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Genevieve Meyer describes her childhood in the 1980s as being filled with “a lot of violence, a lot of volatility and a lot of instability.” She was raised in Southern California by a single mom who suffered significant mental health issues and, later, she had an abusive stepfather. She stopped going to school after sixth grade, never went to medical appointments and often fi...

ATLANTA — Kecia Ellick doesn’t see herself as having much in common with Keisha Lance Bottoms, beyond them both being Black women in their 50s who are mothers and neighbors — and having names that sound the same.

Ellick is a laid-off public health researcher trying to rebuild her career. Bottoms is a former Atlanta mayor and the Georgia Democratic gubernatorial

Domestic violence organizations are raising the alarm over a proposed federal rule change that policy analysts say politicizes the federal grantmaking process and clears the way for officials to cancel funding without cause.

The rule change, proposed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), would allow agencies — which have power over more than $1.1 trillion i...

This story was reported in partnership with LA Public Press, an independent nonprofit newsroom advocating for a better Los Angeles.

When Areli Ramos arrived for her appointment at the women’s health clinic Tia in June 2022, she ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is so staunchly anti-abortion that his office observes June 24, the anniversary of the overturn of Roe v. Wade, as a holiday.

The Republican’s actions to block abortion stand out. Four years ag0, Paxton sued the Biden administration to make Texas the only state blocking a federal law that protected abortions for people in medical e...