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New from me: This week marks the ninth Black Maternal Health Week began on Saturday. At Rewire News Group, we rounded up our reporting on the hurdles Black people face in getting adequate care during pregnancy and birth—and how Black women are taking action:
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Black Maternal Health is Still in Crisis
During Black Maternal Health Week 2026, Rewire News Group is highlighting our reporting on the hurdles Black people face in getting adequate care during pregnancy and birth—and how communities are tak...
https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/04/13/black-maternal-health-is-still-in-crisis/
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Rewire News Group
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You can read
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’s full roundup of the state of Black maternal health for RNG here:
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Black Maternal Health is Still in Crisis
During Black Maternal Health Week 2026, Rewire News Group is highlighting our reporting on the hurdles Black people face in getting adequate care during pregnancy and birth—and how communities are tak...
https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/04/13/black-maternal-health-is-still-in-crisis/
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Rewire News Group
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Communities without adequate access to maternal care are taking matters into their own hands. Timberly Washington, a medical student in the South who has also worked as a doula, wrote about why doulas are critical in making birth safer, especially for Black and Hispanic patients.
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What Is a Doula?
A medical student who trained as a doula breaks down what doulas do and how birth doulas serve their pregnant patients. (Opinion)
https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/01/09/what-is-a-doula/
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Rewire News Group
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Hundreds of thousands of Black women lost or left their jobs in 2025, creating mass unemployment. Last November, Emma Akpan explained how that shaped their reproductive choices and restricted access to care:
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How Unemployment Shaped My Reproductive Health Care—Analysis
Black women left the labor force in droves in 2025. Some are now struggling to afford period products, contraceptives, and OB-GYN care.
https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/11/10/how-unemployment-shaped-my-reproductive-health-care-analysis/
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Rewire News Group
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🧵 The ninth annual Black Maternal Health Week began on Saturday, amplifying the perspectives of Black pregnant people and bringing awareness to high death rates Black women face during pregnancy and after birth. We cover these issues year-round. Here’s some of our reporting on Black maternal health:
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recent news, read more here:
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Rewire News Group
17 days ago
For
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@tmavuram.bsky.social
rounded up our coverage documenting the Trump administration’s legal and political assaults on trans rights and autonomy. Read more:
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For Trans Community, U.S. is Less Safe Under Trump
On Trans Day of Visibility, Rewire News Group reviews the legal and political attacks faced by trans people in the U.S. over the past year.
https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/03/31/for-trans-community-u-s-is-less-safe-under-trump/
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New from me: This past year, the White House has systematically dismantled trans rights and autonomy, making the country less safe for trans people to live and thrive. At Rewire News Group, we reviewed our coverage of these political and legal assaults and their consequences.
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For Trans Community, U.S. is Less Safe Under Trump
On Trans Day of Visibility, Rewire News Group reviews the legal and political attacks faced by trans people in the U.S. over the past year.
https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/03/31/for-trans-community-u-s-is-less-safe-under-trump/
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Rewire News Group
18 days ago
Even amid the bad news, we found many stories of trans resilience and joy. Last August, we published a note by a young trans girl who felt loved and supported by her family and community. “We all get to decide who we want to be,” she wrote. “And I just want to be me.”
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I'm a Trans Girl in Elementary School—My Family and Teacher Support Me
"We all get to decide who we want to be, and I just want to be me."
https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/08/20/im-a-trans-girl-in-elementary-school-my-family-and-teacher-support-me/
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Rewire News Group
18 days ago
The next month, we published a letter from Daniel, a trans teen whose family had decided to leave the U.S. in hopes of finding a safer place to raise him. “Many anti-trans laws, like Tennessee’s gender-affirming care ban, target children and adolescents,” we wrote in our introduction to his letter.
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I'm a Trans Teen. The U.S. Government Is Attacking My Community.
"This is not politics as usual."
https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/07/17/im-a-trans-teen-the-u-s-government-is-attacking-my-community/
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Rewire News Group
18 days ago
🧵 This past year, the White House has systematically dismantled trans rights and autonomy, making the country less safe for trans people to live and thrive. We’ve followed these political and legal assaults, and this
#TransDayofVisibility
, we’re highlighting our coverage of their human consequences:
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“Not being able to access your health-care appointments is such a stab in the side. … Being able to navigate any of these things in normal circumstances already has so much difficulty to it.”
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Too Afraid to Leave Home: ICE’s Toll on Latino HIV Care
Operation Metro Surge is leading some Latinos to delay or cancel HIV prevention or treatment appointments.
https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/03/03/ice-minneapolis-hiv-latino/
about 2 months ago
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Rewire News Group
about 2 months ago
NEW: In Minneapolis,
@cameronoakes.bsky.social
and Sam Donndelinger report, ICE’s Operation Metro Surge is preventing Latino patients from accessing HIV care. This story was produced in collaboration with
@unclosetedmedia.bsky.social
, an investigative LGBTQ-focused nonprofit news publication.
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Too Afraid to Leave Home: ICE’s Toll on Latino HIV Care
Operation Metro Surge is leading some Latinos to delay or cancel HIV prevention or treatment appointments.
https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/03/03/ice-minneapolis-hiv-latino/
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I like the flexibility of freelancing, but pitching yourself all the time, constantly, and taking advantage of everything that happens as a business opportunity is exhausting. Someone commission me so I can stop marketing myself full-time!
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I wrote about my Valentine’s Day weekend at the Polymarket free grocery store
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Life and love at the Polymarket grocery store
I tried out some scene reporting
https://open.substack.com/pub/termsandconditions/p/life-and-love-at-the-polymarket-grocery?r=bl91&utm_medium=ios
about 2 months ago
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Rewire News Group
about 2 months ago
The research is clear: Abortion is safe across body size. But BMI limits at some abortion clinics are still pushing some patients into different care and higher costs. This story was originally reported by
@19thnews.org
, and republished through RNG‘s partnership with The 19th News Network.
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Delayed and Turned Away: How Access to Abortion Can Depend on Your Weight
Research shows abortion is safe across body sizes. But BMI limits at clinics are still pushing some patients into different care and higher costs.
https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/02/23/delayed-and-turned-away-how-access-to-abortion-can-depend-on-your-weight/
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I wrote about my Valentine’s Day weekend at the Polymarket free grocery store
open.substack.com/pub/termsand...
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Life and love at the Polymarket grocery store
I tried out some scene reporting
https://open.substack.com/pub/termsandconditions/p/life-and-love-at-the-polymarket-grocery?r=bl91&utm_medium=ios
about 2 months ago
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Natasha Roy
2 months ago
For
@rewirenewsgroup.com
,
@setharichardson.bsky.social
reported on how ICE's presence in the Twin Cities has transformed kids' daily lives: "You can’t say to this student everything is going to be OK, because it’s not. Her mom did go to the detention center."
rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/02/03/i...
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‘Bad Guys Are Taking Mommies and Daddies’: ICE Upends Minneapolis Kids' Lives
In Minneapolis, parents must figure that out, while teachers face half-empty classrooms as students stay home for fear of abduction.
https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/02/03/ice-minneapolis-kids-immigration-parents/
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planning on doing a little scene reporting at Zohran’s inauguration. subscribe today to get it in your inbox when it drops :)
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4 months ago
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Tiffany Cabán
5 months ago
ICE won’t tell anyone where 6-year-old Yuanxin is. He was separated from his dad at a mandatory check-in. The cruelty is unfathomable & makes us all unsafe. We must fight for freedom from fear & tyranny. We must abolish ICE & reunite all families separated by ICE.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...
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The Baffler
6 months ago
The attack on public education is only accelerating under Trump 2.0.
@tmavuram.bsky.social
writes on two books with wildly competing visions for the path forward.
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Board in Class | Tisya Mavuram
Trump is more determined than ever to ensure that millions of Americans never receive a quality education.
https://thebaffler.com/latest/board-in-class-mavuram
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I wrote about the youth vote, and how young people could reshape American politics this decade, for
@thenation.com
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Is This the Decade of the Youth Vote?
Young voters showed up for Zohran Mamdani. They could reshape American politics elsewhere, too.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/is-this-the-decade-of-the-youth-vote/
8 months ago
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The Nation Magazine
8 months ago
"Young voters are progressive, the conventional wisdom goes, if only they would go to the polls." Well, now they are, writes
@tmavuram.bsky.social
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Is This the Decade of the Youth Vote?
Young voters showed up for Zohran Mamdani. They could reshape American politics elsewhere, too.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/is-this-the-decade-of-the-youth-vote/?utm_campaign=SproutSocial&utm_content={NETWORK_NAME}&utm_medium=social&utm_source={SOCIAL_NETWORK}
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it's not looking good out there, folks
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microplastics, everywhere
the vibes are unstable!
https://termsandconditions.substack.com/p/microplastics-everywhere
9 months ago
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jamelle
10 months ago
the republican party is a modern day Slave Power and the only way forward for this country is to sweep it into the ash heap of history
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ProPublica
about 1 year ago
📽️ WATCH: At ProPublica, we’ll be devoting a significant part of our staff to detailing the second Trump administration. If you are a federal employee and have tips, documents, data or stories you can share that the public should know about, reach out:
www.propublica.org/tips/
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Do You Work for the Federal Government? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
https://propub.li/4hx7dCH
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I wrote about how I'm not on Instagram anymore
termsandconditions.substack.com/p/going-off-...
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Going off the grid
it's the phones, stupid
https://termsandconditions.substack.com/p/going-off-the-grid
over 1 year ago
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I wrote about how I'm not on Instagram anymore
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Going off the grid
it's the phones, stupid
https://termsandconditions.substack.com/p/going-off-the-grid
over 1 year ago
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The American Prospect
over 1 year ago
👀
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The Government Is Shutting Down Because Elon Musk Has Factories in China
There’s a mundane reason for the late-term chaos, and it’s called a conflict of interest.
https://prospect.org/politics/2024-12-20-government-shutting-down-elon-musk-factories-china/
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Moira Donegan
over 1 year ago
Being a maximally mean and off-putting feminist … this is my goal for 2025.
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Dave Weigel
over 1 year ago
There are dozens of congressmen/women who climbed over the most politically ambitious people in their communities to get to DC, spending (or having PACs spend) millions of dollars - and now want to just outsource their decisions to Elon. Not "surprising" really but kind of remarkable
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I wrote about Luigi
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The most American thing to ever happen
God, it's all just so sad
https://termsandconditions.substack.com/p/the-most-american-thing-to-ever-happen
over 1 year ago
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gaby :)
over 1 year ago
i’m writing a book and i’m very excited :) it’s about ecofascism and the origins of conservation and it will be published by bloomsbury :) wow :)
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Kylie Cheung
over 1 year ago
Consider getting hit by a car. If you live you will receive a tremendous settlement. If you do not live you will be reincarnated on the blockchain. It is a win-win
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Jack Mirkinson
over 1 year ago
question: why is ro khanna sharing a stage with nancy mace like 24 hours after she launched a hate campaign against one of his colleagues?
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well they’re just gonna put someone else who is almost as bad but perhaps not literally a pedophile and the democrats will be like: wow, thank you for your civility, sir
over 1 year ago
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fanfiction dot net-ass writing
www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
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Cormac McCarthy’s Secret Muse Breaks Her Silence After Half a Century: “I Loved Him. He Was My Safety.”
When he was 42, Cormac McCarthy fell in love with a 16-year-old girl he met by a motel pool. Augusta Britt would go on to become one of the most significant—and secret—inspirations in literary history...
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/cormac-mccarthy-secret-muse-exclusive
over 1 year ago
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New York Focus
over 1 year ago
NEW: What could Trump's election mean for education in New York? ✏️Cuts to federal school funding deportations of newly arrived students ✏️A rollback of civil rights protections ✏️Restrictions to free lunch ✏️A win for private and charter schools
nysfocus.com/2024/11/20/t...
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What a Trump Presidency Could Mean for NY Schools
A review of Trump’s first term, along with his campaign promises and details within Project 2025, indicate what’s to come.
https://nysfocus.com/2024/11/20/trump-presidency-new-york-schools-education
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Mr. Chau
over 1 year ago
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
over 1 year ago
- Stripping 1.5+ million people of temporary status - End of refugee resettlement - Cutting legal immigration and adding new visa bans - Overall slowdown of legal immigration - End to asylum through Kafkaesque rules - Brutality against asylum seekers - Increased arrests, detention, and removals.
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Ben Mathis-Lilley
over 1 year ago
they should do a bluesky for Instagram and then for the rest of society
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this is really brave of me to admit but I think a cybertruck could theoretically look good if it were like. a lot smaller. a cyber mini cooper, if you will
over 1 year ago
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it's really funny to me that the people in both the dev patel lookalike contest and the zayn malik lookalike contest don't look anything like either of them. those are just brown people. that's basically just the entirety of my high school graduating class
over 1 year ago
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slate
over 1 year ago
[noticing a group of people having a nice time at the park] enjoy your echo chamber
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does the Eras Tour ever actually….end?
over 1 year ago
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no :)
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over 1 year ago
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