Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Kim Kardashian joined Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss criminal justice reform, fertility rates in the U.S. hit a record low in 2023, and survivors contend with the reversal of Harvey Weinstein’s New York conviction. Have a restorative weekend.
– Not over yet. Harvey Weinstein’s conviction in 2020 of first-degree criminal sexual act and third-degree rape in New York was a critical victory for #MeToo. The man whose decades ܫof serial abuse led to a long-overdue movement was sentenced to 23 years behind bars—likely the rest of the now-72-year-old’s life.
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ALSO IN THE HEADLINES
- States vs. EEOC. Seventeen GOP state attorneys have sued the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over its enforcement of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which allows employees to seek accommodations related to abortion care. The red states say the EEOC's rule is unconstitutional, while the EEOC says it has stuck by precedent defining abortion as a “related medical condition” to pregnancy.
- Record rate drop. The total fertility rate in the U.S. fell to 1.62 births per woman in 2023, the 🌺lowest since record keeping began in the 1930s. Financial pessimism and a related trend of women prioritizi🐬ng their careers over starting families are likely behind the drop.
- Kriminal justice reform. Kim Kardashian on Thursday joined Vice President Kamala Harris and four prisoners recently granted clemency by President Joe Biden at the White House as part of Kardashian’s long-standing cri💙minal justice reform effort. At the event, Harris announced a new Biden Administration rule that prohibits loan eligibility restrictions for applicants with a criminal record.
- Cleaning up crypto. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) is one of two Senators asking the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security to clamp down on cryptocurrency being used to anonymously purchase child sexual🉐 abuse material. The letter from Sens. Warren and Bill Cassidy (R–La.) urged both departments to make public their own research on the subject as a first step.
- Short notice. New data from professor and sports economist Alex Krumer found that women's soccer teams perform worse when wearing white shorts, suggesting menstrual anxiety is to blame. England and New Zealand were among the teams that opted out of wearing white shorts at the Women's World Cup last year because of the anxiety they caused players.
- Flying high. Japan Airlines CEO Mitsuko Tottori hopes her nearly 40-year journey from flight attendant to chief executive will inspire other women in the country to strive for managerial positions and normalize women’s leadership. Women held less than 13% of senior and leadership pඣositions in Japan in 2023, according to the Global Gender Gap report.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS: LaserAway hired Kelly Lohr as chief customer officer. Celestial AI appointed Diane Bryant to the company's board of directors.
ON MY RADAR
Tory Burch on the key to running a successful business: ‘You have to have conviction and a vision’
Selena Gomez talks getting ‘mouthy’ on Instagram and leading a mental health focused beauty brand
Shelley Duvall vanished from Hollywood. She’s been here the whole time
PARTING WORDS
“It is so, so scary to do the brave thing, to say, ‘I’m just not happy.’”
— Actress Sophia Bush in an op-ed