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DeSantis Signs Six-Week Abortion Ban in Florida; Legal Fight Intensifies over Abortion Pill
DeSantis Signs Six-Week Abortion Ban in Florida; Legal Fight Intensifies over Abortion Pill
We look at the state of abortion access in the United States with The Nation's Amy Littlefield as the Supreme Court is expected to weigh in on a ruling set to take effect Saturday that effectively overrides the Food and Drug Administration's two-decade-old approval of the medication abortion pill mifepristone. Her most recent piece is headlined “A Conservative Christian Judge Rules Against Medication Abortion. How Hard Will Democrats Fight Back?”
·democracynow.org·
DeSantis Signs Six-Week Abortion Ban in Florida; Legal Fight Intensifies over Abortion Pill
Tracking Banned Books
Tracking Banned Books
PEN America, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization dedicated to free expression through literature, has created a dataset tracking books banned or restricted in school classrooms and libraries in the United States from July 2021 to March 2022. The dataset contains the book’s name and author, the schoo
·datainnovation.org·
Tracking Banned Books
ACLU sues North Carolina over anti-riot law | The Journal Record
ACLU sues North Carolina over anti-riot law | The Journal Record
Harsher punishments for violent protests in North Carolina are being challenged by a prominent civil rights group, which said in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday that several parts of a new anti-riot law are unconstitutional.
·journalrecord.com·
ACLU sues North Carolina over anti-riot law | The Journal Record
“Not Giving Up”: Expelled Black Tennessee Lawmakers Are Reinstated as Movement for Gun Control Grows
“Not Giving Up”: Expelled Black Tennessee Lawmakers Are Reinstated as Movement for Gun Control Grows
As the world watched, the Shelby County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to reappoint Justin Pearson to the Tennessee House of Representatives, less than a week after the Republican-led House voted to expel him and fellow state Representative Justin Jones from the body for joining peaceful protests against gun violence after the school massacre in Nashville. Pearson and Jones were the two youngest Black lawmakers in the Tennessee House. The Nashville Metropolitan Council unanimously voted Monday to restore Jones to office, and he was sworn in Tuesday. Pearson is being sworn back in today. We feature their remarks at the vote and rally Wednesday in Memphis.
·democracynow.org·
“Not Giving Up”: Expelled Black Tennessee Lawmakers Are Reinstated as Movement for Gun Control Grows
The Long Haul: Millions with COVID Face Chronic Illness as Biden Declares End to National Emergency
The Long Haul: Millions with COVID Face Chronic Illness as Biden Declares End to National Emergency
President Biden has declared an end to the COVID-19 national emergency, but people living with long COVID say the pandemic is far from over. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found nearly one in five people infected with COVID-19 go on to experience symptoms of long COVID. We speak to science writer Ryan Prior about the movement to expand research and resources for those with long COVID, and his own experience living with the chronic illness. Prior is the author of The Long Haul and writes the “Patient Revolution” for Psychology Today.
·democracynow.org·
The Long Haul: Millions with COVID Face Chronic Illness as Biden Declares End to National Emergency
Arizona v. Navajo Nation
Arizona v. Navajo Nation
Last month, Tribal Justice Clinic Director Heather Whiteman Runs Him filed an amicus brief on behalf of 37 tribes in support of the Navajo Nation, which has been arguing for the right to draw water from the Colorado River. The case, Arizona v. Navajo Nation, pits the treaty rights of the largest Native American reservation in the United States against water rights claims by the state in which much of the reservation is located.
·narf.org·
Arizona v. Navajo Nation
OVERDUE: Weeding Out Oppression in Libraries
OVERDUE: Weeding Out Oppression in Libraries
A podcast attempting to shine light on the radical inequities and the oppressive nature of the library profession, specifically as it pertains to BIPOC professionals and the communities they serve in the state of Oregon. An Oregon Library Associat...
·buzzsprout.com·
OVERDUE: Weeding Out Oppression in Libraries
American Library Association reports record number of demands to censor library books and materials in 2022
American Library Association reports record number of demands to censor library books and materials in 2022
Book Challenges Nearly Doubled From 2021 CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) today released new data documenting* 1,269 demands to censor library books and resources in 2022, the highest number of attempted book bans since ALA began compiling data about censorship in libraries more than 20 years ago. The unparalleled number of reported book challenges in 2022 nearly doubles the 729 challenges reported in 2021. A record 2,571 unique titles were targeted for censorship, a 38% increase from the 1,858 unique titles targeted for censorship in 2021.
·ala.org·
American Library Association reports record number of demands to censor library books and materials in 2022
Daily Show for April 10, 2023
Daily Show for April 10, 2023
A daily independent global news hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González. “Unconscionable”: Planned Parenthood’s Alexis McGill Johnson Slams Texas Ruling on Abortion Pill; Jessica Mason Pieklo: Republicans’ Anti-Abortion Moves Are Part of Wider “Authoritarian Movement”; What Is the Comstock Act? Texas Judge Cites 1873 Anti-Obscenity Law to Halt Approval of Abortion Pill; Hotline Founder on the Struggle to Preserve Access to Abortion Pills Amid Relentless GOP Attacks; Arizona Abortion Provider: Texas Ruling on Mifepristone Leaves Patients & Clinics “in Limbo”
·democracynow.org·
Daily Show for April 10, 2023
Tribe warns US government against moving ahead with mine
Tribe warns US government against moving ahead with mine
PHOENIX (AP) — Native American tribal members fighting plans for an enormous copper mine on land they consider sacred say they are increasingly worried U.S. officials will publish an environmental …
·krqe.com·
Tribe warns US government against moving ahead with mine