TX Observer: “The Texas Medical Board on Friday adopted guidance for how doctors should interpret the state’s new abortion laws, reducing paperwork requirements some saw as overly burdensome but declining to provide a list of cases in which an abortion would be legal. The board unanimously approved the new guidelines after making revisions in response…
Month: June 2024
“Why Juneteenth didn’t actually end slavery in Texas”
WaPo: “In 1903, a Black man walked into an office in a small town in Texas, seeking any news about whether slavery had ended. The earnest inquiry from the man, who had been forced to labor without pay, came more than 38 years after Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger landed on Galveston Island, Tex., with more…
“Rhiannon Giddens on Pulitzer-Winning Opera “Omar” About Enslaved Muslim Scholar Omar ibn Said [Who Resided in NC]”
Democracy Now!: “As part of our Juneteenth special broadcast, we feature our interview with pioneering musical artist Rhiannon Giddens, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her opera Omar, about Omar ibn Said, a Muslim scholar in Africa who was sold into slavery in the 1800s…. In 2023, Rhiannon Giddens won a Pulitzer Prize for her…
“Louisiana Classrooms Must Display Ten Commandments”
Political Wire: “Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday,” the AP reports. “The GOP-drafted legislation mandates that a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments in ‘large, easily readable font’ be required in…
“TN Abortion Clinic Workers Speak Out About the State’s Near-Total Ban”
NY Times: “I returned to my hometown, Memphis, to make a short film outside a building that once offered abortion services. In Tennessee abortion is banned, with no exception for rape and very limited medical exceptions that are being debated in state court…. These women offer distinct perspectives on this radical transformation in American society. Together…
“GOP pick for N.C. governor downplayed Weinstein allegations, assault by Ray Rice”
WaPo: “Mark Robinson, the firebrand Republican nominee for governor in North Carolina, has for years made comments downplaying and making light of sexual assault and domestic violence. A review of Robinson’s social media posts over the past decade shows that he frequently questioned the credibility of women who aired allegations of sexual assault against prominent…
“Witness Says Matt Gaetz Paid Her for Sex”
Political Wire: “In recent weeks, House Ethics Committee investigators have conducted a string of interviews behind closed doors with numerous women who were witnesses in the years-long Justice Department sex trafficking investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz,“ ABC News reports. “Investigators have interviewed at least half a dozen women who allegedly attended parties where the Florida Congressman was…
“Alabama GOP chair used homemade ID to vote. AG doesn’t seem to care.”
AL.com: “Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has some thoughts on voter fraud and election integrity, and, under the right circumstances, he’ll share them. Circumstances matter a lot to Marshall’s willingness to talk about voter issues. Take, for instance, the case of John Wahl, chairman of the Alabama Republican Party. After the Alabama secretary of state…
“Garret Graves Won’t Run Again”
Political Wire: “Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) said “he will not run for reelection — ending months of questions about his political future after redistricting scrambled Louisiana’s congressional map,” Politico reports. “The decision comes as Graves, a close ally of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, was staring down two difficult choices: He could either have run in his radically…
“Majority of House GOP, including 3 Black Republicans, vote for failed Confederate memorial measure”
WaPo: “Almost 200 House Republicans voted Thursday to reinstall a Confederate memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. All of the House GOP leadership, including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), voted for the measure. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) — a Black conservative and Donald Trump surrogate who took heat this month for seeming to praise…