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Time marches on (it’s been nearly a month!), and what I’m noticing most is people are stepping forward. They’re writing, loving, learning, sending postcards, calling their reps, protesting, and running for damn office. Don’t get me wrong, there’s still a dangerous and smelly garbage fire burning on the Potomac, but I see all of you out there trying. So, here’s the good, the better, and the hard to handle from this week’s news.
First of all, young folks are listening. A political science student dives into the game in Georgia.
This 19-Year-Old Spelman Student Has Qualified to Run for Office in Georgia
Mariya Moseley, ESSENCE
Ashley Funk has been trying, y’all.
A daughter of Coal Country Battles Climate Change
Rebecca Hersher, NPR
The key connection between black civil rights and environmentalism.
Why Environmental Protections Are Important to Black History Month
Abre’ Connor, Huffington Post
Heartbreaking.
Letters from Women Pleading for Abortion, sent in 1917, Mirror Emails Sent Today
Callie Beusman, Broadly
Students in Virginia turned OUT for “A Day Without an Immigrant” yesterday
Hundreds of Virginia high school students walk out in support of immigrants
Moriah Balingit, Washington Post
A lot out there on the GRAMMYS, but here’s a take worth thinking about.
Beyonce Is Not the Magical Negro Mammy
Denene Millner, NPR
Alright, New Mexico!
Stephen Peters, Human Rights Campaign
A women’s roller derby team in Lebanon.
Lebanon’s First Female Roller Derby Team Is Shattering All of your Stereotypes
Jessica Holland, Huck
Returning to Lowndes County and a new era in civil rights.
In Lowndes County, getting free means getting infrastructure
Danielle Purefoy, Scalawag
Caring for new moms should be a priority in America. How is THIS not a platform for the pro-life campaign?
A Tale of Two Births: How the U.S. Fails to Deliver Adequate Postpartum Health Care
Mary Widdicks, Scary Mommy
DIY Music Scenes Take a Stand
Bands Take a Stand – Sexual Abusers Aren’t Tolerated Here
The Alternative
“Single queer mothers of color like myself are surviving heavy welfare reform, still living in poverty, and dealing with parallel systems of oppression like racism and ableism that create barriers that work towards perpetuating the same social hierarchy of white supremacy. And it’s getting worse.”
We’ve Always Been Here: One Mujerista Talks Back to Intersectionality and White Feminism
Noemi Martinez, Bitchmedia
“Aren’t We Having Fun?”
Your fat friend, Medium
A history lesson . . .
The 1977 Conference on Women Rights that Split America in Two
Lorraine Boussoneault, Smithsonian Magazine
And, finally, a brand new video game!