My latest in @vanityfair.com: The court's LGBTQ books ruling opens the door for parents to challenge other books they disagree with + serves as tacit acceptance to groups that hope to use "parental rights" as a Trojan Horse for anti-trans/anti-gay/anti-abortion cases in the future.

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

“For the first time, it became clear that young women today will have fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers,” @kamalaharris.com tells @katieherchenroeder.bsky.social on Dobbs anniversary. “But even in the face of that loss, we keep fighting.” www.vanityfair.com/news/story/k...

NEW from me: Former VP Kamala Harris made a surprise Zoom visit to a conference of abortion storytellers ahead of the Dobbs anniversary. Their “voices,” she tells @vanityfair.com, “are vital to our nation in the ongoing fight for reproductive freedom.” www.vanityfair.com/news/story/k...

Jacinda Ardern Is No Longer Campaigning for Office—Now It’s for Humanity @katieherchenroeder.bsky.social speaks to the former New Zealand PM www.vanityfair.com/news/story/j...

Trump administration cuts $258M program crucial for HIV vaccine fight. Public health experts say the lack of funding is expected set back decades' worth of progress against HIV.

Detained Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil was finally allowed to hold his newborn son—despite the Trump administration's best efforts to stop him.

“I have never done more suicide assessments than when I’ve run credit reports with clients and found coerced debt or identity theft.” @katieherchenroeder.bsky.social digs into a widespread and rarely talked about form of debt: coerced debt.

NEW: Women across the country are victims of what’s called coerced debt—and it is ridiculously hard to crack down on. For @motherjones.com, I spent a year+ looking at what happens when an abuser buries someone in debt as a form of domestic violence. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Sarah Ortiz has spent years trying to prove that her ex used her personal information to rack up $45,926 of debt in her name without her knowledge. Unfortunately, Sarah's story isn't new. Scores of women across the country are victims of coerced debt—and it's ridiculously hard to crack down on.

"The first time many victims of domestic violence learn that their abuser took out a credit card in their name is when they get called by a debt collector to pay it all back." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

So excited to share that the package @katieherchenroeder.bsky.social and I fact checked for @motherjones.com is listed a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize 😆

Scores of women across the country are victims of coerced debt—& it's ridiculously hard to crack down on. @katieherchenroeder.bsky.social reports for @motherjones.com on what happens when an abuser buries someone in debt as a form of domestic violence: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

As a new Trump era begins, I’m thinking about what it'll mean for violence against women and how a swell of virtual misogyny spreads into schools, offices, and bedrooms. Writers and editors for @vanityfair.com share what's on our minds as we enter 4 more years: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...

9/11. @katieherchenroeder.bsky.social / @motherjones.com, A Running List of Politicians Talking About Making Divorce Harder www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump figured out that taking away people’s abortion rights is DEEPLY unpopular, so he said a whole bunch of things to walk back his stances, including on Comstock. Do I trust him? No. Am I going to do everything I can to hold him + Republicans accountable? Absolutely.

Senator Tina Smith is more interested in focusing on what antiabortion politicians are doing—not just what they’re saying. I spoke with @smith.senate.gov for @vanityfair.com in the lead up to Trump’s imminent return to office: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

Why is the ABC News settlement with Trump more complicated than it may appear? Because it's based on New York state’s narrow definition of “rape," which has since been changed. Read about the context for @motherjones.com: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

As @katieherchenroeder.bsky.social reported, the judge in the E. Jean Carroll case went to great lengths to clarify that while Trump's alleged actions didn't meet the state's definition of "rape," they were what people broadly understand as "rape." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

And as @katieherchenroeder.bsky.social also wrote, NY wound up passing a law that expanded the definition of "rape." When she signed the bill into law, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y.) recognized Carroll “for her courageous efforts to make sure justice was done.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Can’t get an abortion. Can’t give birth. What century, what country, what are we doing? More research out of the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health (@umnsph.bsky.social) from Professor @katybkoz.bsky.social

Go-to defensive frame for powerful person accused of abuse is that they are the one in fact being abused; the language of witch hunts & mob justice built around this conceit....

A Supreme Court case that will decide whether Tennessee can ban gender-affirming care for trans youth could imperil the ability of all Americans to make health care decisions. The outcome depends on how far the court is willing to stretch its ruling that overturned federal abortion rights.

Israel has broken the ceasefire agreement with Lebanon "approximately 100" times since the truce went into effect last Wednesday. www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/m...

About the Lebanon ceasefire Biden is so pleased with — CNN just reported that "Israel has violated that ceasefire about 100 times."

The 80-year-old Indigenous activist has been incarcerated nearly as long as Joe Biden has been in national politics.

"Belgian sex workers have gained the right to sick days, maternity pay and pension rights under the first law of its kind in the world." www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

“On behalf of all the women (and I know it’s many) you have abused in some way,” Pete Hegseth’s mom, Penelope, wrote in an email to her son in 2018, “I say… get some help and take an honest look at yourself…” My latest in @vanityfair.com: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

243 days ago, Israeli forces attacked World Central Kitchen vehicles, killing 7 aid workers from across the world — including the US. The US did not respond with policy change. Today, Israeli forces reportedly attacked another car carrying WCK workers, killing at least 5 people.

As we’ve reported on sexual misconduct by OB-GYNs, we’ve learned that many women felt they didn’t know what was normal during a visit, or didn’t know what they could do to speak up. We created this guide to help fill this gap. 👇

The same state that questioned Mayron’s fitness to care for her four children forced her to continue a pregnancy that risked her life to have a fifth — one that would require more intensive care than any of the others. projects.propublica....

Follow this queen if you’re into incisive and original reporting on abortion rights & gender (fun fact, she was ahead of all y’all covering the right’s war on no-fault divorce 🤓) 👩🏻‍💻👇🏻

A reminder #itwasntalandslide

Independent clinics and abortion funds perform much of the labor that enables larger reproductive-rights organizations to acquire financial and social capital—which they often struggle to access themselves.

Fact check: not true (Mayor Adams transcript from the Latinos Out Loud podcast)

“We fled, but Gaza didn’t leave us. Every mother I left behind still endures the same horrors: cooking with firewood, struggling to keep her children warm, watching them grow weaker with hunger. I may have escaped, but I carry their suffering with me.” www.thenation.com/article/worl...

After Trump spoke with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Wednesday evening, he claimed that the pair agreed “to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern Border.” That’s not how she remembers it. My latest: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...

Hi heeeeeeeey—I’m on this one now! Excited to gab with y’all on Another App. Here’s some of my writing as a way to punctuate this first post: www.vanityfair.com/contributor/...