One expert cited a link between the creation of plastic and dramatically declining fertility rates and sperm counts. The post Experts tell lawmakers about harmful effects of microplastics appeared first on New Jersey Monitor.
Although the multifaceted opposition to trans rights appears relentless, it mirrors historical challenges encountered during the gay liberation movement of the 1970s, many of which were ultimately overcome.
A presentation about a jump in the number of inmate deaths in state custody that included proposals for solutions was abruptly canceled in an Alaska legislative committee on Tuesday morning. In a vote that fell along party lines, Republican members of the House Community and Regional Affairs Committee voted to cancel the talk prepared by […] The post Republican lawmakers shut down legislative hearing about deaths in Alaska prisons appeared first on Alaska Beacon.
Virginia’s ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment this week represents not only a potential milestone for the ERA’s century-long struggle but also a remarkable evolution for a state that for decades had blocked the legislative effort to empower women.