Jewish high school students are considering abortion laws when deciding where to apply for college.
Some are crossing off schools that are located in states where abortion access has been restricted, and students currently attending schools in such states are considering transferring.
https://jweekly.com/2022/09/22/abortion-laws-are-becoming-a-factor-in-jewish-students-college-choices/?fbclid=IwAR0ZV1OeB_maFJU-_yUV7mLAvAibUfunp6IUPC2Phmcs80bid2K7-Iy7wsk
CNN's Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour was scheduled to interview Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, but it was abruptly canceled because Amanpour declined to wear a hijab, she recounted on Twitter.
Men who adhere to and determine the parameters of a hierarchal religion that places themselves on top, and decrees that women and other non-gender conforming people submit to their dictates, feel they are justified demanding whatever they want. Hierarchies can create amazing thoughts in the minds of those on top.
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/22/1124559417/cnn-christiane-amanpour-raisi-iran-hijab
When people in lower roles on our nation's hierarchies are shown in leading roles, people are surprised, but delighted to be showing more about what life would be like without our hierarchies.
Following the trailer introducing Disney's new version of The Little Mermaid, parents of young Black girls are posting videos across social media of their children's reactions to seeing Halle Bailey as Ariel.
The trailer has surpassed 12 million views.
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/14/1122806029/halle-bailey-little-mermaid-black-culture?fbclid=IwAR0kwiz2P1Qj9AU5gfbRH3-4kwugjCOMDlnA9jZaJ3yfoSJFKDhpLKvjJro
The city of Oakland, California plans to return five acres of Joaquin Miller Park to permanent Indigenous control, in one of the first cases of a municipality giving land back to Native people.
“This is a way for us to take this land and reimagine what it might have looked like,” said Corrina Gould, co-director of Sogorea Te’ and tribal spokesperson for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan, at a press conference Thursday.
“We have a vision of a place in the hills that overlooks our territory, that holds us in a basket. It’s a way for us to tell our story as Lisjan people, and to engage our relatives from all walks of life into stewarding this land,” she said.
https://oaklandside.org/2022/09/08/oakland-land-rights-indigenous-sogorea-te/
To look at the extreme of hierarchies, when one group uses hierarchical religion to justify their domination over another group, Afghanistan gives us a clear example.
"Afghanistan has now become a kind of cage for Afghan women; the birds who cannot fly out of it, just stuck inside the home without rights to movement, rights to education, rights to work — any basic right. And at the same time, for all other Afghan people, it is like losing dignity, losing human rights, losing economic opportunities, and just living under the poverty line. That's how it looks right now — and also the safe haven for the terrorist groups."
https://www.businessinsider.com/afghanistan-what-womens-rights-under-the-taliban-looks-like-now-2022-8