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Trump Administration Dramatically Shortens Funding Period for Title X Grants

Katelyn Burns & Grandma Underground: The 80,000 Kids in Kin Care

Providers say the Trump administration is undermining much-needed care for the people who need it most.

[A child in a sundress tugs on the hand of an older adult]

Grandma Underground: The 80,000 Kids in Kin Care

Nathan Tauger & Grandma Underground: The 80,000 Kids in Kin Care

In the wake of the opioid crisis, kinship and foster care systems in Kentucky have been stretched to the limit, with the number of children in the homes of relatives or close family friends rising by over 50 percent. It is not clear how elderly kin will afford to care for these children.

[Photo: Maritza Lopez sits in a recliner, smiling and holding her three dogs.]

Mike Pence Neglected This Poisoned Indiana City. Now, Residents Fight for Each Other.

Amy Littlefield

For decades, East Chicago has been home to heavy industry that poisoned the city. But is also home to thousands of people, many of whom have illnesses likely caused by that pollution.

[Photo: Two men play with two children on a beach]

Supreme Court Won’t Enter Fight Over LGBTQ Foster Care Placements—But Gorsuch and Alito Want To (Updated)

Jessica Mason Pieklo

The one-page order keeps in place a lower court ruling that the city of Philadelphia can require social service agencies with city contracts to comply with nondiscrimination laws.

[Photo: Central American asylum seekers wait as U.S. Border Patrol agents take them into custody on June 12, 2018 near McAllen, Texas.]

Advocates Want to Know Why ICE Hasn’t Reunited These Separated Families

Tina Vasquez

Advocates told Rewire.News that some of these children remain purposely separated from the adults they migrated with because they are legal guardians, not "parents."

‘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.

[Pitcure: Pregnant person touching stomach while speaking with doctor.]

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.

[Photo: Woman walking past a nail salon in New York City.]

‘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.

[photo: a pregnant black person is examined by a doctor.]

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.

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