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“This is for the girls that look like me”
Today’s newsletter still has it all, though: powerful trans allyship, racial double standards, and an announcement from the Vatican that came 500 years too late.
What the hell is “abortion trafficking”?
Today we take a look at the frightening new anti-abortion bill creeping its way toward the Idaho Senate. Plus, Shannon Melero tells a fascinating story about freedom fighter Lolita Lebrón.
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.)