They should learn how to say no
Today…
is the first day of fall. No, I’m not a PSL kind of girl, but I do enjoy some autumnal baking, it’s true. Cranberries, pumpkin, a nice casserole…
is National Voter Registration Day. I know you’re registered, but is your mother? That one aunt who’s still mad at Jane Fonda but votes blue down the line? Check on them.
Supreme Court
🠲 Bitch Media | What Just Happened: The Death of Ruth Bader Ginberg
Includes a nice long list of things you can do.
Abortion, Abortion, Abortion
NBC News | Conservatives push anti-abortion rights as litmus test for next nominee | Leigh Ann Caldwell, Julie Tsirkin
New York Magazine | Anti-Abortion Zealots Demand a Vote to Fill Ginsburg’s Seat | Ed Kilgore
NPR | Ginsburg's Death Sets Up A Pitched Battle Over Abortion Rights | Sarah McCammon
The Politics
American Prospect | Democrats, Republicans, and the Ruthlessness Gap | Paul Waldman
The Hill | With court pick fight, Democrats find their galvanizing issue | Ms. Maria Cardona 👑
New York Magazine | How a New Conservative Justice Could Affect the Supreme Court | Ed Kilgore
Vox | Republicans’ rush to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg shows a democracy in crisis | Matthew Yglesias
Washington Post | A parting-shot Supreme Court nomination smacks of being a ruthless political game | Michael Gerson
🠲 Washington Post | They couldn’t even wait until Ruth Bader Ginsburg was in her grave | Dana Milbank
Will They Or Won’t They
Crooked Media | How Court Packing Can Protect the Election—and Democracy | Jamison Foser
Los Angeles Times | Ginsburg's death makes a new court-packing scheme much more urgent | Michael Hiltzik
Washington Post | Packing the Supreme Court is a horrible idea. Democrats must reject it. | Henry Olsen
The Court
The Atlantic | A Dangerous Moment for the Court | Mary Ziegler
CNN | Supreme Court prepares to start a new term with only eight | Ariane de Vogue
The List
CNN | Trump narrows Supreme Court list as weighty decision looms | Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins
Rewire.News | Meet the Five Trump Judges Who Could Replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Lisa Needham
Teen Vogue | Lucy Diavolo | Trump's Nominee to Replace RBG on the Supreme Court Could Be a Conservative Woman (I’m no expert, but this feels like a safe bet.)
Washington Post | Trump says he will announce Supreme Court pick by end of week after meeting with a top candidate for Ginsburg seat | Robert Costa, Josh Dawsey, Seung Min Kim
ACB
SCOTUSblog | Profile of a potential nominee: Amy Coney Barrett | Amy Howe
The Cut | What to Know About Amy Coney Barrett, the Front-runner for Trump’s SCOTUS Pick | Bridget Read
Jezebel | Amy Coney Barrett and Donald Trump's Cynical Woman Supreme Court Picks | Esther Wang
Refinery29 | This Is Amy Coney Barrett, The Potential RBG Replacement Who Hates Your Uterus | Wandy Ortiz
Reuters | Potential Trump Supreme Court pick Barrett known for conservative religious views | Lawrence Hurley, Andrew Chung
Newsweek | How Amy Coney Barrett's People of Praise Group Inspired 'The Handmaid's Tale' | Khaleda Rahman
Romper | Trump SCOTUS Pick Reportedly Belongs To Group That Inspired 'The Handmaid's Tale' | Morgan Brinlee
Lagoa
Jezebel | Meet the 'Conservative Cuban Version of Sonia Sotomayor' That Could Be Trump's Supreme Court Nominee | Ashley Reese
New York Times | Lagoa’s Role in Florida Will Be a Big Factor in Trump’s Supreme Court Pick | Adam Liptak
Newsweek | Barbara Lagoa 'Heavy Favorite' Over Amy Coney Barrett To Be Trump's Supreme Court Pick | Samantha Lock
Newsweek | What Are Barbara Lagoa's Views and Religious Beliefs? | Aila Slisco
Newsweek | Trump Narrows SCOTUS Nominee Shortlist to Five, Is 'Considering' Barbara Lagoa | Darragh Roche
Reuters | Potential Trump Supreme Court pick Lagoa is fast-rising Cuban-American judicial star | Jan Wolfe
Whoever it is…
New York Times | Trump’s Supreme Court Pick May Need to Denounce Roe. Good. | Michelle Goldberg
Religion Dispatches | Trump’s Nominee to Fill RBG’s Seat Is Unfit. By Definition. | Andrew Seidel
Washington Post | Nightmare ahead: Imagine the damage a 6-3 conservative Supreme Court could do | Paul Waldman
Roe (and Related)
ABC News | Is Ginsburg's death the end of Roe v. Wade? This time, some experts say, it could be. | Alexandra Svokos
Bustle | 6 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Reproductive Rights Supreme Court Decisions To Know | Kaitlyn Wylde
Mother Jones | We Need to Save Abortion Rights. But Roe Isn’t Enough-and RBG Knew It. | Becca Andrews
New York Times | Why Ruth Bader Ginsburg Wasn’t All That Fond of Roe v. Wade | Alisha Gupta
Upworthy | Just a reminder that the majority opinion in Roe v. Wade was written by a lifelong Republican | Annie Reneau
ACA
AP | Ginsburg's death exposes fragility of health law protection | Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
CNN | Here's what's at risk if the Supreme Court axes the Affordable Care Act | Tami Luhby
The 19th | Ginsburg's replacement could play a pivotal role in shaping health care access | Shefali Luthra
RGB & LGBTQ rights
The Conversation | Ginsburg's legal victories for women led to landmark anti-discrimination rulings for the LGBTQ community, too | Penny M Venetis
LGBTQ Nation | Ruth Bader Ginsburg bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice | Irene Monroe
Washington Blade | Ginsburg hailed for advancing LGBTQ rights | Chris Johnson
What Have We Learned?
Jezebel | Ruth Bader Ginsburg Alone Was Never Going to Save Us | Alexis Sobel Fitts
MadameNoire.com | Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Death Reminds That The Path To Get Free Is Up To All Of Us | Charise Frazier
New York Magazine | Ginsburg’s Example Shows Us How To Save Our Democracy | Barbara McQuade
New York Times | Justice Ginsburg Fought for Gender Equality. How Close Are We to Achieving That Goal? | Shannon Doyne, Michael Gonchar
The Washington Post | Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a meme on the left while the right cemented its agenda | Ann Hornaday
Whew! Look at all that, what I did. Pass that along…
Abortion
Colorado
Ginsburg's death raises stakes for Colorado abortion ballot | AP
Why my faith leads me to oppose Proposition 115 | Colorado Newsline
Washington
LGBTQ
Bill Creating LGBTQ-Inclusive 988 Suicide Hotline Now on Trump's Desk | The Advocate | Trudy Ring
The bill is the first one with LGBTQ+ provisions to be unanimously approved by both houses of Congress.
Pope Francis Tells Parents of LGBTQ+ Kids: “God Loves Your Children” | them. | Nico Lang
Pope Francis had a message for parents of LGBTQ+ youth during an unannounced meeting held at the Vatican: “God loves your children as they are.”
More from The Advocate, Out Magazine, Parents
Pregnancy & Parenting
New CDC Data Sheds Light on the COVID-19 Risks Pregnant People Face | SELF Magazine | Sarah Jacoby
New research from the CDC suggests that some pregnant people with COVID-19 can experience severe symptoms and birth complications.
STAT | How the CDC and others are failing Black women during childbirth | Leslie Farrington
(Not) Back To School
"How can I trust it now?" Wary of the system, Black families opt for remote learning | CBS | Kate Smith
Study after study shows that families of color are much more likely to have safety concerns over in-person learning this fall.
As School Begins, Mothers Working Retail Jobs Feel Extra Burden | New York Times | Sapna Maheshwari, Michael Corkery
A number of women working in retail say they are being forced to choose between keeping their jobs and making sure their children can keep up with remote learning.
Still more..
HuffPost | It's Impossible To Focus On Work When The World Is On Fire | Monica Torres
Newsweek | COVID-19 Is Exposing the Child Care Crisis. And Grandparents Aren't the Solution | Kathleen McCartney, Deborah Lowe Vandell
Reproductive Health & Justice
5 Women Recount Unwanted or Confusing Gynecological Surgeries in ICE Custody | VICE | Greg Walters, Carter Sherman, Neda Toloui-Semnani, Emily Green
VICE News has reviewed medical records for three of the five women whose accounts are shared in this story. Those records link their procedures to a local gynecologist named Dr. Mahendra Amin. He has denied any wrongdoing.
Boston Globe | New allegations evoke an American tradition of violating Black and brown women’s bodies | Renee Graham
Washington Post | The history of eugenics in the U.S. has made migrant women vulnerable | Brianna Theobald
🠲 Racism and the Need for Reproductive Justice Can't Be Unlinked | Teen Vogue | Erica N. West
For some, the fight is to not have children — to have access to free and safe abortion and birth control whenever one needs, and to choose how and when to have children (if at all). For others, the fight is to have children — to have a safe pregnancy and birth, and be able to raise their children into adulthood in a safe, loving environment, with their family intact.
Work & Money
New Census data reveals no progress has been made on closing the overall gender pay gap | CNBC | Courtney Connley
New data released by the Census Bureau shows that, between 2018 and 2019, no progress was made on closing the overall wage gender gap, with the average full-time working woman still earning just $0.82 for every dollar earned by men.
Women of color are tipping the balance of power in U.S. cities | The Hill | Anagha Srikanth
A record number of Black women were elected as mayor in 2019, a landmark moment for representation in elected office. But a study released this month of the 100 largest cities in the United States shows that white men are still overrepresented in positions of power.