As protests ramp up around the country against COVID shutdowns, The Toledo Blade covers the protests against Dr. Amy Acton, the Director of the Ohio Department of Health, including input about women being targets for harassment from CAWP Associate Director Jean Sinzdak. The New York Times video team put together an appreciation of the personal style of Dr. Acton in an attempt to explain how the heretofore unknown public health official has developed a devoted online following. Learn more about women public health leaders with this piece on the CAWP blog from Kelly Dittmar. Speaking of devoted online followings... Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer inspired a laudatory rap from local Detroit comedy rapper Gmac Cash. Whitmer responded to the buzz about the song and her new nickname, Big Gretch, with an appreciative tweet.

On a more serious note, Melinda Gates writes in The Washington Post about how caregiving needs to undergo a fundamental change in the United States, as the COVID crisis has laid bare fundamental inequities, and how the country needs to adjust sick leave and childcare, particularly for the COVID era's "essential workers," who are more likely be women, and women of color, and who are less likely to have these critical benefits. On the topic of caregiving: shocking survey data reported in The New York Times shows that men seem to drastically overestimate the amount of childcare and housework they're doing during social distancing.