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Florida lawmakers consider a bill to restrict "period talk" in schools; foreclosures as code enforcement; Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus spreading in Florida.
On this week's Florida Roundup, we discuss a bill to restrict "period talk" in schools, foreclosures as code enforcement, and a drug-resistant fungus that's spreading in Florida.
The bill would also authorize additional funding for the agency.
51 shares This week in honor of International Women’s Day, we’re taking up menstruation rights on Times Will Tell, the weekly podcast from The Times of Israel, and speaking with Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, co-founder of the advocacy group Period Equity. Weiss-Wolf is a lawyer and the vice president and the inaugural women and democracy fellow of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law. Her work focuses on gender, politics — and menstruation, including the ongoing campaign to squash the “tampon tax” in all 50 United States. She speaks about the need for discreet, open access to mens...
Illustration By Isabella Carapella for HuffPost/Getty Images Every month since the coronavirus pandemic began, Sydney, a 20-year-old college student in Bloomington, Indiana, has dreaded getting her period. She lost her job in March and has been relying on financial aid, scholarship money and the income she earns from nannying full time to pay her bills. At the end of the month, that leaves very little cash for items such as tampons, pantyliners and over-the-counter pain relievers for menstrual cramps. “I know that $30 a month may not feel like a big deal to most people, but when you are liv...