Annie Nightingale didn’t only kick down doors in radio – she held them open by Fiona Sturges

Fiona Sturges writes this splendid remembrance of Annie Nightingale, the first woman — and, for a shockingly long time the only woman — to be given a chunk of the BBC radio airwaves to spin records. The chauvinism Nightingale had to push past is so appalling that it’s almost laughable, and I can ruefully attest that knucklehead assumptions that women didn’t understand rock music persisted well past her first air shifts and were as prevalent on this side of the Atlantic. Beyond her trailblazer status, Nightingale was unquestionably an astute fan of pop music and a skilled radio practitioner. Her assessment of what makes a good broadcast, which Sturges uses to close the article, is spot on. This piece is published by The Guardian.

1986 Statute Is at Root Of New Abortion Case Before Supreme Court by Pam Belluck

I’m not a conspiracy-minded person by nature, but it’s sorely tempting to believe that right-wingers are actively engaged in demolishing every last protection that improves the lives of anyone who lives in an economic class below comfortably wealthy. One of the ripple effects of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case that the Supreme Court of the United used to flagrantly ignore precedent and overturn Roe v. Wade, is the targeting of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, a Reagan-era law that requires hospitals to provide treatment to individuals in medical distress regardless of their ability to pay the subsequent bill. Writing for The New York Times, Pam Belluck lays out the particulars of imperiled legislation, which in turn makes it abundantly clear how much is at stake.