
Wall Street Journal | Covid-19 Forced More Americans to Juggle Working From Home and Child Care | Danny Dougherty, Randy Yeip
Texas
Texas Standard | Expanded Medicaid Coverage For New Moms Will Mean Better Care For Chronic Conditions | Joy Diaz
Reproductive Health & Justice
Illinois
Chicago Tribune | New Illinois law will allow women to get birth control directly from pharmacists, without first visiting doctors | Lisa Schencker
Chicago Sun-Times | Pritzker signs laws easing access to birth control, expanding telehealth services | Rachel Hinton
Work & Money
Becker's Hospital Review | Sexual harassment can cost victims hundreds of thousands | Hannah Mitchell
The Hill | Senators hail 'historic changes' as competing proposals to tackle military sexual assault advance | Rebecca Kheel
Los Angeles Times | How the women who created 'The Daily Show' were 'erased' from its legacy | Meredith Blake
The Mary Sue | Game Giant Activision Blizzard Sued Over Sexual Harassment, Discrimination | Vivian Kane
The 19th | Democratic lawmakers revive plans to protect women’s retirement | Mariel Padilla
POLITICO | The pandemic drove women out of the workforce. Will they come back? | Megan Cassella
Olympics
Global Citizen | How the Tokyo Olympics Became the Most Gender-Equal Games in History | Leah Rodriguez
Ms. | Inside the Fight for Equal Pay for Women Olympians | Meredith Abdelnour
New York Times | When Gender Equality at the Olympics Is Not So Equal | Talya Minsberg
The 19th | Ahead of Olympics, athletes call out sexist uniform practices. | Candice Norwood
The 19th | Swimmer didn't bring her nursing baby to the Olympics, citing impractical rules | Barbara Rodriguez
California
San Francisco Chronicle | Black S.F. employees file federal complaint alleging 'rampant' discrimination and harm | Mallory Moench
Indiana
Indy Week | State Senate’s Proposed Budget Takes a Step to Tackle Period Poverty | Lynn Bonner