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Healthcare has felt out of reach since Tri-Cities lost its emergency room. Patients and doctors alike say that even routine visits should be easier to access.
For years, right-wing extremists have abused the courts to reshape American policy. Democracy Forward has stepped up to fight back for abortion access, labor rights, freedom of speech, and basic democratic freedoms in courtrooms across the country. They say there’s no community too small to be worth fighting for.
A queer Black doula from Albany, Georgia. A white business consultant and mother of four with deep New Orleans roots. On paper, Park Cannon and Aimee Adatto Freeman don’t appear to have much in common. But in state capitols 500 miles apart, both are working to make pregnancy and birth a little safer in their states, which are home to some of the worst maternal mortality rates and strictest abortion laws in the country.
“We always felt like we were a part of a system that was not designed for us.”
Jail stays are meant to be temporary. What happens when pregnant people get stuck there?
Severe restrictions on abortion access could increase maternal mortality rates, worsen the existing crisis of a lack of OB-GYNs in the state, increase economic strain on families, and more.
Gray is in her second trimester of pregnancy when the pandemic hits home. As the world turns upside down, Gray's experience of becoming a mother is shaped in ways she could never have imagined. "Still, Life" follows the path to parenthood during a global crisis and nurturing new life in a year of so much death.
After nine months of “shoulds” still didn’t result in the outcome I’d envisioned, I decided to celebrate the chaos.
Welcome to Breyerfest, a treasured summer rite for those deliriously in love with horses to indulge their obsession alongside approximately 30,000 kindred spirits. [Cover story, Sunday Styles, 7/29/18]
Four-figure price tags. Destination auctions. Yearslong wait-lists. Rare plant collectors aren’t messing around.
Cuddle up to “verminfluencers,” the quintessential millennial pet.
In the state that ranks near the top for pregnancy-related deaths, will Medicaid expansion save women’s lives?
“It has implications for everyone’s practice and everyone’s personal life.”
“If there was just some certainty, it would change everything.”
Tourist guides often say Jackson Street Bridge offers the most iconic view of the city, but I think standing on Memorial Drive at Hill Street facing east is the most Atlanta view of Atlanta.
Children in the hospital lost many of their activities during Covid-19. More than ever, they rely on the contact and comfort of therapy dogs.
96 percent of Georgia counties have no abortion provider, and 58 percent of Georgia women of reproductive age live in those counties.
Suburban encroachment means tough times for wild critters. Here’s who helps them.
“Every night when I went to sleep, I’d wonder, is this going to be the night?”
There wasn’t another human in sight, and, in this setting, there didn’t need to be.
By mid-June, most of the greens at Bamboo Creek Farm had gone to seed.
“The term ‘small-batch’ is just a meaningless, offensive term now, but Lance actually makes three barrels of something, and it’s so fucking good.”
In the quiet of the night in Atlanta, an illustrator conjures up dreamscapes that feel otherworldly.
To understand the dicks of the bird world, we must confront the dicks within.
“I’ve always liked a bit of mischievous energy in things.”
A day bath? In this economy? Capitalism makes the idea appalling — sickening, even. Idle leisure has a terrible ROI.
“Abortion” isn’t a cuss. It’s healthcare.
“How can we resist these toxic systems that want us to be disconnected, that want us to work 80 hours a week, that want us to feel like we’re not worthy unless we’re producing something? This isn’t just about naps.”
Two years later, panic giving has become a coping mechanism of choice for many who feel whipsawed by breaking news alerts, tense election cycles and executive orders.
“If standing up for people whose voices are being drowned in society is ‘going too far,’ then we're very comfortable with that.”