Today at Ms. | June 17, 2021

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Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act—a Major Win for Women: “The ACA Is Here to Stay” [[link removed]]

BY CARRIE N. BAKER and ROXY SZAL | The Affordable Care Act (ACA), which since its 2010 passage has granted health coverage to more than 31 million Americans, has survived another day in court. In Thursday’s 7–2 decision from the Supreme Court, the justices ruled that Texas and other objecting Republican-led states had no legal standing to bring the challenge to court.

Black Feminist In Public: Jessica Marie Johnson on Slavery Studies and Black Sexual Histories [[link removed]]

BY JANELL HOBSON | This week leads into the weekend celebration of Juneteenth, honoring the emancipation in 1865 of those who were enslaved in this country. The Black Feminist in Public series will highlight three scholars of slavery studies and Black women’s histories. First up: Jessica Marie Johnson, associate professor of history at John Hopkins University and author of Wicked Flesh: Black Women, Intimacy, and Freedom in the Atlantic World.

Over Two-Thirds of Mass Shooters Are Domestic Violence Perpetrators [[link removed]]

BY CARRIE N. BAKER | Researchers found 68.2 percent of mass shootings between 2014 and 2019 were either domestic violence incidents, or perpetrated by shooters with a history of domestic violence. “Gun violence has many forms, but it is clear that a history of interpersonal violence should be a deciding factor in whether or not an individual should continue to have access to a gun.”

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The Pointer Sisters celebrate Juneteenth and unpack their award-winning memoir, Fairytale: The Pointer Sisters’ Family Story.

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