Thanks in large part to Black women, the @WNBA agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement that includes a 53% pay raise for players, requires teams to give fully paid maternity leave, new child care benefits and more — a big win for women in the workplace all over the world!
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Virginia ratified and passed the
#EqualRightsAmendment, making it the 38th and final state needed to ratify the#ERA as the 28th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/01/27/us/ap-us-equal-rights-amendment-.html …Show this thread -
Utah banned conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth, making it the 19th state and one of the most conservative to prohibit conversion therapy.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/utah-lgbtq-conversion-therapy-ban_n_5e2859e9c5b67d8874aa74f9 …
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Police in Austin will stop arresting or citing most people for possessing small amounts of marijuana. The resolution passed unanimously in the Austin City Council.https://www.texastribune.org/2020/01/23/austin-texas-will-stop-arrests-tickets-low-level-marijuana-cases …
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Tamika Montgomery-Reeves was sworn in as Delaware’s first Black state Supreme Court Justice and just the second woman to serve as a justice on Delaware's Supreme Court.https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/2020/01/03/delawares-first-black-supreme-court-justice-takes-oath-office/2527986001/ …
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@EFillerCorn was sworn in as the first woman and the first Jewish Speaker of the House of Delegates in the Virginia legislature’s 401-year history.https://wamu.org/story/20/01/08/delegate-eileen-filler-corn-is-virginias-first-female-first-jewish-house-speaker/ …Show this thread -
In a major blow to long-running Republican efforts to require photo ID at the polls, Missouri’s controversial voter photo ID rules were "eviscerated" by the state Supreme Court. This was a big win in the fight to protect voting rights!https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/missouri-s-controversial-voter-photo-id-rules-dealt-blow-by/article_8ef4ae55-bf09-5a20-93b5-50ed24c5c466.html#tracking-source=home-top-story …
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@NewYorkStateAG announced she's launching an investigation into the NYPD to determine if officers have illegally targeted communities of color on NYC subways through enforcement of fare evasion laws.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/nyregion/letitia-james-fare-beating-nypd.html …Show this thread -
#DeAndreArnold — the Texas teenager who was told he couldn’t walk at graduation unless he cut his dreadlocks — is going to the Oscars thanks to the#HairLove team's@matthewacherry,@itsgabrielleu, and@DwyaneWade!https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/01/31/deandre-arnold-texas-teen-told-cut-dreadlocks-or-miss-graduation-gets-invite-to-oscars-hair-love/ …Show this thread -
The trans pride flag and trans symbol as well as several gender-neutral and gender-inclusive symbols were approved as some of the newest emojis coming this year!https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-emojis-transgender-flag-emoji-and-other-gender-neutral-inclusive-icons-will-be-available-iphone-2020/ …
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