In the News

Here is some stuff in the news today!

image of Serena Williams celebrating her US Open win

Serena Williams won the US Open in an epic battle, because she is awesome. It's her 17th (!) Grand Slam title. She is everything and I love her and that is all.

Patrick Stewart got married and the ceremony was officiated by a wizard!

[Content Note: Hostility to agency] The Iowa Board of Health [sic] voted to ban "the nation's largest telemedicine abortion program last Friday, effectively limiting reproductive health access to thousands of rural women. ...Iowa's telemedicine abortion program allows women to consult with doctors through video technology before being prescribed the abortion-inducing pill and has been heralded as a safe and effective form of reproductive health care since its implementation five years ago." So, obviously, let's get rid of it! You know, to PROTECT WOMEN!!!

[CN: Transphobia] A new report details the discrimination faced by trans* workers in the US.

Cory Doctorow proposes a way to foil NSA sabotage, but I'm really recommended this article because I find it interesting that two clever women, Jessamyn West and Nico Sell, pioneered the "watch for the lack of this notice" strategy.

NAACP President and CEO Ben Jealous will step down at the end of the year after five years. Good luck, Mr. Jealous!

Something something Anthony Weiner. That fucking guy.

And finally! Senator Elizabeth Warren continues to be awesome, giving a speech on the opening day of the AFL-CIO convention in which she called the US Supreme Court a garbage nightmare of corporate kissassery. I am paraphrasing. But only slightly.

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