It’s officially half-way through the term. Congrats, you’ve made it. Here’s the news you may have missed while you were buried in the library. Or whatever, we don’t judge.
The Library of Congress opened a collection of Rosa Parks’ writings and photographs for the first time this week. VOX and other news sites published some highlights from the collection, which opened on Parks’ birthday. In the newly released documents Parks reflects on her famous refusal to give up her seat on the bus, “I had been pushed around for all my life and felt at this moment that I couldn’t take it any more.”
Read Rosa Parks’ incredible handwritten notes on Jim Crow — and pancakes http://t.co/ghrqfyB78r pic.twitter.com/NbaRpA0JvM
— Vox (@voxdotcom) February 4, 2015
A measles outbreak at the happiest place on earth brought the vaccination debate back into the news. Tuesday, LA County confirmed 21 cases of measles, 17 of which are linked to the Disneyland outbreak. If you like vaccination op-eds and articles here’s a few from the New York Times, NPR and the Chicago Tribune.
More babies get the measles as Disneyland outbreak spreads across U.S. http://t.co/DmDSx2spcm — Mashable (@mashable) February 6, 2015
Strippers head to Oregon’s capital to lobby for better working conditions. The AP reports that some Oregon strippers are lobbying the state legislature for health and safety standards in addition to mandating clubs to publish and display dancer’s rights.
Strippers in Oregon lobby lawmakers for better working conditions, protection of their rights as contractors: http://t.co/KAiuJmPi7f
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 2, 2015
Being associated with the Kardashians, Bruce Jenner is no stranger to tabloid headlines. For some time gossip magazines and tabloids speculated that Jenner is transitioning from male to female, which would normally just be gossip but recently news outlets like the New York Times have reported on the story and reports that Jenner agreed to an interview with ABC News’s Diane Sawyer.
The Bruce Jenner Story Goes From Gossip to News http://t.co/J0TtRZfjz3 — The New York Times (@nytimes) February 5, 2015
On a lighter note: Taylor Swift announced her next world tour with HAIM and Vance Joy.
Check here for dates http://t.co/Wl4LPRvwh9 Meanwhile I’ll be doing a celebratory friendship dance to ‘Forever’. pic.twitter.com/hlfy0lsMOB — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) February 1, 2015
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