This is bittersweet, my last repro story @stateline.org for now: Black women in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi are suing states over midwifery restrictions that they say make it harder for them to help expectant mothers in rural and underserved areas.

hi hello we have author pages on our dot com now! that means i actually exist: www.newsfromthestates.com/author/elish...

Next Friday (Dec 12) in Wilson, NC, I will be reading alongside some incredibly talented authors, including: @authorcreekmore.bsky.social, @pmraymond.bsky.social, @isaachughesgreen.bsky.social

Listen to @statesnewsroom.com reproductive rights reporter @elishabrown.bsky.social in convo with @joanesposito.bsky.social about recent efforts across the U.S. to protect / restrict women's access to abortion and health care. omny.fm/shows/joan-e...

A majority of Black adults in 10 states say Medicaid is important to them or their families, per a new poll shared exclusively with @statesnewsroom.com. The findings come as Planned Parenthood clinics in Black communities have closed due to Medicaid cuts. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/more...

The latest South Carolina abortion ban bill would prevent victims of rape and incest from getting an abortion, allow women to be prosecuted for getting one and make it illegal to help someone get care. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/anti...

Any child born between 2025 and 2028 will soon get $1,000 investment accounts approved by the feds. But @darrickhamilton.bsky.social , the economist behind baby bonds, told me the GOP-backed policy will favor children from wealthier families. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/baby...

You’re trapped in a room for 3 days. All you have is 3 shows to binge watch. Go! Atlanta The Wire The Get Down

I was a full on cinematographer in NYU Tisch’s Film Production major. Took a journalism class with James McBride my senior year and ten years later I’m a writer and English professor with a few accolades and a manuscript on submission!