Parenthood

RV Brings Autism Therapies to Appalachia

Brook Bolen & Race Isn’t a Risk Factor in Maternal Health. Racism Is.

Rural, Appalachian families who have children with autism suffer from lack of access to treatment; the wait for some programs can last years. One solution? Bring treatment to families. Via an RV.

Race Isn’t a Risk Factor in Maternal Health. Racism Is.

Dr. Joia Crear-Perry

The language of the moment suggests it's Blackness that's the problem, not bias.

Cash Bail Fuels the Prison Industrial Complex. But We Can Stop It.

Nnennaya Amuchie

People shouldn't have to pay to avoid incarceration before trial. But to end cash bail, we must use an abolitionist framework to question who gets put in cages and why.

Tennessee Immigration Raid Creates Chaos and Solidarity

Jodi Jacobson

Tennessee may be a conservative state, but the sudden arrests of 97 long-time immigrant residents and workers have galvanized the people of Hamblen County to come to the aid of their neighbors, suggesting a break with Trump's immigration policy.

This Week in Sex: Grindr Reluctantly Agrees to Stop Giving Outside Companies Access to Users’ HIV Status

Martha Kempner

Elsewhere, gonorrhea is getting harder to treat, and, no, kids aren’t snorting condoms.

New York Lawmakers Brush Aside Reproductive Rights—Again

Garin Marschall

The fact that these reproductive health proposals failed is, perhaps, not surprising to political insiders familiar with the dysfunction in Albany, but we should all be angry.

ICE Held Teen Girl in Majority-Male Detention Center for More Than a Month

Tina Vasquez

The 15-year-old girl who was detained alongside her father in an otherwise all-male facility told Rewire.News prior to her release on March 23, "The only privacy I have is when I shower. I don't feel comfortable here."

‘Only God Can Judge’: Why My Religion Supports—and Doesn’t Hinder—My Ability to Provide Health Care

Dr. Terez Yonan

It is not my place to justify why someone may need, for example, contraception or abortion; I only need to provide them access to such services.

What Is Deferred Enforced Departure? It’s Complicated.

Tina Vasquez

"When someone's whole life has been built here—they've created a family, started a business, become a reliable employee, bought a home—no one gains by disrupting these lives and communities by ending their status and providing no way for them to adjust their status and lawfully remain in the U.S. This is very much tragic for America."

Gavel Drop: States Cry Foul About Proposed Census Citizenship Question

Imani Gandy & Jessica Mason Pieklo

And in other news, did Facebook exclude women and families from seeing certain types of housing ads? Advocates say yes—and that it's illegal.