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Opinion | We Have to Look Right in the Face of What We Have Become

Great piece by @jamellebouie.net on the need for ICE hearings. Get it all out there. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...

Tens of thousands of new mothers have been flagged to police over unreliable drug tests The Marshall Project found more than 70,000 cases referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy—and that’s a significant undercount.

“Essentially, child welfare has become the pass-through. The child welfare agency is acting as an agent of the police. There’s no distinction between the two.”

Risk of maternal death during pregnancy greatly underestimated, study finds A new study comparing deaths of pregnant people and of those who have an abortion show that risk of death due to pregnancy is three times higher than previously estimated.

"Our new analysis shows that it is far more dangerous to be pregnant than to have an abortion, and this gap in mortality risk is even larger than previously recognized.” - lead study author Maria Steenland.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.

Minnesota is the best of us.

Stop aiming for people who disagree with you to agree with you, aim to get those who agree with you to do something.

🧵This country has a deep history of resisting & rejecting oppression. It isn’t often taught or acknowledged.

We need to know. We need to learn from our elders, ancestors, & political forebears. Now.

A thread about that. I will inevitably miss many examples; pls reply or QT with additions.

The Prevalence of PTSD of Mothers and Fathers of High-Risk Infants Admitted to NICU: A Systematic Review | Request PDF Request PDF | The Prevalence of PTSD of Mothers and Fathers of High-Risk Infants Admitted to NICU: A Systematic Review | Admission of a preterm or sick full-term infant to the neonatal intensive care ...

#PTSD symptomatology can be found in up to a third of parents with a high-risk infant in the #NICU.

Untreated PTSD can have long-term effects for the parent and impact parent-child attachment and development.

Routine PTSD screening for parents during and after NICU stay benefits parent + baby.

A 35 year old letter to the editor, written by a very ballsy 15 year old, about the Rodney King verdict.

Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.

Yes, time for champagne & king cakes! Laissez les bon temps rouler 💜💚💛

Five key moments in the assault on the rights of women and girls in 2025 Since Trump’s second term began in January, global healthcare, especially for sexual and reproductive health, has been under constant attack

Five key moments in the assault on the rights of women and girls in 2025

I Wanted to Surprise My Family on Thanksgiving. ICE Deported Me Instead. How the Trump administration turned a college freshman’s life upside down.

"detention feels like torture, and for me, it was only three days. Many women in those cells had been in the system for months, even a year."

it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet

When you see me in an American flag tee shirt, just know I’m reclaiming patriotism.

'Uncharted territory': Ongoing shutdown threatens food aid for 42 million people SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities.

SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities. n.pr/48PNNIt

Reminds me of people telling women to “just breastfeed” during the formula shortage.

Basic needs should not be left to charity.

The Mr. Rogers advice for moments of crisis is a useful thing to remember right now.

Look for the helpers.

Look for the people organizing to protect the most vulnerable.

Look for the people who have been concretely planning for how to respond, and are ready to implement.

Join them, if you can.

I’ve found my people 🙌🏽

Louisiana is going the opposite direction as the rest of the country on infant mortality While the rest of the U.S. has made progress on cutting rates of infant death, Louisiana has gone in the opposite direction, with the rate of babies dying here rising,

“Louisiana’s infant mortality crisis is largely driven by high rates of preterm and low-birth weight births.”
#prematurity #infantmortality
www.nola.com/news/healthc...