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Who gets to be called “child”
In today’s newsletter, we look at the media’s coverage of the temporary truce in Gaza, a staggering report out of Puerto Rico, and as much good news as we can muster.
The women keeping femicide on the front page
In today’s newsletter, Mariane Pearl writes about the network of citizen journalists tracking the staggering number of femicides across the globe. Plus more news out of Ohio, a very strange blast from the past, and a special Red Cup Day “celebration.”
Love, Actually is bad, actually
In today’s newsletter, writer Scarlett Harris shares her unsentimental thoughts about the 20th anniversary of Love, Actually. Plus: a recap of our annual event, "Meet the Moment," where we found moments of hope in a world wracked with grief.
When pregnancy is criminalized
In post-Roe America, fetal personhood laws have enabled prosecutors to penalize pregnant people for their actions. One such case: Lauren Smith, a mother of three in South Carolina, currently faces up to ten years in prison—for having smoked marijuana to alleviate her symptoms while pregnant with…