Commentary Maternity and Birthing
Race Isn’t a Risk Factor in Maternal Health. Racism Is.
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The language of the moment suggests that it's Blackness that's the problem, not bias.
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News
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#ICEOnTrial: Advocates Rally to Hold Federal Agency Accountable for Systemic Abuses
"People have power and I want them to begin using it to hold their government accountable for the abuse it does to people like me," said one formerly detained asylum seeker.
Communities Band Together as Oklahoma Teacher Walkout Has No End in Sight
Local organizations have stepped up to provide food and educational programming for the children who are entering their eighth day of school closures.
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Scott Lloyd Joins Hate Groups for Panel on Immigration
Scott Lloyd implied that the Office of Refugee Resettlement will be shifting gears and developing stricter standards for which young people get accepted into ORR custody.
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Trump Offers Obamacare Exemption to Foes of Abortion Rights
The Trump administration continued its regulatory war on the Affordable Care Act by expanding “hardship exemptions” to the law’s individual mandate for people who claim to object to abortion rights.
Commentary
High Risk, Few Resources: Bisexual Kids Lack Help When They Need It Most
Bisexual young people face intense bullying and harassment and report poorer mental health outcomes than gay, lesbian, or straight youth.
New York Lawmakers Brush Aside Reproductive Rights—Again
The fact that these reproductive health proposals failed is, perhaps, not surprising to political insiders familiar with the dysfunction in Albany, but we should all be angry.
Analysis
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In El Salvador, a 20-Year-Old Faces Prison Time After Giving Birth to Her Stepfather’s Baby in a Latrine
Imelda Isabel Cortez Palacios is just one of dozens of women in El Salvador who have been imprisoned following birth complications or miscarriages. But her case has taken on greater significance because at the hospital, she informed health professionals that her stepfather had raped her repeatedly from the age of 12 until 19.
Multimedia
Rewire Award-Winning Documentary: Care in Chaos
Calla Hales is the 27-year-old administrator of the busiest abortion clinic in North Carolina, and she's at the end of her rope.
Investigations
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An Ohio Woman Demands Better Care for Black Patients After Her Involuntary Hospitalization
She says her experience is emblematic of a greater problem: the treatment Black patients face when they seek psychiatric care.
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These Trans Women Are Fighting for Insurance Coverage as Trump Unravels Their Right to Care
The Trump administration has moved to roll back protections for transgender patients—leaving them reliant on federal courts and a patchwork of state policies.
Why a Trespassing Trial This March Has Caught the Attention of Activists on Both Sides of the Abortion Movement (Updated)
In the fall of 2017, radical anti-abortion activists debuted the Red Rose Rescues, bent on disrupting what they see as a stale political movement. Their goal is to be able to stop individual abortions without violating federal law. And so far, they are getting away with it.
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This Week in Sex: Grindr Reluctantly Agrees to Stop Giving Outside Companies Access to Users’ HIV Status
Elsewhere, gonorrhea is getting harder to treat, and, no, kids aren’t snorting condoms.
Culture & Conversation
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‘The Wonder Down Under’: A Refreshing Guide on Sexual Anatomy That We All Needed
While reading the guide, I found myself wishing that I had possessed this book not only when I had been in my teens and first sexually active, but also as a mother.
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Hey, Atlantic, Hiring a (Horrible) White Man for ‘Diversity’ Is Gaslighting 101 (Updated)
The Atlantic editor-in-chief defended hiring a conservative columnist who once said women should executed for having abortions and who also likened a Black child to a primate. Because we need to hear angry white male rants more than the mainstream media wants real diversity.
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Native Women ‘Hack’ Traditional Dress for Easier Breastfeeding
The original two-layer, belted regalia worn to Pueblo ceremonies made it hard for me to feed my child and honor my ancestors. But armed with community feedback and ingenuity, we're literally redesigning it.
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Washington Supreme Court Passes New Rule to Tackle the State’s All-White Jury Problem
The rule outlaws intentional racial discrimination, of course; such a thing is already unconstitutional. But it also outlaws peremptory challenges based on “implicit, institutional, and unconscious” race and ethnic biases.
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We Failed the Students of Parkland. But We Also Failed Nikolas Cruz
At some point we have to acknowledge that the sheer pain of a Nikolas Cruz or an Adam Lanza, or the children being recruited into gangs or by terrorist groups is in and of itself worth addressing. If we can't completely reorient our thinking on the lost people in this country, we are the only ones to blame for the consequences.
‘Good Riddance’: Paul Ryan Calls It Quits After Years of Lies
"Under his leadership—if we can call it that—American women suffered while billionaires took their tax cuts to the bank.”
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