Well. The weather outside.
Today… yeah, I’m later than I prefer. News is still slow from the holidays but getting my brain up and running this morning was like
The last two weeks have been a blur of cookies, driving, lights and sand. Yesterday morning I woke up in a postcard.
This morning I woke up in a snow globe.
Abortion
AP | New laws take effect across US on abortion, policing, taxes | Wilson Ring
Common Dreams | With Abortion Access in Peril, States Move to Protect Reproductive Rights in 2022 | Brett Wilkins
The Daily Beast | How Roe v. Wade Became a ‘Godsend’ for the Religious Right | Eleanor Clift
The New Republic | Abortion Pills Aren’t a Silver Bullet for Everyone | Megan Burbank
Salon | My mom finally made her choice, after a lifetime colored by the one she wasn't allowed | Mary Elizabeth Williams
Idaho
Idaho Statesman | Advocates worry Idaho will outlaw all abortion. Lawmakers say that’s what they want | Nicole Blanchard, Kyle Land
New Hampshire
WMUR-TV | CloseUp: New abortion laws take effect in New Hampshire | Adam Sexton
Tennessee
Jezebel | Terrible Year Ends with Planned Parenthood Clinic on Fire | Laura Bassett
More from AP, Business Insider
LGBTQ
The Daily Beast | This Year Was Hell for Trans People. Will Next Year Be Worse? | Dawn Ennis
NPR | The story of marriage equality is more complicated - and costly - than you remember | Danielle Kurtzleben
Time | Anti-Trans Violence and Rhetoric Reached Record Highs Across America in 2021 | Madeleine Carlisle
California
Inside Higher Ed | In Calif., Student Records Must Be Updated to Honor Name Changes | Maria Carrasco
Mercury News | What did racial and identity profiling look like in California during its last study? | Rick Hurd
Oklahoma
Public Radio Tulsa | Proposed state law would make it simple - and potentially lucrative - for parents to ban LGBTQ books in Oklahoma school libraries | Chris Polansky
More from LGBTQ Nation, RawStory, Truthout
Texas
Texas Tribune | Texas schools rethink gender-based dress code policies after discrimination claims raise new legal issues | Allyson Waller
Virginia
Richmond Times-Dispatch | 30% of children in foster care identify as LGBTQ. Here's one transgender teen's story in Virginia. | Colleen Curran
Reproductive Health & Justice
The American Prospect | The Care Crisis Isn’t What You Think | Laura Mauldin
The Hill | Lawmakers in both parties to launch new push on Violence Against Women Act | Aris Folley
Missouri
Missouri Independent | GOP lawmakers renew effort to bar Planned Parenthood from Missouri Medicaid program | Tessa Weinberg
New Hampshire
Concord Monitor | Report: Disparate outcomes for girls tied to race, location | Amanda Gokee
Work & Money
NBC Sports | Six times women's sports led the way in 2021 | Alex Azzi
New York Times | Board Diversity Increased in 2021. Some Ask What Took So Long. | Peter Eavis
Salon | Could ending period poverty be the secret to world peace? | Mary Elizabeth Williams
U.S. News & World Report | Signed Defense Bill Includes Ending 'Pink Tax' on Uniforms | Levi Pulkkinen, Elliott Davis
California
Fast Company | This new law protects CA workers with NDAs alleging discrimination | Pavithra Mohan
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Examiner | ‘A wake-up call for employers’: Survey uncovers dissatisfaction among working women | Erik Gunn