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BY CHEPHIRAH | Springboard to Opportunities’ Magnolia Mother’s Trust gives $1,000 per month for 12 months to 100 families headed by Black women living in federally subsidized housing. Here's how single mom Chephirah spent her money: “The dinner and a trip down to New Orleans were the two things [my daughter] asked for her birthday, and I was able to do both because of that help of the Magnolia Mother’s Trust and my family. It’s been a long, long time since we had a little vacation.”

BY ELIZABETH ALSOP | Women should expect better not only during pregnancy, but after. It is not enough for individuals to care for new mothers. We need policies, institutions and structures that care for us too.

BY CARRIE N. BAKER | As many as 93 percent of students at public universities in Massachusetts are more than 30 minutes away from the closest abortion facility via public transportation. A new bill in Massachusetts tackles this barrier by ensuring access to abortion pills at public university health centers.