Don't Bogart My Blog: Sunday Best: “Women’s achievements are multiplying”

Sunday, May 19, 2019

Sunday Best: “Women’s achievements are multiplying”

And their stories shape history.

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Sunday, May 19, 2019

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This week Alabama passed a law that would effectively ban abortion in the state. Other states have already whittled away at abortion access, and now Louisiana and Missouri are trying to restrict it even further. These legislative moves — and the current makeup of the Supreme Court — are helping lay the groundwork for the potential demise of Roe v. Wade. But, as Mary Ziegler writes, "asking the court for too much too soon has backfired before, and it could well again." — Alexandra March

Nike Told Me to Dream Crazy, Until I Wanted a Baby

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By ALYSIA MONTAÑO, MAX CANTOR, TAIGE JENSEN AND LINDSAY CROUSE

At eight months pregnant, Alysia Montaño ran in the 2014 United States track and field championships. Publicly, she was revered, but privately, she battled her sponsor for a paycheck.

Elena Ferrante: Power Is a Story Told by Women

Jillian Tamaki

By ELENA FERRANTE

"Things are shifting rapidly. Women's achievements are multiplying. We don't always have to prove that we're acquiescent or complicit to enjoy the crumbs dispensed by the system of male power."

How the 'Welfare Queen' Was Born

Linda Taylor leaving court in 1974. Bettmann Archive, via Getty Images

By JOSH LEVIN

You may remember Linda Taylor as the woman demonized by Ronald Reagan for being on food stamps while she drove a Cadillac. She became "the living template for a racist stereotype" — but the truth is much more complicated than that.

Meet the Black Girls and Women Reclaiming Chicago

A demonstrator blocking an intersection in 2015 after the shooting of Laquan McDonald in Chicago. Scott Olson/Getty Images

By SALAMISHAH TILLET

The face of Chicago's activism efforts and leadership is changing. On Monday, Lori Lightfoot will become the first black female mayor of Chicago, but this shift didn't begin with her and it won't end with her. A network of girls and women have used "black feminism" to solve the city's most pressing problems.