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Nashville School Shooting Memorial

The Nashville shooter bought guns *legally*

In today's newsletter, we mourn the loss of six more lives to the epidemic of gun violence—this time, in Nashville. And our Women’s History spotlight celebrates Nicole Aunapu Mann, the first Native American woman to make it to space.

“Don’t Say Gay” arrives abroad

In today’s newsletter, we look at Uganda’s latest draconian law criminalizing LGBTQ+ identity itself and how these cruel measures got their start. (Spoiler alert: It’s colonialism. It’s always colonialism.)

Why silencing women may come back to bite Trump

In today’s newsletter, we’ve got Iranian activism, legislative ignorance, and the poetic justice of Trump potentially facing consequences from an attempt to silence women.

Harriet Tubman’s *other* legacy

Today we’re updating you on the Texas lawsuit that has the potential to deny access to the abortion pill nationwide—even in states with no abortion ban. Plus, we celebrate the Nebraska state senator using “Madagascar” recaps to protect access to gender-affirming care for trans youth. (It’ll make…