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Gender-affirming care has a long history in the US – and not just for transgender people

By The Conversation ● Features ● March 29, 2023 April 13, 2023

When politicians today refer to gender-affirming care as new, “untested” or “experimental,” they ignore the long history of transgender medicine in the United States.

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Public radio can help solve the local news crisis – but that would require expanding staff and coverage

By The Conversation ● Features ● March 26, 2023 April 13, 2023

The local news crisis is more than a problem of shuttered newsrooms and laid-off journalists. It’s also a democracy crisis.

The Chicks were silenced over politics. 20 years later, those lessons shaped country music’s new generation.

By The 19th ● Features ● March 12, 2023 April 13, 2023

It began with 11 words: “We’re ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.”

Why Tennessee’s law limiting drag performances likely violates the First Amendment

By The Conversation ● Features ● March 8, 2023 April 13, 2023

On March 2, 2023, Tennessee became the first state to enact a law restricting drag performances.

Why accurate data on abortions matters — and why it’s so hard to collect

By The 19th ● Features ● March 7, 2023 April 13, 2023

Gathering abortion statistics has always been difficult. Experts say the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision can make the process harder, with broader implications for public health information.

2023 wave of bills is fueling a political ‘war against LGBTQ+ people,’ new report shows

By The 19th ● Features ● February 26, 2023 April 13, 2023

From bills in legislatures to restrictions in schools and health care, growing rhetoric throughout the US is part of a “full-out attack” against LGBTQ+ people, advocates say.

As abortion measures loom, GOP raises new barriers to ballot initiatives

By Stateline ● Features ● February 19, 2023 April 13, 2023

Roused by voters’ recent endorsement of abortion rights — even in conservative states — Republican legislators are ramping up efforts to make it tougher for citizens to change laws or amend state constitutions through ballot measures.

Republicans have filed dozens of bills to disrupt transgender youth healthcare

By Stateline ● Features ● February 12, 2023 April 13, 2023

Republican lawmakers in more than half the states are continuing a party-line push to restrict doctors and other medical providers from offering some gender-affirming health care to minors, even with parents’ consent.

Rural Americans aren’t included in inflation figures – and for them, the cost of living may be rising faster

By The Conversation ● Features ● February 5, 2023 April 13, 2023

The fact that the Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys only urban populations for the consumer price index makes assessing rural inflation much more difficult – it may even be masking a rural-urban inflation gap.

GOP leaders in some states want to add abortion ban exceptions

By Stateline ● Features ● February 1, 2023 April 13, 2023

Even as anti-abortion legislators and advocates celebrated, they considered how much further they could go — perhaps by barring Tennesseans from seeking abortions in other states, or by restricting contraception.