...then again, maybe they won't
Today…
in 1909, more from than 20,000 shirtwaist workers in New York – barely out of their teens, recent immigrants, mostly Jewish and some Italian – launched an 11-week general strike. The “Uprising of the 20,000” was the largest strike by women to date in U.S. history.
is Eat a Cranberry Day, which I will mark by making Big Nana’s cranberry Jello for Thanksgiving. My friends won’t touch it, but it’s a family favorite – cranberry Jello, crushed pineapple, whole cranberry sauce and walnuts.
Like many of you, I had steeled myself for a whirlwind day of “Supreme Court allows SB8 to stand, what now what now what the hell” and any momentary relief that it didn’t come is more than counterbalanced by the fact that a) the status quo is… no good… and b) the bad is still coming.
End on an up note: I convinced one of the 12yo’s teachers to watch the far superior Grease 2 rather than the original with her friends this evening. I mean…
Abortion
SB8
CNN | Supreme Court's head fake leaves Texas women waiting for answers on abortion rights | Ariane de Vogue
Daily Kos | Supreme Court leaves unconstitutional Texas abortion ban in place for at least another week | Joan McCarter
Jezebel | The Supreme Court Is Spitting in Our Faces | Susan Rinkunas
Dobbs
The 19th | The last abortion clinic in Mississippi is at the center of a Supreme Court case that could end Roe v. Wade | Shefali Luthra
NPR | An upcoming Supreme Court case could make abortion more restricted across the U.S. | Sarah McCammon
Rewire News Group | It’s Here! The First Direct Challenge to ‘Roe v. Wade’ | Jessica Mason Pieklo, Imani Gandy
And also...
Jezebel | Abortion in the Digital Surveillance State | Kylie Cheung
National Law Journal | Saving 'Roe': Two Lawyers, a Generation Apart, Same Mission | Marcia Coyle
New York Times | What Happens to Women Who Are Denied Abortions | Diana Greene Foster
Slate | Republicans Will Be Sorry If the Supreme Court Overturns Roe | William Saletan
North Carolina
Rewire News Group | North Carolina’s New Budget Gives Millions to ‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers’
Ohio
Ohio Capital Journal | Sponsor claims bill would bring 'safer abortions' | Susan Tebben
Texas
USA Today | Her fetus no longer viable, Texas woman describes crossing state lines to have an abortion | Madlin Mekelburg
Texas Standard | Why some Texas pastors are leading Christian congregations to speak out on abortion restrictions | Laura Rice, Glorie Martinez
LGBTQ
INTO | Former Trans Employees At Netflix Have Settled & Left The Company | Juwan Holmes
More from The Advocate, Gizmodo, HuffPost, Los Angeles Times, The Week
Metro Weekly | National equality organizations launch anti-bullying website to support LGBTQ youth and parents | John Riley
Washington Blade | Exclusive: Biden briefed on transgender deaths breaking record in 2021 | Chris Johnson
Connecticut
Republican-American | Waterbury school board OKs gender policy | Lance Reynolds
Hawaii
AP | Honolulu LGBTQ nightclub files federal discrimination suit | Caleb Jones
Iowa
Iowa Public Radio | Judge says Iowa can't ban Medicaid coverage of transition-related surgery | Katarina Sostaric
More from AP, Iowa Capital Dispatch, UPI
South Carolina
WCBD-TV | SC Attorney General joins brief supporting Colorado cake shop that refused to bake for gay, transgender customers | Chase Laudenslager
Texas
Texas Tribune | Dallas health care program for transgender kids formally dissolved after becoming target of conservative criticism | Karen Brooks Harper
More from The American Independent, D Magazine, LGBTQ Nation
Virginia
Metro Weekly | Virginia school board reverses ban on LGBTQ books after threatening to burn them | John Riley
Pregnancy & Parenting
Eater | Pandemic Aside, Outdoor Dining Has Been a Godsend for Parents With Children | Kristen Hawley
The Lily | These parents dreamed of having more children. Financial worries are holding them back. | Brigid Schulte, Rebecca Gale
MadameNoire | Normalizing Mental, Menstrual And Reproductive Health And Wellness With Shanti Das | Brandi Collins-Calhoun
Romper | Study Finds Even More Americans Are Choosing Not To Have Kids | Morgan Brinlee
Georgia
Georgia Public Broadcasting | Georgia's policies and lack of Medicaid expansion contribute to worsening health outcomes | Ellen Eldridge
Work & Money
Fast Company | This is the true cost of the childcare crisis | Kathleen Davis
Fortune | Activision Blizzard chooses Bobby Kotick over female staff | Jacob Carpenter
The Hill | Two women could lead a powerful Senate spending panel for first time in history | Aris Folley
Ms. | Investing in Social Infrastructure Provides a Recovery Path for All-But Especially Low-Income Families | Katie Fleischer
Pennsylvania
WTAE-TV | Bill to protect Pittsburgh domestic violence victims from workplace discrimination | Bob Mayo