Ayanna Pressley at the Unity Rally in Cambridge, MA on September 8, 2018 (Photo credit: Elizabeth Warren/Flickr)
TODAY’S MUST-READ NEWS AND ANALYSIS
- Ayanna Pressley is elected as Massachusetts’ first Black congresswoman. [The Slot]
- What the midterm elections mean for reproductive rights. [The Cut]
- The Tallahassee yoga shooting already happened ten years ago. [Buzzfeed News]
- Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar are the first Muslim women to be elected to Congress. [Al Jazeera]
- Republicans launch attacks against Jewish candidates across the U.S. using anti-semitic caricatures. [The Washington Post]
- Voting isn’t enough to end anti-trans violence and discrimination. [Them]
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez becomes youngest woman elected to Congress. [CNN]
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YESTERDAY FROM BITCH
- 7 Congressional Races That Could Reshape the Country | These seven races are key. [Cathy Saidi]
- These Governors’ Races Can Turn the Tide | Every state deserves a governor invested in the people, and we hope the winners of these races do exactly that. [Evette Dionne]
- Native Women Activists Are Turning out the Vote in North Dakota | More than 7,900 Native voters could be disenfranchised by recent court rulings. [Emmy Scott]
