Sasha Weiss writes for The New Yorker: “There is something about the fact that Twitter is primarily designed for speech—for short, strong, declarative utterance—that makes it an especially powerful vehicle for activism, a place of liberation.”
Molly Redden writes for Mother Jones: “With Republicans trying to avoid a repeat of 2012’s Todd Akin disaster and retake the Senate, the Georgia GOP establishment was happy to see David Perdue, a self-funded businessman, leading in the polls ahead of Tuesday’s Senate primary. Compared to gaffe machines such as Rep. Paul Broun, who has pushed personhood for zygotes, and Rep. Phil Gingrey, who defended Akin’s “legitimate rape” comment, the former Dollar General CEO seemed unlikely to introduce fraught gender issues into the general election—where Michelle Nunn, the likely Democratic nominee, is polling well against the GOP field.”
Elle Dismar writes for The Chicago Sun Times: “e Senate moved to ratify the long-dormant Equal Rights Amendment Thursday…”
Emily Lane writes for NOLA.com: “A bill that could result in the shuttering of up to four of Louisiana’s five abortion clinics overwhelmingly received full passage from the Louisiana Legislature Wednesday (May 21), and Gov. Bobby Jindal has indicated he will sign it into law.”
Hayes Brown writes for Think Progress: “The White House on Wednesday announced that it would be sending 80 U.S. military personnel to help take part in the international effort to find more than 200 missing Nigerian schoolgirls, a reversal from previously insisting that no military forces would be involved in the hunt.”