In the Hobby Lobby decision, the Roberts Court adopted a number of conservative myths that will end up allowing discrimination in the name of corporate religion: http://mm4a.org/1k78VqZ Related: In addition to sex discrimination, corporations will be able to use Hobby Lobby to discriminate against LGBT individuals: http://mm4a.org/1qvyR79 While conservatives are trying to minimize the impact of Hobby Lobby, numerous legal challenges could make the impact on women even worse: http://mm4a.org/V9QIU2
Standing Up To George Will’s Bullying
George Will dismissed Lisa Sendrow’s experience of sexual assault in his Washington Post column. Now, she is speaking out – and standing up to Will’s dismissal of sexual assault: http://mm4a.org/1okwbWN
Jobs Report “Too Good”?
Economist Justin Wolfers wrote on Twitter that there was “simply no bad news” in the June jobs report. Fox host Charles Payne found the bad news, writing that the report might be “too good.” http://mm4a.org/1j0clAS
FEATURED VIDEO
Five male justices issued a Hobby Lobby holding based on a series of myths. Here are eight women explaining why the decision is dead wrong: http://mm4a.org/TKfYz3
LIMBAUGH’S ADVICE FOR THE LADIES
Reacting to Hobby Lobby, Rush Limbaugh declared that women wouldn’t need birth control if they “didn’t do a certain thing.” http://mm4a.org/1xhmCMf
THE NYT CAN DO BETTER
When the New York Times reports on Ahmed Chalabi’s return to prominence, they should disclose that he was the source of their problematic coverage in the lead up to the Iraq War. http://mm4a.org/V7LuYV
Some other things I’ve read this week: Martha Plimpton on women’s rights being denied, Jessica Roy on attending a men’s rights conference, Marguerite Ward on Canada’s immigration policy, and Andy Warner and Lauren Sommer on the perils of ocean acidification.
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