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Elisha Brown @elishabrown.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

This is bittersweet, my last repro story @stateline.org for now: Black women in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi are suing states over midwifery restrictions that they say make it harder for them to help expectant mothers in rural and underserved areas.

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Black midwives are suing Southern states, claiming regulations make it harder to help patients • Stateline

Black midwives in the South, a region rife with racial disparities in maternal health access and maternal mortality, are leading lawsuits over state regulations that they say limit their ability to pr...

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 03/12/2025

Next Friday (Dec 12) in Wilson, NC, I will be reading alongside some incredibly talented authors, including: @authorcreekmore.bsky.social, @pmraymond.bsky.social, @isaachughesgreen.bsky.social

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Elisha Brown @elishabrown.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

A majority of Black adults in 10 states say Medicaid is important to them or their families, per a new poll shared exclusively with @statesnewsroom.com. The findings come as Planned Parenthood clinics in Black communities have closed due to Medicaid cuts. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/more...

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More than 90% of Black people polled say Medicaid is crucial as cuts loom

At least 90% of Black people surveyed for a new poll said Medicaid is important to them or their families, and more than half either have public insurance or a family member who relies on the program....

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Elisha Brown @elishabrown.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

The latest South Carolina abortion ban bill would prevent victims of rape and incest from getting an abortion, allow women to be prosecuted for getting one and make it illegal to help someone get care. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/anti...

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Anti-abortion groups split over proposal that could make SC’s ban the strictest nationwide

COLUMBIA — Even some anti-abortion advocates who are pushing for a stricter ban in South Carolina are opposed to a bill supporters proclaim would be the strongest in the nation. A Senate panel took no...

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Elisha Brown @elishabrown.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Any child born between 2025 and 2028 will soon get $1,000 investment accounts approved by the feds. But @darrickhamilton.bsky.social , the economist behind baby bonds, told me the GOP-backed policy will favor children from wealthier families. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/baby...

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Baby bonds economist says so-called Trump accounts ‘co-opted a good idea’

With fertility rates declining in the United States, Republicans backed a policy tucked inside the megabill President Donald Trump signed earlier this month that they say will help save for children’s...

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Isaac Hughes Green @isaachughesgreen.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

You’re trapped in a room for 3 days. All you have is 3 shows to binge watch. Go! Atlanta The Wire The Get Down

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Isaac Hughes Green @isaachughesgreen.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I was a full on cinematographer in NYU Tisch’s Film Production major. Took a journalism class with James McBride my senior year and ten years later I’m a writer and English professor with a few accolades and a manuscript on submission!

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