Three months into 2023, nearly 300 bills designed to discriminate against transgender people have been introduced in statehouses around the country, according to a tracker from Equality Federation, an LGBTQ rights nonprofit. That is an increase compared to this time in 2022, at which point nearly 240 anti-LGBTQ bills had been filed, most of them targeting trans people.
A review from the Human Rights Campaign found that fewer than 1 in 10 of last year's 315 "anti-equality" bills became law. But this essay is not about those bills that die quiet, ignoble deaths. This is about the ones that don't. This is about the bills that through fearmongering, bullying and shameless lies have made their way into law. This is a preview of Hayes Brown's latest article. Read the full column here. |
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As Tucker Carlson presents the results of exclusive access to Jan. 6 footage, it's important to remember that the deception is the point. Read more. |
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To offer a brief, uber-scientific summary: Florida's governor is a right-wing weirdo. Read more. |
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Rock's derisive language felt in bounds for Smith but out of bounds for Pinkett-Smith. Read more. |
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Rep. Lance Gooden's ugly and false accusations build on a centuries-long stereotype about Asian Americans. Read more. |
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Tomorrow, Morning Joe will be live from Abu Dhabi where Mika Brzezinski and Hillary Rodham Clinton will moderate an iconic conversation at the Forbes Thirty Fifty Summit with Know Your Value, Mika's initiative that empowers women to reach their full potential.
They'll speak with keynote guests Gloria Steinem, Billie Jean King, and First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, to explore their accomplishments and the path forward in the battle for women's equality.
Watch this special presentation from Morning Joe and Know Your Value, tomorrow at 7 a.m. ET, only on MSNBC. |
Even if the worst of the pandemic is over, some of the changes it foisted on our lives seem like they're here to stay. In cities around the nation, office space in dense downtown areas is well below full utilization, as workers spend more days working from home. Same goes for public transit weekday ridership. What happens to American cities if they're no longer the place to which people commute each weekday. Our guest this week points out that there's a great deal that city leaders can learn from each other about reimagining cities during this latter phase of the pandemic.
Brad Lander is the comptroller for New York City and serves as the city's budget watchdog and chief accountability officer. He's also an urban planner and community organizer. Lander joins WITHpod to discuss some of the key problems NYC and other cities have faced during pandemic recovery, navigating actionable solutions, the role of federal intervention, the uniqueness of this moment in history and more. |
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