"Who am I? Why am I here?"
Today…
is Monday, God help us all.
is International Safe Abortion Day, #SafeAbortionDay
is National Sons Day, which may be the only thing that saves the 13yo today – maybe with some assist from National Drink Beer Day.
Supreme Court
The Hearings
New York Times The Judiciary Committee is expected to hold hearings starting Oct. 12. Here is what’s next. | Daniel Victor, Emily Cochrane, Nicholas Fandos
CNN | Analysis: Amy Coney Barrett's debut shows she will be a tough adversary for Democrats | Maeve Reston
HuffPost | How Democrats Could Try To Delay And Derail Trump's New Supreme Court Pick | Paul Blumenthal
The Nation | Amy Coney Barrett’s Extremist Religious Beliefs Merit Examination | Joan Walsh
New York Times | Democrats Don’t Want to Get Personal in Debate Over Coney Barrett | Shane Goldmacher, Katie Glueck
Washington Post | Analysis | The big questions about Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination | Aaron Blake
ACB & Abortion
Business Insider | Amy Coney Barrett's nomination means a more conservative Supreme Court is primed to weaken or nix Roe v. Wade. Here are 18 abortion cases in the pipeline to the high court. | Kimberly Leonard
BuzzFeed | Here’s How Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s Newest Supreme Court Nominee, Has Ruled On Abortion, Immigration, And Policing | Zoe Tillman
CBS | What we know about Amy Coney Barrett's judicial abortion record | Kate Smith
CNN | Roe v. Wade: Trump says he did not discuss case with Amy Coney Barrett | Sarah Westwood
The Hill | Trump suggests Supreme Court nominee would tip panel to overturn Roe v. Wade | Rema Rahman
Ms. | Amy Coney Barrett is a Grave Threat to Women's Rights | Carrie Baker
NBC | What Trump Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett means for Roe v. Wade | Mary Ziegler
Newsweek | Majority of Voters Less Likely to Support Trump if Barrett Helps Overturn Roe v. Wade, Poll Finds | Benjamin Fearnow
🠲 Rolling Stone | Amy Coney Barrett Is an Emergency | David S. Cohen
USA Today | Amy Coney Barrett won't stand up for women the way Ruth Bader Ginsburg did | Alexis McGill Johnson
VICE | What You Need to Know About Amy Coney Barrett, Trump's Pick to Replace RBG on the Supreme Court | Carter Sherman
Vogue | Amy Coney Barrett Is Trump's Pick for the Supreme Court, a Choice That May Imperil Roe v. Wade | Stuart Emmrich
ACB & ACA
CNN | Democrats say Barrett's nomination is all about the future of Obamacare | Gregory Krieg
NPR | Biden Responds To Trump Court Pick: 'Health Care Is On The Ballot' | Domenico Montanaro
Reuters | Democrats hammer Trump's Supreme Court pick, say she could jeopardize Obamacare | Andrew Chung
USA Today | 'This is all about your healthcare': Biden says Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to end Affordable Care Act | Sarah Elbeshbishi
ACB & LGBTQ+
Daily Beast | Marriage Equality Is ‘in Danger,’ Says Supreme Court Victor Jim Obergefell | Tim Teeman
LGBTQ Nation | The conservative Supreme Court will now use their opinions to shift law against us | John Gallagher
Out in Jersey | Trump nominee to the Supreme Court is no friend to LGBTQ community | Lisa Keen
Vox | How Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court could affect LGBTQ rights | Katelyn Burns
ACB & Religion
The Atlantic | A Judge Can't Be a Handmaid | Caitlin Flanagan
CNN | Analysis: How conservative Catholics became supreme on GOP's court | Ronald Brownstein
CNN | Barrett pick draws attention to small religious group | Daniel Burke, Gregory Krieg, Em Steck
The Nation | Amy Coney Barrett Is an Extremist-Just Not the Kind You Think | Elie Mystal
Washington Post | Amy Coney Barrett, Supreme Court nominee, spoke at program founded to inspire a ‘distinctly Christian worldview in every area of law’ | Jon Swaine, Emma Brown
ACB & 6-3
AP | If Barrett joins, Supreme Court would have six Catholics | David Crary
AP | On guns, abortion, high court could become more conservative | Jessica Gresko
FiveThirtyEight | How A Conservative 6-3 Majority Would Reshape The Supreme Court | Amelia Thomson- DeVeaux, Laura Bronner
New York Times | Barrett’s Record: A Conservative Who Would Push the Supreme Court to the Right | Adam Liptak, Brian Fitzpatrick
Reuters | U.S. Supreme Court nominee Barrett has staked out conservative positions | Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley
Reuters | Trump Supreme Court pick would slash odds of surprise liberal victories | Lawrence Hurley
USA Today | Six conservative justices? 10 ways the Supreme Court could change | Richard Wolf
SCOTUS & 2020
Daily Beast | Democrats Can’t Block Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett, So They Will Use Her as 2020 Cudgel | Sam Brodey
Newsweek | Amy Coney Barrett vs Kamala Harris Is the Real Vice Presidential Debate | Darragh Roche
NPR | What Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court Nomination Means For The 2020 Election | Deirdre Walsh
U.S. News & World Report | Trump Says He Did Not Discuss Election With Court Nominee Barrett | Arshad Mohammed, Tim Ahmann
ACB & Scalia
AP | Amy Coney Barrett, likely high court pick, is Scalia's heir | Michael Tarm
New York Magazine | Amy Coney Barrett Is Even More Extreme Than Antonin Scalia | Barbara L. McQuade
New York Times | Barrett Clerked for Scalia. Conservatives Hope She’ll Follow His Path. | Michael Shear, Elizabeth Dias
ACB & RGB
Slate | ‘Notorious Amy Coney Barrett’ is a sign of unbelievable contempt. | Dahlia Lithwick
AP | Barrett could be Ginsburg's polar opposite on Supreme Court | Mark Sherman
Ed Boards on ACB
Chicago Tribune | Amy Coney Barrett for the U.S. Supreme Court
San Francisco Chronicle | With Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination, the fight for rights begins
Washington Post | The Senate should ignore Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination
Abortion
Facing South | The future of abortion access lies with us | Steffani Bangel, Quita Tinsley Peterson
Mic | At independent abortion clinics, escorts are protecting patients by getting loud | Clare Busch
Ms. | Finding an Abortion Clinic Just Got a Lot Easier | Isabella Dally-Steele
Washington Post | How the coronavirus pandemic has affected global efforts to expand abortion access | Miriam Berger
Missouri
AP | Court weighs fate of sweeping Missouri abortion restrictions | Jim Salter
Tennessee
AP | Tennessee prosecutors at odds over abortion law enforcement | Travis Loller
LGBTQ
GoMag | 30% Of Queer Women Aren't Motivated To Vote — That Needs To Change Now | Isabelle Lichtenstein
NBC | Black-owned gay bars are dwindling. Can they survive Covid? | Julie Compton
California
AP | California will house transgender inmates by gender identity | Adam Beam
Newsy | California's Transgender Inmates To Be Assigned By Gender Identity | Bailey Vogt
Pregnancy & Parenting
CNBC | 39% of working parents fear they'll be fired if they take advantage of child-care benefits at work | Megan Leonhardt, Lorraine Hariton
MarketWatch | ‘A body blow to gender equality’: Child-care centers struggle to reopen, while others may raise prices to survive | Meera Jagannathan
Newsweek | RBG Fought for Working Moms. It's Time for America to Do the Same | Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis
Star Tribune | Women feel the squeeze of work, kids' remote learning | Sapna Maheshwari, Michael Corkery
Reproductive Health & Justice
Forbes | Coronavirus Has Caused A Crisis In Women’s Mental Health, According To Study | Alice Broster
Jezebel | Emergency IUDs and Stockpiling Plan B Are Only Solutions for Wealthy Women | Marie Solis
Kaiser Health News | Promises Kept? On Health Care, Trump’s Claims of ‘Monumental Steps’ Don’t Add Up | Julie Rovner, Phil Galewitz
Teen Vogue | A Tale of Two Hysterectomies: When the Choice Is No Longer Yours | Andrea Becker
Work & Money
Agenda (World Economic Forum) | Shecession: COVID-19 is affecting women's employment status worse than men | Michèle Tertilt
Deadspin | The NFL has a black cloud hanging above its gender-equality milestone | Donovan Dooley
The Hill | Women rise on K Street - slowly | Alex Gangitano
Houston Chronicle | Most common jobs held by women today | Joni Sweet
New York Times | Pandemic Will ‘Take Our Women 10 Years Back’ in the Workplace | Amanda Taub
Reuters | Women must be kept safe online to meet global gender goals, activist says | Amber Milne
Vanity Fair | The House’s Passage of the CROWN Act, Barring Race-Based Hair Discrimination, Is a Bright Spot in a Charged Week | Laura Regensdorf
Washington Post | Trump administration rescinded ‘Courage Award’ for woman who criticized Trump and gave false explanation for decision, watchdog finds | John Hudson
WFTS-TV (Tampa, FL) | All-female fire crew in Florida sign of increasing diversity in emergency services
More, More, More
NPR | Feminist Gloria Steinem On Finding Herself Free Of The 'Demands Of Gender' | Terry Gross