TODAY’S MUST-READ NEWS AND ANALYSIS
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The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 refused to charter private trains for Unite the Right ralliers, so the D.C. police offered special treatment to racists instead. [The Root]
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Lezley McSpadden—Michael Brown’s mother—is running for Ferguson City Council. “I learned to walk again, and this is one of my first steps.” [NBC News]
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On knowing that you shouldn’t have to lose weight for your wedding, but still feeling like a failure. [Buzzfeed News]
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VAWA—which was renewed in 2000, 2005, and 2013 with bipartisan support—is about to expire because it doesn’t have a single Republican co-sponsor in the House. [Huffington Post]
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Stephen Miller is an immigration hypocrite, but you already knew that. Now his uncle has something to say about it. [Politico]
YESTERDAY FROM BITCH
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“America First” feminism is not the future. Feminist resistance must be equally resolute in rejecting assaults on women’s rights wherever they occur. Hilary Matfess











