Today…
is Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan’s birthday.
is National Stop Food Waste Day, which you know I take incredibly seriously. My Pap used to kiss old bread before throwing it away, an old Italian Catholic tradition always resonated with me as a recognition and an apology to the universe that we were wasting food. And bread, of all things, Madonna mia.
Fittingly, I have banana bread cooling on the counter. It’s like I knew…
Abortion
Rewire News Group | ‘It Feels Like It’s ‘Build Back Better’ for Everything Except Abortion’ | Galina Espinoza
VICE | An Anti-Abortion Rally Led | Far-Right Trolls Was a Capitol Riot Warning Sign | Anna Merlan
Arizona
Phoenix New Times | Ducey Signs Controversial Bill That Threatens Abortion Doctors With Jail Time | Josh Kelety
More from AP, Arizona Capitol Times, AZCentral.com, The Copper Courier, The Hill, UPI
Florida
WUWF-FM | Trespass Warnings Issued After Months-Long Protest Outside Pensacola's Only Abortion Clinic | Jennie McKeon
Idaho
CNN | Idaho GOP governor signs 'heartbeat' abortion ban into law | Caroline Kelly
More from AP
Missouri
Kansas City Star | Missouri bill would require women to bury or cremate fetal remains after abortion | Jeanne Kuang
Montana
Montana Public Radio | Governor Signs Three Anti-Abortion Bills | Shaylee Ragar
CNN | Montana bans abortions at 20 weeks | Caroline Kelly
UPI | Oklahoma, Montana governors sign laws to restrict access to abortions | Darryl Coote
Missoulian | Abortion review committee added to state budget bill | Holly Michels
Nebraska
KPNE- TV | Abortion, corporate taxes discussed in Legislature | Fred Knapp
LGBTQ
The American Independent | These states are making it harder for schools to acknowledge LGBTQ people exist | Casey Quinlan
AP | No big backlash for states passing anti-transgender laws | David Crary
AP | More than 400 businesses back LGBTQ rights act | Dee-Ann Durbin
Reuters | Hundreds of U.S. businesses call for LGBT+ anti-discrimination law | Hugo Greenhalgh, Matthew Lavietes
NBC | American Medical Association urges governors to veto transgender medical bans | Dan Avery
Newsweek | Human Rights Campaign Calls on NCAA to Cancel Events in States with Transgender Athlete Bans | Lauren Giella
UPI | Air Force forms teams to address LGBTQ, Indigenous issues | Christen McCurdy
Arkansas
them. | Transphobic Legislation Is Forcing Arkansas Families to Abandon the State | Nico Lang
Florida
WGCU Public Media | Hundreds Attend Lee School Board Briefing on LGBTQ Policies | John Davis
Iowa
Metro Weekly | ACLU of Iowa files lawsuit challenging state's ban on Medicaid coverage for transgender surgery | John Riley
Kansas
KCUR-FM | From Taxes To Trans Athletes, Republicans In Kansas Legislature Look To Override Governor's Vetoes | Stephen Koranda, Abigail Censky
North Carolina
Asheville Citizen Times | Transgender legislation on school sports: ACS votes on resolution | Shelby Harris
Ohio
them. | Trans People Will Finally Be Able to Get a Corrected Birth Certificate in Ohio | Nico Lang
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Peduto aims to fill gap in state hate crime law with bill to protect sexual orientation | Ashley Murray
South Carolina
The State | SC Republicans’ renewed push for bill banning trans women athletes narrowly fails | Emily Bohatch
More from AP, Post and Courier
Tennessee
The Tennessean | Metro Nashville school board set to vote on resolution affirming LGBTQ students and staff | Meghan Mangrum
Texas
Austin American-Statesman | Divided Texas Senate backs bill defining transgender medical care as child abuse | Chuck Lindell
Houston Public Media | Harris County Passes Resolution Opposing Bills Targeting Trans Kids | Andrew Schneider
Pregnancy & Parenting
Oklahoma
The Frontier | Forgotten Mothers — Investigating maternal care in Oklahoma | Kassie McClung
Reproductive Health & Justice
Bitch Media | Women Struggling With Fertility Still Face Barriers to Treatment | Jordan Davidson
The Lily | Financial barriers to accessing preventative care for breast cancer detailed in new study | Anne Branigin
Illinois
Capital News Illinois | Pritzker signs health care reform measure backed by Black Caucus | Tim Kirsininkas, Raymon Troncoso
More from AP, The State Journal-Register, WGN-TV, WMAQ-TV
Michigan
WDET-FM | Michigan Falling Behind Other States, Countries in Ending 'Period Poverty' | Cheyna Roth, Jake Neher
Nevada
The Nevada Independent | Helping Nevada’s young women should be a legislative priority | Oniana Boulware
Oregon
The Daily Barometer | Oregon House Bill would require OSU to provide free menstrual products | Angela Tam
Work & Money
The Conversation | Women’s philanthropy: an invisible phenomenon | Anne Monier
The Lily | Long-term caregiving is crushing women’s finances. Hawaii and Washington could chart a new path. | Carly Stern
Nieman Lab | “Punched-in-the-gut feeling”: A Gannett union study shows major gender and racial pay gaps in 14 of its newsrooms | Hanaa' Tameez
Washington Post | Biden pollster argues GOP risks widening gender gap by rejecting infrastructure plan | Jacqueline Alemany
American Families Plan
USA Today | Biden to propose $1.8 trillion 'families plan' with paid leave, child care, universal pre-K, free community college | Joey Garrison
NPR | White House Proposes Massive Spending On Children And Families | Alana Wise
New York Magazine | Biden Aims to Beef Up IRS to Help Fund Families Plan | Nia Prater
The Atlantic | Biden and the Democrats' Plans for Paid Parental Leave | Edward-Isaac Dovere
the Grio | Democrats push for permanent $300 monthly checks for parents | Biba Adams
Indiana
WTIU-TV | Indiana Newspaper Unions Pressure Owners To Address Race and Gender Wage Gaps | Justin Hicks