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BY REP. LIZ MIRANDA | “Maternal care for Black women is a public health crisis and racial justice issue,” writes Massachusetts state Rep. Liz Miranda. “It is critical that state legislatures—both here in Massachusetts and across the country—pay attention and take action.”

BY THE TEAM | Who does the U.S. tax code benefit? Who does it leave behind? How does racism manifest in the U.S. tax system? What role does D.C. statehood play in all of this? What roles can we expect the Biden administration to play in the fight for D.C. statehood and the larger fight for racial and economic justice?

BY DANIEL GROSSMAN and SALLY RAFIE | UPDATE: Late Monday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lifted the in-person dispensing requirements on mifepristone—one of the medications used for medication abortion—until the end of the COVID-19 crisis.