Young people can’t sit on the sidelines when it comes to Social Security
Photo illustration by Getty Images. “The most important advice about saving for retirement is this,” the New York Times’ retirement savings guide begins: “Start now.” If young Americans had a…
No, Missouri law does not require a pregnant woman to stay with her husband
Crisis pregnancy centers that oppose abortion collect sensitive information on patients without the same obligation for privacy that medical facilities have, senators wrote (Photo by Oscar Wong/Getty Images). The idea…
With 2nd Dobbs anniversary, Democratic candidates say reproductive rights still motivating issue
Democrat Jodi Habush Sinykin at her election night watch party in Mequon in 2023. (Baylor Spears | Wisconsin Examiner) Democratic candidates for Wisconsin’s state Legislature are betting reproductive rights will…
After an abortion for fetal anomalies, she hoped IVF would build her family. Now that’s in doubt.
A blanket given to Anne Angus at the Boulder Abortion Clinic in Colorado, one of the only clinics in the country that offers termination after the second trimester. Angus said…
Don’t give up on the FAFSA, advocates for student financial aid urge
The number of federal student financial aid forms filed by graduating high school seniors is down compared to last year, after glitches and technical errors plagued the process. (Photo by…
Despite GOP headwinds, citizen-led abortion measures could be on the ballot in 9 states
A resident places his signature on a petition during Missourians for Constitutional Freedom’s kickoff petition drive in Kansas City, Mo., in February. Even as more states prepare for abortion-related ballot…
Families raise alarm about prison phone and video issues in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections Madison offices. (Henry Redman | Wisconsin Examiner) When you’re locked up in prison, talking someone you care about takes on new significance. It may be…
Two years after Dobbs: How Maryland fits in the shifting landscape of abortion access
Abortion advocate Erin Bradley, Maryland first lady Dawn Moore and Sen. Ariana B. Kelly attend rally in support of “Right to Reproductive Freedom” referendum on Jan. 22, 2024. Photo by…
Nonprofits team with state, federal governments to tackle housing shortage in Eastern Kentucky
Walls and trusses for eight homes to be constructed in Wayland are stored on city land across from the 11 homes to be completed by the end of June. (Photo…
A Wyoming mule deer herd is so riddled with CWD it could nearly vanish
WIND RIVER VALLEY—Biologists Tucker Russell and Rene Schell stopped in their tracks. Spooked out of a daybed, a mule deer doe sprung to her feet. She bounded up a gentle,…