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☆ Opinion | Mexico’s Women Are Speaking. Will a Female President Listen?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Cristina Rivera Garza | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The Mexican government did not grant women the right to vote in national elections — or the right to hold public office on a national level — until Oct. 17, 1953. Now, almost 71 years later, for the first time two women are leading the race to be Mexico’s next president: Claudia Sheinbaum, who is the front-runner, and Xóchitl Gálvez. But they have been cautious about lingering too long on women’s issues in their campaigns, conspicuously tiptoeing around abortion and reproductive rights, seemingly out of deference to conservative voters. Neither candidate has put forth a strong agenda to serve the women who put them where they are today. To be fair, male candidates have not historically been required to present their agenda for women either.

Persons: Claudia Sheinbaum, Xóchitl, machismo, Sheinbaum, Gálvez, Felipe Calderón, Andrés Manuel López Obrador Locations: Mexico, U.S

☆ Texas appeals court blocks state from investigating families seeking gender-affirming care for trans youth
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Emma Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —A Texas appeals court upheld two injunctions in a pair of legal cases Friday, in an order blocking the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services from investigating families of transgender youth who are seeking gender-affirming medical care for their children. The court of appeals upheld a trial court decision in the Friday order, ruling in favor of LGBTQ+ advocates and families in two related Texas lawsuits asking a state court to block the agency from investigating parents who provide their children with gender-affirming care. Paxton appealed the district court injunction in March and declared investigations could continue during the appeal process under the law. The court, in its opinion, also affirmed Paxton’s opinion does not alter preexisting law or legal obligations of the department. Abbott’s directive to the agency was seen by many as an attack on transgender children and their families.

Persons: CNN —, Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton, Abbott, “, ”, Paxton, Bill, Chase Strangio, ” CNN’s Amir Vera, Ashley Killough Organizations: CNN, state’s Department of Family and Protective Services, Texas Gov, Republican, Department of Family and Protective Services, ”, Lambda Legal, ACLU, Texas Supreme, Gov, American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, HIV Locations: Texas, State of Texas, Travis County

☆ Opinion: The dangerous Civil War ideology looming over the 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Opinion Karen Finney | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The myth of the Lost Cause hasn’t been defeated. Echoes of Lost Cause mythology have also been invoked throughout the primary by Trump’s leading opponents, Florida Gov. The myth of the Lost Cause hasn’t been defeated. In short, it was defeated and discredited, but Lost Cause mythology nevertheless lives on. It was easy not to indulge my grandmother Mildred Lee in her promotion of Lost Cause mythology.

Persons: Karen Finney, Hillary Clinton, Robert E, Lee, Mildred Lee, Karen Finney Ralph Alswange, ”, curriculums, General Lee, Jim Crow, hasn’t, Biden, —, Donald Trump, Abraham Lincoln, Trump’s, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, DeSantis, ” Karen Finney, Trump’s MAGA, Haley, Trump, McCarthy, Clint Smith, we’ve Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Aggression, United, Mother Emanuel AME Church, Florida Gov, South Carolina Gov, Trump voters, Capitol, Fox News, Florida Governor, CNN Town Hall, Union, South Carolina, House, Confederate, Illinois, Reconstruction, Ku Klux, Republican, Civil Locations: Virginia, North Carolina, Charleston , South Carolina, Iowa, Florida, America, South Carolina, United States

Kendrell Lyles, 37, entered a guilty plea to murder just before jury selection was set to begin in his trial in the death of 22-year-old Muhlaysia Booker. Authorities haven’t publicly revealed a motive for her killing but have said it was unrelated to the earlier assault. Political Cartoons View All 1234 ImagesHere's what to know about Booker's killing:WHAT HAVE POLICE SAID? Booker's body was found the morning of May 18, 2019, on a Dallas street. Eventually, a group of women carried Booker's limp body to safety, and she was hospitalized with her injuries.

Persons: Kendrell Lyles, Booker, haven’t, Lyles, Richard Franklin, “, ” Franklin, Edward Thomas, BOOKER, Naomi Green, Green, ” Green, ” Booker, ”, Ahmad Goree, Muhlaysia Booker, Tori Cooper, ” Cooper, Leticia Grant, Kenneth Cichocki, Franklin Organizations: DALLAS, Dallas, U.S, Police, HOW, WHO, Abounding Prosperity, Muhlaysia, Muhlaysia Booker Foundation, Rights, Transgender Justice Initiative, Authorities Locations: Texas, Dallas, Black, Collin County

At least 22 states have now enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. “His depression, his anxiety had pretty much dissipated because he was receiving the gender-affirming care,” Thurow said. In North Dakota, the law allows treatment to continue for minors who were receiving care before the law took effect in April. Providers there have simply stopped gender-affirming care, said Brittany Stewart, a lawyer at Gender Justice, which is suing over the ban in the state. But there's one key difference: gender-affirming care is ongoing.

Persons: ”, Becky Hormuth, Louis Children’s, Hormuth, “, James Thurow, Louis, ” Thurow, “ He’s, Sen, Mike Moon, Justin Brown, Dale Wright, Brittany Stewart, they’ve, ” Stewart, Jasmine Beach, it's, she's, “ It’s, Devon Dolney, ___ Mulvihill, Jack Dura Organizations: LOUIS, —, Republican, Washington University Gender, St, Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University, University of Missouri Health Care, Gender Justice, Campaign, Southern Equality, Tate, Associated Press Locations: Missouri, North Dakota, U.S, North Carolina, Utah, St, Ferrara, Fargo , North Dakota, Minnesota, Chicago, Cherry Hill , New Jersey, Bismarck , North Dakota

The legislation now requires approval from Parliament's upper house and half of the country’s 28 state legislatures, which is considered likely. Shah said it will be implemented in the 2029 national elections following a new census and an adjustment of voting districts after next year’s elections. Under the legislation, the reservation of seats for women would continue for 15 years and could be extended by Parliament. It covers the elected lower house of Parliament and state legislatures, in which only women will be allowed to contest 33% of the seats. In India's state legislatures, women hold about 10% of the seats.

Persons: Droupadi Murmu, Narendra Modi's, Amit Shah, Shah, India’s, Sonia Gandhi, ”, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Modi, God, “, Modi's, unrepresented, Ram Gopal Yadav, Dolly Verma Organizations: DELHI, —, Wednesday, Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party, Samajwadi Party . India Locations: Lok Sabha, India's, India, Bihar

☆ India’s Modi sparks political storm with pitch for common civil code
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Yp Rajesh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Currently, India's Hindus, Muslims, Christians and large tribal populations follow their own personal laws and customs, alongside an optional secular code, for marriage, divorce, adoption and inheritance. The Law Commission, a government-appointed advisory body, has sought public opinion by Friday on creating a Uniform Civil Code (UCC). The BJP says the common code is necessary to ensure gender justice, equality through uniform application of personal laws, and to foster national unity and integration. The comments were his most forceful in favour of the common code and set off a political storm. "Majoritarian morality must not supersede personal laws, religious freedom, and minority rights in the name of a code which remains an enigma," it said.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Modi, Sanjay Kumar, India's, playbook, Sushil Modi, Zakia Soman, YP Rajesh, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: BJP, DELHI, Indian, Bharatiya Janata Party, Commission, New Delhi’s, UCC, Muslim Women's Movement, YP, Thomson Locations: Egypt, India, Karnataka

☆ Over 200,000 trans people could face voting restrictions because of state ID laws
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Jo Yurcaba | Jo Yurcaba Is A Reporter For Nbc Out. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +12 min

Seaton showed his state ID. “So I expect that we’re going to hear more stories of trans people being harassed, whether by voters, poll workers, poll monitors or other folks who are present during the election.”Impact of voter ID laws on trans votersVoter identification laws differ widely by state. Eight of those states have strict photo ID laws. Since the 2020 election, 12 states have enacted new or stricter voter ID laws, according to VoteRiders, a nonpartisan voting rights organization. In the 15 states without ID laws, voters’ identities are usually verified by checking them against their voter registration information, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

☆ Jeff Bezos, cel mai bogat om din lume, a donat primele 791 000 000 de dolari pentru luptă împotriva schimbărilor climaterice
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-17 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Jeff Bezos, cel mai bogat om din lume, a donat primele 791 000 000 de dolari pentru luptă împotriva schimbărilor climatericeFondatorul Amazon, Jeff Bezos, a anunțat anterior că intenționează să doneze suma de 10 miliarde de dolari în lupta împotriva schimbărilor climaterice. La începutul anului Bezos a înființat un fond de salvare a Pământului și vrea să atragă și alți bogați ai lumii de partea sa. Despre primele aproape 800 000 000 de dolari donate Bezos a anunțat într-o postare pe pagina sa de Instagram. Astăzi, îmi face plăcere să anunț primii beneficiari ai Fondului Pământ Bezos – 16 organizații care lucrează la soluții inovatoare, ambițioase și cu mișcare de ace. Aceste 791 de milioane de dolari în donații sunt doar începutul angajamentului meu de 10 miliarde de dolari pentru a finanța oameni de știință, activiști, ONG-uri și altele.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Jeff Organizations: Bezos, Energy Foundation, Natural Resources, Rocky Mountain Institute, Salk, World Resources Institute, World Wildlife Fund Locations: Eden

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