Plus, Texas legislators continue to attack trans kids
We've officially made it to The Holidays™. Even if you're not someone whose pores drip with holiday spirit as soon as Halloween candy goes into the clearance bin, you should still pat yourself on the back. (If you've been sick of Christmas music since November 2, you've got a friend in me.) You've basically made it through the year. Take a deep breath and set your mind on cruise control for the next six weeks. We're almost there.
--Aria |
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Voters want higher wages, better health insurance access, free lunches for school kids
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Politicians were the central focus of midterm elections a few weeks ago, but we would be remiss in not highlighting some ballot initiatives across the country that are making life easier for workers and families. From DC to South Dakota, Reckon's working mothers and family reporter Anna Claire Vollers has the breakdown of some of the most consequential state-level policies. |
Nearly 50,000 workers at University of California campuses walked off the job last week. 2,000 staffers at 100 Starbucks locations went on strike last Thursday. More than 1,500 part-time faculty members at the New School are on the picket lines.
Employee discontent has come to a boil around the US this year, and it's not limited to "quiet quitting" or the Great Resignation. Workers are demanding more from their employers as corporate profits soar and record high inflation eats away at wage gains from the past few years. Reckon's Climate Reporter Christopher Harress has what you need to know about what labor activists are calling Strikevember.
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It's no secret that Brazil's outgoing president Jair Bolsonaro was no friend of the rainforest. Under his leadership, the Amazon rainforest experienced record levels of mining and deforestation. Brazil's new president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — known mononymously as Lula — promised to put an end to his predecessor's destruction of the largest rainforest in the world during a speech at the COP27 conference last week.
"There is no climate security for the world without a protected Amazon," Lula said. Read more about Lula's speech at COP27. |
Earlier this year, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that the state's child welfare agency could investigate families that provide gender-affirming care to minors. A new bill filed last week for the upcoming state legislative session goes a step further by equating gender-affirming care with child abuse.
Read more about the proposed law here. |
In a victory for reproductive justice advocates around the state, an Atlanta judge struck down Georgia's six-week abortion ban last week. Judge Robert McBurney ruled that the Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act violated Supreme Court precedent and the US constitution when it was passed three years ago.
Georgia's appellate courts haven't weighed in yet, but it's possible the state may request a stay of the order. |
Candace Cameron Bure (aka DJ Tanner from Full House) decided to kick off her holiday season with a hot mug of homophobia when she announced she's leaving the Hallmark Channel for the Great American Family Channel. (It's OK, we've never heard of it either.) Surely it's just a coincidence that the former will be releasing its first queer Christmas movie this year, right? Right?
Read the rest of this week's Sunday Bulletin here. |
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Let's talk turkey! Or not. (I'm way more of a cranberry sauce and mac-and-cheese person.) If you've read all the way to the end of this newsletter, I want to do two things. First of all, I'd like to sincerely thank you for subscribing, reading and supporting our work here at Reckon. This whole thing has been a new experience for me and knowing that people are following along makes it that much more exciting.
Secondly, I'd like to ask what's on your holiday menu this week? A friend of the family has invited me to a low country boil, which I love because messy food at a big table is my bread and butter. Or crawfish and butter, in this case. Email me at avelasquez@reckonmedia.com and let me know what's going to be on your table! Thanks for reckoning with me, Aria email me | tweet me (until I delete my account) | follow me on IG
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