"Book women" delivered library books by horse during the Depression
Good for kids, also anybody, considering the coming recession: did you know that "book women" delivered library books by horse during the Depression?
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Return to sea.
A federal court allows Tennessee's six-week abortion ban to go into effect, as challenges to post-Roe restrictions reach courthouses in multiple US states. / Associated Press Related: A Texas judge has blocked the state's abortion ban enacted last year, allowing many clinics to resume services
Time scheme.
Brittney Griner will stand trial Friday on cannabis possession charges, more than four months after her Moscow arrest. / The Associated Press What we know on day 124 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. / The Guardian At least 46 people are found dead inside of a semi-truck in San
When options disappear.
Are LGBT rights and contraception next in the Supreme Court's crosshairs? Perhaps, but more likely targets are affirmative action, election laws, and business regulation. / The New York Times "Somebody who doesn't even know me took my options away from me, and it makes me furious.
It's not that bad. It's worse.
This morning, Biden signed the gun-safety bill into law—the first major gun legislation in 30 years. Here's what's included in the bill. / NPR, CNN An annotated version of the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, the case that overturned Roe v.
"Mothers, daughters, sculptors, Jolenes."
A playlist by author Carlene Bauer of "songs about girls—about women. Mothers, daughters, sculptors, Jolenes."
Et tu, boot.
As the US Senate passes a gun control bill, the Supreme Court says Americans don't need a license to carry guns in public. / NPR, The Los Angeles Times Meanwhile, war fatigue in the West may doom Ukraine to "slow strangulation." / The Guardian The UN's
Greek artist The Krank makes a big metaphor about humanity's impact
For the 2022 Paxos Biennale, Greek artist The Krank makes a big metaphor (out of land art) regarding humanity's impact on the planet.
Meet me at the museum.
The Supreme Court just struck down New York's law requiring people have "proper cause" to carry a concealed weapon. / Axios Checking the "good guy with a gun" theory: In 22 of 433 shooting attacks, a bystander shot the perpetrator. / The New York Times "
How the other laugh lives.
An earthquake in Afghanistan, the deadliest in decades, kills at least a thousand people. / The Associated Press Border-crossing data show a steady flow of Ukrainian refugees returning to their country. / The Economist Interview with a Ukrainian software engineer about what it's like to live with air raid