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This weekend, we celebrated <a href="[link removed]">Women’s Equality Day</a>, commemorating the anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment which granted all citizens the right to vote, regardless of sex. While women’s suffrage was achieved in 1920, it would take decades for women of color to secure their ability to vote, and to this day, women continue to have to fight for their basic rights…
INCOMING ELECTION
As <a href="[link removed]">August slips away</a>, the 2024 presidential election is heating up, and last Wednesday’s GOP debate showed America still has a long way to go to achieve gender parity. During the debate, Republican presidential candidates <a href="[link removed]">advocated</a> for a federal ban or supported states’ bans against abortion. None of the men (and noticeably only one woman) stood up for women’s reproductive rights, despite a <a href="[link removed]">majority of Americans</a> saying abortion access has already become too difficult. The <a href="[link removed]">economics of abortion</a> are clear: women who can access abortion services experience higher educational attainment, higher workforce participation, and higher wages. With abortion and a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions on track to be <a href="[link removed]">a central issue in the 2024 election</a>, voters will be on the lookout to see which candidate is willing to stand up for their rights and well-being. Meanwhile, former president Donald Trump opted not to join the debate stage, but he’s back to hogging the headlines. All press is seemingly good press to the Republican frontrunner as <a href="[link removed]">he joins the lineup of history’s most famous mug shots</a> and prepares for one of his <i>four</i> upcoming court dates. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled that Trump’s January 6 election subversion trial will begin <a href="[link removed]">March 4, 2024</a>, the day before the Super Tuesday primary.
ONE COUNTRY IN THE NEWS
Speaking of the 2024 election, OCP founder and former U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp joined <a href="[link removed]">C-SPAN</a> to discuss the role of rural voters in the race.
ICYMI
Fox Business: <a href="[link removed]">Rural America is experiencing a strong recovery thanks to Biden administration investments</a> KXXV: <a href="[link removed]">Popular rural energy program faces political uncertainty</a> Source NM: <a href="[link removed]">Indigenous women navigate abortion access hurdles post-Roe</a> Nebraska Public Media: <a href="[link removed]">SNAP remains a target for the GOP even as the farm bill deadline looms and food insecurity rises</a> WPRI: <a href="[link removed]">Schoolkids in 8 states can now eat free school meals, advocates urge Congress for nationwide policy</a>
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