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The Texas Ob-Gyn Exodus

Stephania Taladrid The New Yorker
Amid increasingly stringent abortion laws, doctors who provide maternal care have been fleeing the state. A new reality set in for ob-gyns in Texas - “The standard of care can now be construed as a felony.”

The New Anti-Abortion Argument Takes Us Back to the 19th Century

Linda Greenhouse The New York Times
Idaho, Kansas and Missouri in seeking to establish standing to outlaw mifepristone argue cause "a loss in potential population or potential population increase,” and that “decreased births” were inflicting “a sovereign injury to the state itself.

Tidbits – Nov. 21 – Reader Comments: Trump 2.0; Resistance 2.0 and Community Organizing; Myths About Kamala Harris’s Loss; Scoundrel Time – Lessons From the McCarthy Period for Today; Your Help Needed – Cubans Needs Our Help More Than Ever; Cartoons

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Reader Comments: Trump 2.0; Resistance 2.0 and Community Organizing; Myths About Kamala Harris’s Loss; Scoundrel Time - Lessons from the McCarthy Period for Today; Your Help Needed - Cubans Needs Our Help More Than Ever; Cartoons, more....

Tidbits – Nov. 14 – Reader Comments: Trump 2.0; What Next?; Where To Begin?; Texas Victories; What the Hell Happened? How – Why Did Working Class and Union Members Vote? Virtual Event; Strategy for Labor: Panel Discussion in Honor of Merle Ratner

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Reader Comments: Trump 2.0; What Next?; Where Do We Begin?; Texas Victories; What The Hell Happened? How - And Why Did Working Class and Union Members Vote? -- Virtual Event; Strategy for Labor: Panel Discussion in Honor of Merle Ratner; Cartoons;

Why Are So Many Women Hiding Their Voting Plans From Their Husbands?

Rebecca Solnit The Guardian
A lot of households are not democracies-they’re dictatorships. This may mean voter intimidation and suppression. Lots of memes, tweets, posts and videos are popping up, assuring women they can keep their votes secret from their husbands or boyfriends
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