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Requests for Abortion Pills Surged Amid Threats to Reproductive Rights, UT-Based Study Shows
KUT 90.5 | By Olivia Aldridge Advance requests for abortion medication surged when the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked, a new study has found. The study in JAMA Internal…
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Student absences for mental health would be excused under Michigan bill
By Hannah Dellinger On December 20, 2023 Karalynn Santiago’s father died on Nov. 28. She has struggled to get through each day since. Karalynn, a 15-year-old 10th-grader at Western International…
Read MoreThe Racial Wealth Gap in New York
By Office of the New York City Comptroller On December 6, 2023 Introduction Earlier this year, both the New York State Senate and the State Assembly passed bills to establish a state-level…
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‘We need change.’ Black students at Saline High call for stricter response to racism
By Mitchell Kukulka On November 17, 2023 SALINE, MI — Recent incidents involving hate speech have Saline High School students calling for tougher punishments for discriminatory behavior. A Nov. 5…
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Elijah McClain death: Paramedics who injected Colorado Black man with ketamine found guilty
By Jesse Sarles On December 23, 2023 A Colorado jury on Friday found two paramedics guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Elijah McClain near his home in Aurora. The…
Read MoreGov. Josh Shapiro with Philadelphia native Meek Mill signs prison reform bill at National Constitution Center
By Dan Snyder and Casey Kuhn On December 15, 2023 State lawmakers passed a slew of criminal justice reform measures this week. Governor Josh Shapiro was in town Friday to…
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Some state abortion bans stir confusion, and it’s uncertain if lawmakers will clarify them
By Kimberlee Kruesi and Geoff Mulvihill On December 30, 2023 Ever since the nation’s highest court ended abortion rights more than a year ago, vaguely worded bans enacted in some…
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Pharmacist refused emergency contraception prescription. Court to decide if that was discrimination
By Trisha Ahmed On December 21, 2023 Attorneys for a woman who was denied emergency contraception in 2019 told the Minnesota Court of Appeals Thursday that the pharmacist who refused…
Read MoreTexas AG threatens to prosecute doctors in emergency abortion
By Brendan Pierson On December 7, 2023 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday threatened to prosecute any doctors involved in providing an emergency abortion to a woman, hours after…
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