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BY MICHELE GOODWIN | “In many ways, Minnesota and Wisconsin have become the new south. The disparities we’re seeing rival anything in the Jim Crow era.” This article is the first installment in a three-part series that asks what can we learn from officer-involved killings, which on their own can appear isolated and disconnected from larger social conditions and cultural dynamics.

BY SOPHIE DORF-KAMIENNY | Just three days into Black Maternal Health Week, the Biden administration initiated a roll-back of the Trump-era domestic gag rule—a policy which strips Title X funding from any provider who offers abortion care or provides referrals for these resources.

BY DEANNA HOSKINS | The 2.3 million people locked in the 6,000 correctional facilities around the country—our family members, spouses, children and parents—are human. Their care must be prioritized.