The Post Roe Baby Boom: Inside Mississippi’s Maternal Health Crisis
Co-published with USA Today. With our support, Mona Iskander travels to the Mississippi Delta to understand how a surge in births is playing out in a state that is already one of the riskiest places in the country
What It’s Like to Have an Abortion Denied by Dobbs
Co-published with In These Times. Dobbs will throw many lives into disarray. Lationna Halbertâs is one of the first.
When Innocence Isnât Enough
Co-published with The New Republic. Christopher Dunn has spent more than 30 years in prison for a murder he and others say he didnât commit. The state of Missouri says he must stay thereâbecause he wasnât sentenced to
NATAL Season 2, Chapter 1: Getting It Right
Co-published with NATAL. Eight months pregnant during the pandemic, Shayla and Erick Brown return home to rural Mississippi for a chance to finally get it right.
American Reckoning
Co-published with FRONTLINE. The investigation of a murder that took place 50 years ago uncovers an untold story of the civil rights movement and Black resistance to racist violence.
For Many Americans, Poor Water Access Heightens the COVID Threat
Co-published with U.S. News and World Report. In impoverished places like the rural South, standard amenities that form the baseline for warding off coronavirus infection can be hard to come by.
The Socialist Experiment
Co-published with Oxford American, republished in The Clarion-Ledger. A new-society vision in Jackson, Mississippi
These Women Were Sentenced as Children to Die in Prison
Co-published with The Nation. The number of women serving life sentences is growing more quickly than that of men. Read the stories of women who were sentenced to life in prison without parole when they were teenagers.
Mississippiâs Last Abortion Clinic, Captured in Photos
Published by The Cut. Maisie Crow's Jackson tells the story of the lack of abortion access in Mississippi, revisiting the only remaining clinic in the state which was the focus of her Emmy-nominated film The Last Clinic. Produced
A Thousand Midnights
Co-published with The New Yorker and The Atlantic. The breathtaking visual legacy of the Great Migration, which saw millions of African-Americans leave the South for the North.
The Attack on Abortion Rights
Co-published with Reuters. In Mississippi, Arkansas, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming, pro-life groups such as 40 Days for Life are working to bring about âthe first abortion-free state where abortion is legal but itâs simply not