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MAGA wants teen births. It won't work
4+ hour, 36+ min ago (928+ words) Amanda Marcotte is a senior politics writer at Salon and the author of "Troll Nation: How The Right Became Trump-Worshipping Monsters Set On Rat-F*cking Liberals, America, and Truth Itself." Follow her on Bluesky@Amanda Marcotteand sign up for her…...
Healthy Florida First's toxic baby formula dilemma
1+ mon, 4+ hour ago (556+ words) This testing program was part of an initiative called Healthy Florida First, which aligned with Florida's Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) agenda. An estimated $5 million was added to Florida's 2026-2027 budget proposal to test for contaminants and ensure safer food and…...
Teen mothers were silenced in 1960s maternity homes. Could it happen again?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1159+ words) Salon. com Teen mothers were silenced in 1960s maternity homes. Could it happen again? Kate Schatz's "Where the Girls Were" revisits an era of secrecy, shame and girls pressured to give up their babies "I had marched for abortion rights. I…...
Chat GPT is the new baby sleep coach
7+ mon, 11+ hour ago (587+ words) When Christian Zeron's 18-month-old was in a "merciless sleep regression" for a month and a half, he turned to Chat GPT too. The New Jersey-based father said he entered details, like the time his daughter woke up at night. Within…...
Texas sues Tylenol for the dumbest reason
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (1201+ words) Amanda Marcotte is a senior politics writer at Salon and the author of "Troll Nation: How The Right Became Trump-Worshipping Monsters Set On Rat-F*cking Liberals, America, and Truth Itself." Follow her on Bluesky@Amanda Marcotteand sign up for her…...
ICE keeps detaining pregnant immigrants against federal policy
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (1452+ words) This story was originally published by The 19th. This story was originally reported by Shefali Luthra and Mel Leonor Barclay of The 19th. Meet Shefali and Mel and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Cary L'pez Alvarado, of…...
RFK Jr.'s Tylenol attack insults women's intelligence
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (316+ words) But as disturbing as that was, Kennedy still offered the most vile comment during the event, when he appeared to casually mock victims of sexual abuse. "Some of our friends like to say we should believe all women," he said,…...
To raise fertility rates, it's not women who need to step up " it's men
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (488+ words) This story was originally published by The 19th. The rise of tradwives might have some convinced that embracing traditionalism is the key to raising birth rates in the United States. But what if the solution was actually men stepping up more?...
Trump's drops IVF promise, preferring to blame women for infertility
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (903+ words) Amanda Marcotte is a senior politics writer at Salon and the author of "Troll Nation: How The Right Became Trump-Worshipping Monsters Set On Rat-F*cking Liberals, America, and Truth Itself." Follow her on Bluesky@Amanda Marcotteand sign up for her…...
Trump wants us to have more kids " but it's more expensive than ever
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (1037+ words) There are few policies that attract bipartisan support, and the child tax credit is one of them. Since the late 1990s, both Democratic and Republican administrations saw the measure as a way to support middle-income and lower-income families." This year, the…...