Parenthood

‘That’s for White Women’: Black Breastfeeding Week Aims to Break Cultural Stereotypes

Auditi Guha

Advocates say the low rates of Black mothers who breastfeed is directly related to the legacy of enslaved Black mothers neglecting their children to nurse white babies.

Here’s How Kamala Harris’ New Bill Would Address the Racial Gap in Maternal Deaths

Katelyn Burns

Maternal deaths among Black women are much higher than other groups. A bill introduced by Kamala Harris seeks to address the gaps.

‘Algo Hermoso’: NY Nail Salon Workers Join Fight for a Fair Wage

Bryce Covert

Right now Basilisa Zafra works seven days a week, but with higher base pay she could spend more time with her children. It would be a beautiful thing, she said, echoing other workers interviewed by Rewire.News.

Exclusive: Five Immigrants Briefly Leave Sanctuary to Learn How to Organize

Tina Vasquez

Not all of the collective's members could be in Durham for the three-day gathering, but those in attendance told Rewire.News that what they were learning would benefit all people in sanctuary—especially if they are able to get out. 

Report: Most Maternal Deaths for Black Women in Texas Are Preventable

Teddy Wilson

Lawmakers in the GOP-dominated Texas Legislature have failed to pass any meaningful policy changes to address the high rates of maternal mortality among Black women.

New Report Details Widespread Abuse of Au Pairs, Calls for More Oversight

Bryce Covert

“Rather than being treated with dignity and respect as valuable participants in a ‘mutually rewarding’ cultural exchange program,” the report notes, “many au pairs are treated as underpaid domestic workers, or worse.”

How to Fight Fake ‘Crisis’ Pregnancy Centers When Free Pregnancy Tests Beckon?

Joy Baynes

Abortion clinics can offer free pregnancy tests so people can avoid biased counseling elsewhere, and health-care providers need to close gaps in their referral networks and their knowledge about abortion services in their areas.

How a Fake Doctor’s Coney Island Sideshows and Chutzpah Revolutionized Preemie Care

Dána-Ain Davis

In her new book, journalist Dawn Raffel tells the little-known story of how a European promoter made baby incubators an attraction at world's fairs and carnivals in the early 1900s—and probably saved thousands of lives.

Songs for Our Reproductive Lives: A Playlist for Birth, Abortion, Adoption, and About Everything Else

Farah Diaz-Tello

Who knew that Beyoncé made a song about miscarriage and Everlast made one about abortion stigma?

Intersex People Want to End Nonconsensual Surgeries. A California Resolution Is Their ‘Warning Shot.’ (Updated)

Amy Littlefield

A growing number of patients have spoken out in recent years about how surgeries, performed when they were too young to understand—much less give consent—have deprived them of sexual pleasure, sterilized them, traumatized them, or altered their bodies to reinforce a gender assignment that is not theirs.