No OB-GYNs Left in Town: What Came After Idaho’s Assault on Abortion
Co-published with The Guardian. In Sandpoint, Idaho, the maternity ward closed down. Within months, medical care for women in the rural community was hollowed out.
‘I Thought It Was Going To Break Me’: COVID’s Brutal Toll on Working Mothers
Co-published with The Guardian. As we near the first anniversary of the Covid shutdowns, we share the stories of five mothers who have been laid off, pushed out or unable to find work during the pandemic.
The Pandemic Is the Perfect Time for a Parents Revolution
Co-published with Slate. Seniors have AARP. Mothers and fathers desperate for child care solutions need a movement just as powerful.
‘Black Women Best’: Why Putting Black Women First May Save Us From Economic Disaster
Co-published with the Economic Policy Institute. If the economy is working for Black women, then the economy is working for everyone.
Pregnant and Shackled: Why Inmates Are Still Giving Birth Cuffed and Bound
Co-published with The Guardian. Despite a federal law that prohibits the shackling of expectant mothers, the 85% of incarcerated women who are in state prisons or county jails often remain at the mercy of guards.
Mississippi’s 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
How Pregnancy Drug Laws Hurt Children
Co-published with The Verge. Harsh pregnancy drug laws keep many women from seeking prenatal care, and that puts mother and baby at greater risk.
The Lives of Working Moms
Co-published with Narratively. Alice Proujansky captures the overwhelming, inspiring reality of being a working mom in 2016.
Abortion and Birth, Together
Co-published with The New York Times. Photography by Alice Proujansky supported by EHRP. In an effort to reframe reproductive care as a continuum that spans both birth and abortion, Buffalo Womenservices offers “full-spectrum reproductive health” services.
Crushed by the Cost of Child Care
Co-published with The New York Times. Increasingly, even middle- and upper-class parents are finding that day care is nearly impossible to afford.
Silicon Valley’s Offline Wage Wars
Co-published with Next City. For 10 years a massive income gap has been widening across Silicon Valley. Last November, however, the residents of San Jose voted in favor of a small but significant change: Raising the city’s
Sandberg Left Single Mothers Behind
Co-published with CNN. Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In" venture is being rightly attacked for all the wrong reasons. What's been missed is a real opportunity that Sandberg's proposal unintentionally spotlights: the opportunity to talk honestly about feminism