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Roadside Attraction
Photo by Gabriel Tovar In the 1920s, due to the newfound accessibility of cars, long-distance driving became an option for Americans looking to travel. Suddenly, more people were careening down long highways, bored, with nothing to do but look out the window, and entrepreneurs got to work, building roadside structures constructed in fantastical shapes: restaurants that looked like hats, water towers shaped like teacups, souvenir shops inside of a dinosaur’s belly, and more.
Narrative Arc of No One’s Gumara
Photo by Castorly Stock on Pexels 1. Exposition He looks like your mutual ancestors: Skin the color of an olive blistering on ancient trees, each silver-tinged leaf a feather in the clipped wings of angels that failed to carry their prayers for a good crop. The ancestors relinquished the trees and sometimes more, sometimes vows fresher than their virgin brides, to the Mezzogiorno sun.
They Screamed “Cancel Culture” - Then Went Silent While Trump Gutted Free Speech (ft. Parker Molloy)
Was the Harper’s “free speech” letter really about defending open debate—or about protecting powerful media elites from criticism and consequences? In this episode, we expose how the Harper’s letter, its transphobic signers, and the larger “cancel culture” panic helped shield figures like J.K. Rowling and Bari Weiss while the real threats to free speech exploded under Trump. More than 150 journalists, authors, and academics signed the infamous “Harper’s letter” in 2020.
How the Church Invented Cancel Culture (ft. Eleanor Janega)
Think cancel culture is new? The Catholic Church invented it in the Middle Ages. Being burned at the stake was the ultimate deplatforming. In the 15th and 16th centuries, figures like Joan of Arc, Giordano Bruno, and Jan Hus faced the stake for the crime of heresy. But was heresy actually just a way to crush dissent? This week, medievalist and historian Eleanor Janega (@GoingMedieval) joins Katelyn and Christine to unpack history’s original cancel culture.
The Death of the Anti-Trans Political Ad: Why Democrats’ 2025 Wins Changed Everything (ft Laurel Powell)
Democrats’ recent, high-profile gubernatorial and mayoral victories across the country proved the value in candidates sticking to their pro-equality values.
A Cancel Culture Panic Attack (Panic World Collab)
There’s a lot of overlap between cancel culture and cultural panics in which the anti-hero of the week profits off their notoriety. This week, Kate and Christine co-host a very special crossover episode with Panic World, journalist Ryan Broderick’s podcast about how the internet warps our minds, our culture, and eventually reality. As we like to say at Cancel Me, Daddy, “all the panic around cancel culture” can result in even more notoriety—and visibility—for our favorite canceled people.
Why CBS News Hired Cancel Culture's Biggest Grifter (ft. Michael Hobbes)
Timeless Practical Wisdom For Living a Meaningful Life Inspiring stories and practical advice from creatives, entrepreneurs, change-makers, misfits, and rebels to help you become successful on your own terms Our listeners say, “If TEDTalks met Oprah you’d have the Unmistakable Creative.” Eliminate the feeling of being stuck in your life, blocked in your creativity, and discover higher levels of meaning and purpose in your life and career. Listen to deeply personal, insightful, and thought-pr ...
Why Car Propaganda Is Destroying Our Cities (ft. The War on Cars Podcast)
Why does America's infrastructure prioritize cars over people? In this episode, we're joined by the hosts of The War on Cars podcast to expose the decades of pro-car propaganda that shaped our cities—and discuss how politicians like Zohran Mamdani are fighting back with bold transit plans.
Democrats Were Banned From Saying These Progressive Words??
According to the centrist group Third Way, Democrats should scrub their vocabulary of 45 words and phrases spanning six pejoratively titled categories: therapy-speak, seminar-room language, organizer jargon, gender/orientation correctness, the shifting language of racial constructs, and explaining away crime. “Was it something I said?” Third Way asks of Democrats’ losing streak. No—winning is something you do.
Kicking over the Barstool (ft. Frankie de la Cretaz)
Former NFL player and Barstool Sports alum Pat McAfee didn’t have to name the Ole Miss freshman at the center of ongoing online and IRL harassment on the February 26 episode of his popular ESPN show. Following the Barstool playbook, he gave just enough information about the false internet rumor for his millions of viewers and subscribers to further slut-shame the teen, turning her life into a living hell.
IQ Survey Results on Current Industry Practices-Part 1: Immunogenicity Risk Assessment
For more than a decade, regulatory authorities have encouraged companies to perform immunogenicity risk assessments (IRA) for biotherapeutic agents, which are not designed to be therapeutic vaccines, with the understanding there is the potential to trigger unwanted immune responses.
Identification of a higher C-S lyase activity of Staphylococcus hominis in volunteers with unpleasant axillary odour
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Roe v. Wade Has Been Overturned. What Will Abortion Access in America Look Like Now?
Editor's note: This story was originally published on May 3, 2022. Roe v. Wade was officially overturned by the U. S. Supreme Court on June 24, 2022. While this story was written prior to the Supreme Court decision, the recommendations below are still relevant as ever—and offer a blueprint for how we can continue to advocate for the right to a safe and legal abortion in the United States.
The GOP Wants to Control Every Body
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The Shadow and The Ghost
By Christine Grimaldi The Atavist Magazine, No. 123 Christine Grimaldi lives in Washington, D.C., where she covers reproductive rights and policy and writes essays about history and culture. Her work has appeared in Vogue, Vice, Self, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Dame, The Rumpus, and other publications. She tweets at @chgrimaldi. Editor: Seyward Darby Art Director: Ed Johnson Copy Editor: Sean Cooper Fact Checker: Naomi Sharp Published in January 2022. 1.
The Texas Abortion Ban Might Be the First, But It Won't Be the Last
On September 1, staff and volunteers at the Lilith Fund, an organization that helps people who need financial assistance to end their pregnancies, began a typical hotline shift shortly after the sun rose over Texas. They’re used to fielding between 30 to 50 calls in a mere three hours.
4 Things to Know About Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the First Black Woman to Head Medicaid
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure is the first Black woman to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a $1 trillion agency responsible for health care for more than 100 million people nationwide. Today’s 55–44 Senate confirmation vote tasks Brooks-LaSure with the Biden administration’s goal of increasing health coverage, equity, and access, all of which she has championed throughout her career.
What to Know About Dr. Rachel Levine, Biden’s Historic Pick for Assistant Health Secretary
Today Rachel Levine, M.D., FAAP, became the country’s first Senate-confirmed openly transgender federal government official by a 52-48 vote. Dr. Levine will be the assistant secretary for health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), handling many of the same urgent issues she worked on as a pediatrician, professor, and top state health official—Pennsylvania’s physician general from 2015 to 2017 and secretary of health from 2018 to 2021.
Two friends talk about Black, White, and The Grey: On cooking and collaboration across the color line
by Dr. Cynthia R. Greenlee + Christine Grimaldi 03.04.2021, 12:28pm In 2013, a New York businessman named John O. Morisano embarked on an improbable venture: He bought a historic, once-segregated bus station in his adopted hometown of Savannah, Georgia, and, without a soupçon of hospitality experience, decided to open a restaurant. That wasn’t all.
Rewire News Group
News Law and Policy Jan 17, 2018, 5:10pm Christine Grimaldi “When you’re telling [doctors] they need to provide [abortions] a certain way but not telling them how, it’s going to scare them away from providing care at all." Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) subsequently reintroduced the bill under a new bill number, HR 4712.
Meet the Conservative Power Couple Behind Trump’s War on Your Civil Rights
Carrie Campbell Severino posed for a masked selfie last Monday night on the darkened White House grounds to watch her former boss, Justice Clarence Thomas, swear in 48-year-old Amy Coney Barrett to a lifetime seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Amy Coney Barrett Would Destroy Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy
For nearly two years, I’ve made doomsday predictions about federal judge Amy Coney Barrett assuming Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. Well, doomsday is here. Barrett’s name began circulating as a top contender for the lifetime job within hours of Ginsburg’s death on Friday. By Saturday afternoon, Trump said that his nominee would “most likely” be a woman.
Activism in the Age of Coronavirus
The COVID-19 pandemic may be keeping activists at home, but they’re keeping up the fight for justice in all its forms. If anything, the novel coronavirus has exposed the failings of government institutions and programs that are supposed to help people but all too often fail them, especially the most vulnerable. Activists are filling the gaps in the interim and laying the foundation for a very different future, if they have anything to do with it.
When Will the Census Count Everyone?
As 2020 census outreach to U.S. households begins this month amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government will try to count every person in the United States and the demographic snapshots that help portray who they are. The decennial survey captures our ages and races; but as of now, what it doesn’t include is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Abortion Clinics in Texas Rely on Traveling Doctors. Coronavirus is Keeping Some of Them Home.
Since she became the medical director of her Dallas-Fort Worth abortion clinic in 2013, Robin Wallace has been trying to recruit more physicians to meet the growing demand. That year, the Texas Legislature passed the sweeping House Bill 2, which shuttered dozens of clinics across the state. State restrictions also make it difficult to find providers who live in Texas.
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Search Rewire News Group Use quotes to search for exact phrases. Use AND/OR/NOT between keywords or phrases for more precise search results. Abortion Analysis Abortion Colorado Voters Could Determine Abortion Access Nationwide Oct 6, 2020 Susan Rinkunas Contraception Analysis Contraception Attend a Private School? Your Birth Control Could Be at Risk. Aug 24, 2020 Mansee Khurana Law and Policy Culture & Conversation Family Amy Coney Barrett Exposed Her Kids to COVID-19.
Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
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Senators Introduce Legislation to Finally Repeal the Hyde Amendment and End Wide-Ranging Federal Abortion-Funding Ban
Holly Alvarado realized she might be pregnant while standing in the middle of a Walmart near Grand Forks Air Force Base, where she was stationed in 2009. Alvarado, then 22, was struggling to afford the supplies, like socks, underwear, and boots, she would need for at least six months in the Middle East. She had emptied her apartment of most belongings except for the sleeping bag she crawled into at night and crammed the rest in a storage unit, an expense that would grow over time.
Can the House Democrats Chip Away At Eight Years of GOP Damage?
Republicans have used their past eight years while in control of the U.S. House of Representatives to undermine matters of bodily autonomy, tirelessly and strategically attacking reproductive rights and LGBTQ rights.
Top Democrat Has 'Grave Concerns' About Rick Snyder's Flint Testimony
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) criticized Republican Gov. Rick Snyder’s emergency management plan for falling short in addressing the widespread infrastructure problems that enabled the Flint, Michigan water crisis. CBSN / YouTube Read more of our articles on Flint’s water emergency here. The top Democrat on the U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the ongoing Flint, Michigan, water crisis cast doubt on Gov. Rick Snyder’s (R) recent testimony.
The Uncertain Future of Roe v. Wade – Power Trip – Medium
“I want to live to see the day that we put the sanctity of life back at the center of American law, and we send Roe v. Wade to the ash heap of history, where it belongs.” — Mike Pence, 2016 Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination may have sparked an unexpected clash over sexual assault and the #MeToo movement, but the hope and fear underlying his confirmation have always been about abortion.
If Only ‘SVU’s’ Olivia Benson Could “Lock Them Up”
The stories sometimes start with Olivia Benson reading the perp his Miranda rights outside Trump Tower. Although the Special Victims Unit commanding officer follows protocol, her latest and greatest collar has already admitted to “grabbing women by the pussy.” In fact, he’s proud of it. “When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything,” he tells Benson.
Is Self-Care An Act of Resistance?
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare,” the late Black lesbian feminist essayist, poet, and activist Audre Lorde wrote in her 1988 essay collection, A Burst of Light.
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This Is How “Religious Freedom” Restricts Civil Rights
Eight years ago, when Barack Obama was president and Donald Trump was not, a young gay man sought guidance from The Rumpus’s then-anonymous advice columnist, “Sugar.” His parents were “fundamentalist Christians” who believed “being a homosexual is a ‘sin’ that someone struggles with similar to alcoholism or drug addiction and that gays should repent and see Jesus.” He signed off as “Suffocated.” In the process of encouraging Suffocated to be himself—“The real you. The authentic you.
LGBTQ Advocacy Groups Fight to Defeat Trump's Latest Trans Military Ban (Updated)
Trans troops intend to keep serving their country despite their government's latest attempt at anti-LGBTQ state-sanctioned discrimination. Spencer Platt/Getty Images UPDATE, June 15, 4:38 p.m.: A federal court in Seattle on Friday denied the Trump administration from implementing its ban on transgender people serving in the U.S. military.
Congress’ Bipartisan Spending Bill Drops Reproductive Health Attacks. But Trump Officials Might Pick Them Up.
“It’s unfortunate that Senator McConnell and Speaker Ryan have time and time again rejected bipartisan work on health care in favor of partisan health care politics, and chosen politically-driven show votes over getting a result for families,” said Sen. Patty Murray. Alex Wong/Getty Images Top Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress have negotiated a $1.3 trillion “omnibus” spending bill without including proposed attacks on reproductive health care.
Advocates Remember Louise Slaughter's Commitment to Reproductive Rights and LGBTQ Equality
Slaughter’s legacy dates back to her first years in Congress. In 1991, she was part of a core group of congressional Democratic women who successfully fought to allow Anita Hill's testimony during Clarence Thomas’ U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Alex Wong/Getty Images Advocates for women, reproductive rights, and LGBTQ equality paid tribute to the legacy of U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) after the death of the 16-term lawmaker late last week.
LGBTQ Hate Group on Pompeo as Secretary of State: 'A Very Smart Move by President Trump'
Advocates for reproductive health and LGBTQ equality are concerned about CIA Director Mike Pompeo’s nomination to helm the U.S. Department of State, while a prominent anti-LGBTQ and anti-choice hate group lauded President Trump for his pick. Trump announced on Twitter Tuesday that Pompeo “will become our new Secretary of State,” bringing Rex Tillerson’s contentious tenure at the agency to an end.
It's 'Scary,' But Transgender Patients Are Fighting Trump’s Health-Care Discrimination Agenda
News Law and Policy Mar 13, 2018, 3:50pm Christine Grimaldi If the Trump administration gets its way, doctors will be able to claim a religious or a more nebulous moral objection as an excuse to deny care, gender-affirming or otherwise, to transgender patients. Advocates for reproductive rights and LGBTQ equality are concerned that Trump’s bureaucrats will cause even more pain at the doctor’s office.
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News Law and Policy Mar 13, 2018, 3:50pm Christine Grimaldi If the Trump administration gets its way, doctors will be able to claim a religious or a more nebulous moral objection as an excuse to deny care, gender-affirming or otherwise, to transgender patients. Advocates for reproductive rights and LGBTQ equality are concerned that Trump’s bureaucrats will cause even more pain at the doctor’s office.
Abstinence-Only Advocate Assumes Control of Family Planning Funds Amid Latest Reproductive Health War
Caught in the crosshairs are 4 million Title X patients. Thirty percent self-identified as Black or African-American, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, or American Indian or Alaska Native; 32 percent self-identified as Hispanic or Latino; and 13 percent had limited English proficiency, according to the 2016 annual report on the program under Obama.
Push to Abolish Trump’s Health-Care Discrimination Wing Underway in Congress
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) unveiled legislation to abolish the so-called Conscience and Religious Freedom Division. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A prominent Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives is taking on the Trump administration’s health-care discrimination wing. Rep.
Trump's Health Agency Appears to Undermine Family Planning with New Funding Criteria
The Trump-era criteria omitted any mention of "contraception" or "contraceptives." Shutterstock The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Friday afternoon released its long-delayed Title X grant criteria, and at first glance, the virulently anti-choice arm of the Trump administration appears to prioritize federal family planning money for providers that promote abstinence and natural family planning.
We Translated Trump’s Top CPAC Dog Whistles Undermining Reproductive Health
Trump and Republicans in the U.S. Senate have partnered to remake the federal judiciary in their anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ image. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Trump’s Friday morning address to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) included a series of conservative dog whistles lauding his administration’s regressive victories at the expense of reproductive health.
At CPAC, Anti-Choice Leaders Split on Strategy to Ram Through Restrictions
The four activists gave their input on Senate rules that have so far stood between them and their legislative victories during the late Thursday afternoon “Are Conservatives Serious about Defunding Planned Parenthood?” panel. Alex Wong/Getty Images High-profile women at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) didn’t convey a unified strategy about how to pass anti-choice bills in the absence of a GOP supermajority in the U.S. Senate.
House Republicans Attempt to Foist Burdens on People with Disabilities - Rewire
The House voted 225-192 along largely party lines in favor of the so-called ADA Education and Reform Act (HR 620), with just 19 Republicans opposed to the bill. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed their Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) “reform” bill that advocates say would undermine longstanding legal protections at the expense of people with disabilities.
Exclusive: Senate Democrats Tell Azar to Reverse Hate Group’s Anti-Choice Policy - Rewire
Democrats in the U.S. Senate are pressuring Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to reverse a strategy coordinated with a prominent hate group to undermine family planning access for people with low incomes. Thirty-seven Democrats, along with two Independents who caucus with them, urged Azar in a Wednesday letter to reverse his agency’s decision, made just days before his confirmation, to block Medicaid beneficiaries from using the family planning provider of their choice.
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