Today…
marks a year since George Floyd’s murder. I had to look it up twice, as though Google got it wrong. May 25, 2020, 33 months ago.
is the birthday of Sue Shelton White (1887-1943), a suffragist and attorney from Tennessee who drafted the state’s first married women’s property bill, an old age pension act, and a mother’s pension act. She played a key role in getting the 19th ratified in Tennessee – and it’s one hell of a story.
is National Wine Day, and to help, it’s also Towel Day.
Abortion
AP | Mississippi's last abortion clinic at center of US debate | Emily Wagster Pettus
Reuters | Mississippi's 'Pink House' ground zero in U.S. abortion rights fight | Gabriella Borter
CNN | Analysis: The abortion fault line is about to start rumbling | Ronald Brownstein
The Hill | Democrats: Roe v. Wade blow would fuel expanding Supreme Court | Alexander Bolton
MSNBC | Supreme Court case could pave the way for a post-Roe America | Alicia Menendez
New York Magazine | What Will Happen If Roe v. Wade Is Overturned? | Ed Kilgore
Rewire News Group | What Do Bridges, Roads, and Abortions Have in Common? | Erin Matson
Slate | “It’s Been an Onslaught for So Long”: How Abortion Providers Are Responding to the Latest Threats to Reproductive Rights | Dahlia Lithwick
Kansas
Kansas Reflector | How to imagine a Kansas where the anti-abortion lobby doesn't control everything | C.J. Janovy
Kentucky
Ms. | Louisville City Council Passes Safety Zone Ordinance to Protect Against Anti-Abortion Protesters | Corinne Long
Massachusetts
Boston Globe | Abortion rights are secure in Massachusetts despite challenge at Supreme Court | Emma Platoff
Ohio
Cincinnati Enquirer | Lebanon to consider abortion ban Tuesday night | Scott Wartman
Dayton Daily News | Lebanon council to outlaw abortion, declare itself a sanctuary city for the unborn | Ed Richter
Oklahoma
The Frontier | Oklahoma signs into law deluge of anti-abortions bills, as U.S. Supreme court set to hear case challenging Roe v. Wade | Kassie McClung
Texas
Austin American-Statesman | Texas Senate backs 'trigger bill' to limit or ban abortions if Supreme Court allows | Chuck Lindell
Houston Press | Opinion: You Can’t Explain Abortion to Conservatives | Jef Rouner
LGBTQ
The Academic Times | People think bisexual men are actually gay. That 'bisexual erasure' may do damage. | Tara DiMaio
CBS | State bills would curtail health care for transgender youth | Lesley Stahl
Changing America | TikTok is promoting homophobic and transphobic content: report | Anagha Srikanth
Forbes | Pride Pays: LGBT-Friendly Businesses Are More Profitable, Research Shows | Josie Cox
Jezebel | 60 Minutes' Segment About Republican Attacks On Trans Kids Was Itself an Attack On Trans Kids | Esther Wang
LGBTQ Nation | “60 Minutes” blasted for implying YouTube is turning kids transgender | Alex Bollinger
NPR | A Researcher Is Trying To Settle The Transgender Athlete Debate - Using Science | Tom Goldman
The Progressive | The Never-Ending Fight Against Conversion Therapy | Finbarr Toesland
WebMD | Why Health Care Isn't Equal for People in the LGBTQ+ Community | Stephanie Watson
Alabama
AL.com | Alabama high school sports group not aware of any transgender athletes | Howard Koplowitz
Arkansas
New York Times | Why Arkansas Is a Test Case for a Post-Trump Republican Party | Jonathan Martin
Arkansas Times | Arkansas politics makes page one in New York Times | Max Brantley
KHBS-TV | Arkansas mother, trans daughter fleeing Arkansas ahead of new legislation taking effect | Jamie Weiss
Michigan
Detroit News | Michigan Senate panel set to take up bill targeting transgender student athletes | Craig Mauger
Missouri
The American Independent | Judge rules college can't cite 'Christianity' to discriminate against trans people | Casey Quinlan
Newsweek | College of the Ozarks Loses Initial Court Battle Against Biden's Transgender Rules | Benjamin Fearnow
Oklahoma
The Norman Transcript | Commission to recommend conversion therapy ban to council | Reese Gorman
Pennsylvania
The New Civil Rights Movement | Democrats Blast Republicans for Voting to Keep Homosexuality in Pennsylvania's Obscenity Laws | David Badash
Tennessee
AP | Tennessee moves to the forefront with anti-transgender laws | Jonathan Mattise, Kimberlee Kruesi
The Tennessean | Nashville DA won't enforce 'hate' bill requiring businesses to post signs for transgender bathroom access | Mariah Timms
More from AP, Los Angeles Blade
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Radio | Wisconsin Lawmakers To Hear Public Testimony On Bills Limiting Transgender Athletes | Laurel White
WISC-TV | Evers calls bills to ban transgender athletes in women's sports 'inappropriate' | Jaymes Langrehr
WKOW-TV | Madison school board unanimously approves resolution opposing trans athlete bills | Caroline Dade
Pregnancy & Parenting
Forbes | Childcare As A Campaign Expense? Here's Why We Need It. | Erin Spencer
POPSUGAR | How Doulas and Midwives Can Help Combat the Racial Biases of Western Medicine| Marjua Estevez
Indiana
The Indianapolis Recorder | Panel to discuss maternal, infant mortality | Breanna Cooper
Reproductive Health & Justice
AP | Pandemic has fueled eating disorder surge in teens, adults | Lindsey Tanner
California
Los Angeles Times | Obamacare made IUDs affordable — one reason for California's COVID baby bust | Sonja Sharp
Colorado
Greeley Tribune | When Period Poverty pits women between dignity and desperation | Tamara Markard
Missouri
St. Louis Post-Dispatch | ‘It’s just shocking’: How Missouri Republican politics drove twin crises in Medicaid | Jonathan Shorman, Jeanne Kuang
Texas
Texas Tribune | Texas lawmakers split over how long to extend Medicaid health coverage for new mothers | Shannon Najmabadi
Work & Money
The American Prospect | Congress’s Most Family-Friendly Member | Bryce Covert
Bloomberg Opinion | Gender Equality: How the Ambition Penalty Keeps Women From Building Wealth | Stefanie Rodriguez
Business Insider | The Declining American Birth Rate Could Actually Be Good for the Economy | Hillary Hoffower
The Lily | Many single moms face a little-known tax penalty. It could cut them off from the full $3,600 child tax credit. | Andrea González-Ramírez
Teen Vogue | Black Women YouTubers Are Still Fighting to Be Heard on LeftTube | Mary Retta
Utah
Provo Daily Herald | Study finds some gender, racial pay gaps in Utah government | Connor Richards
More, More, More
DiversityInc | Poet Maya Angelou and Astronaut Sally Ride Among the 20 Influential Female Leaders to Be Honored on US Quarters Over Next 4 Years | Brian Good
USA Today | 'They've made these girls feel humiliated': Parents voice anger over female students' altered yearbook photos at Florida high school | Sheldon Gardner