Today’s farm report. First light.
Also, can’t leave out that it’s National Pierogi Day. They are home, containers of homemade from the little Polish ladies at St. Stan’s during Lent, sauerkraut, potato or prune. (Do not look at me like that, they were good.) I assume most of Pittsburgh is closed today in celebration.
2020
Harris & Pale
ABC | Kamala Harris vs. Mike Pence on the issues: Abortion | Alexandra Svokos
The Advocate | Harris, Pence Show Stark Differences Over Pandemic, Health Care, More | Trudy Ring
The Daily Dot | Pence uses abortion rights question to talk about Osama bin Laden | Claire Goforth
Mediaite | Mike Pence Dodges Question About Abortion | Ken Meyer
Time | Mike Pence’s Vice Presidential Debate Lecture to Kamala Harris Isn’t Likely to Help Trump With Women | Philip Elliott
Vox | What a Mike Pence presidency would look like, beyond the debate | Anna North
And assorted winner/loser/takeaways from CBS, L.A. Times, NPR, POLITICO, USA Today, Vox, Washington Post
On Kamala/Women in Politics
Bitch | For Women Candidates, "Progressive" is a Double-Edged Sword | Kylie Cheung
HuffPost | What Kamala Harris’ Style Choices Say About Her Politics | Esther Akutekha
Vox | Kamala Harris, Jill Biden, and the national embrace of stepmoms and blended families | Eleanor Cummins
New England Journal of Medicine
CNN | Prestigious medical journal calls for US leadership to be voted out over Covid-19 failure | Jacqueline Howard
Forbes | New England Journal Of Medicine Urges Voters To Cast Out Trump Administration | Matt Perez
Washington Post | The New England Journal of Medicine avoided politics for 208 years. Now it’s urging voters to oust Trump. | Katie Shepherd
Kansas
AP | Finalists for Kansas Supreme Court all women for 1st time | John Hanna
New Mexico
NM Political Report | Reactions mixed on the importance of abortion in local state senate races | Susan Dunlap
Supreme Court
Amy Coney #Blessed
HuffPost | Amy Coney Barrett Was A ‘Handmaid’ In Small Devout Christian Group | Alanna Vagianos
Jezebel | Amy Coney Barrett Isn't a Handmaid, She's an Aunt | Esther Wang
VICE | Amy Coney Barrett Was Reportedly a 'Handmaid' in a Controversial Christian Group | Carter Sherman
Abortion is Clearly on the Ballot
Deseret News | The Barrett factor: Will Trump’s Supreme Court nominee roll back abortion access? | Robert O'Connell
POPSUGAR | Amy Coney Barrett's Nomination Highlights How Tenuous Abortion Rights Really Are | Samantha Bergeson
Anticipating some Confirmation Bullsh*t
Daily Kos | It's not about Barrett's religion, it's about the cover up of how extreme and unqualified she is | Joan McCarter
News Journal | Delaware senator says he won't question Supreme Court pick on her religion | Sarah Gamard
New York Times | Barrett refused to divulge her legal views on health care and abortion rights on a call, Coons says. | Nicholas Fandos
New York Times | Wheel ’Em In! It’s Judge Amy Everywhere | Gail Collins
POLITICO | Barrett chats with key Senate Democrats | Marianne LeVine
New York Times | Questions for Amy Coney Barrett | Linda Greenhouse
Looking Ahead
The Atlantic | What a 6-3 Supreme Court Could Do | Nicholas Bagley
LGBTQ Nation | Clarence Thomas & Samuel Alito want to end marriage equality & they won’t stop there | Katrina C. Rose
The Nation | The Democrats Need to Prepare for the Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade | Elie Mystal
Abortion
Glamour | No, Biden And Harris Do Not Support Abortion ‘All The Way to the Moment of Birth’ | Stacey Leasca
Mississippi
The Clarion-Ledger | Abortion, infant and maternal mortality: Public funding key in Mississippi |
LGBTQ
And admin note – more headlines on the transgender/pregnancy discrimination lawsuit are grouped with additional discrimination charges against Amazon in the Work & Money section.
The Daily Beast | This Year’s Transgender Murder Total Just Hit a ‘Grim Milestone’ | Dawn Ennis
NBC | Killings of transgender Americans reach all-time high, rights group says | Dan Avery
CBS | Transgender woman's killing in Georgia marks "grim milestone" | Erin Donaghue
NYLON | Drag Kings And More Trans Performers May Compete In Future 'Drag Race' Seasons | Michael Cuby
It's a switch from RuPaul's controversial stance from two years ago.PAPER Magazine | Is 'Drag Race' Opening the Door for Drag Kings and Trans Performers? | Matt Moen
California
LGBTQ Nation | Former NFL player set to be the first gay person on the California Supreme Court | Alex Bollinger
Texas
Dallas Morning News | Student says Colleyville Christian school expelled him for being gay | Mary Grace Granados
Pregnancy & Parenting
Pandemic Parenting
CT Insider | Distance learning and hybrid models ‘almost impossible’ for working families to juggle | Erin Kayata
Pregnancy Loss
New York Times | I’m Jealous of the ‘Easy’ Pregnancy I Never Had | Priscilla Blossom
Reproductive Health & Justice
Forbes | A Third Of Parents Feel Awkward Talking About Periods During Coronavirus, Study Finds | Alice Broster
Teen Vogue | Tampons Are Harder to Get For Many During the Pandemic | Alicia Napierkowski
Alabama
Montgomery Advertiser | Teen twin sisters are fighting period poverty, and you can too | Anika Hutton
Work & Money
Business Insider | Tension is brewing between working parents and non-parent employees | Romy Newman
CNN | A shocking number of women dropped out of the workforce last month | Anneken Tappe
Crain's New York | Women, those with dependents most likely to lose jobs-and insurance-during pandemic | Shuan Sim, Jennifer Henderson
🠲 Slate | Hey, Bosses: Let Everyone Work Less | Dan Kois
The only way parents and their child-free co-workers can survive this pandemic is for bosses to acknowledge reality, lower their goals, and do their part.
Amazon
The Advocate | Trans Man Sues Amazon for Pregnancy Discrimination, Harassment | Trudy Ring
INSIDER | A transgender man is suing Amazon, claiming he was denied a raise after disclosing he was pregnant | Canela Lopez
Metro Weekly | Transgender male employee sues Amazon for pregnancy discrimination | John Riley
Jezebel | Amazon Allegedly Forced Pregnant People to Risk Miscarriages or Lose Their Jobs | Emily Alford
VICE | Pregnant Amazon Employees Speak Out About Nightmare at Oklahoma Warehouse | Lauren Kaori Gurley
California
Legal Reader | Former Warner Bros. Employee Sues Company, Alleging Gender Discrimination | Brianna Smith
Odessa American | Women outwit Hollywood bias with help from industry insiders | Lynn Elber
Connecticut
New Haven Register | Judge lets Yale prof’s suit in sexual harassment case continue | Ben Lambert
More, More, More
🠲 The Nation | A Reckoning Inside the Domestic-Violence Movement | Zoë Carpenter
Domestic abuse presents a deadly threat to millions of people across America. But as concerns about police misconduct grow, feminists are reconsidering the costs of criminalization.
Ms. | Black Girl Politics: Creating Space Where Black Girls' Voices and Policy Priorities Matter | Tawanna Jones Morrison