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Joni Banks Hess

New Orleans
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Women in journalism face 'twice the level of danger' as male colleagues

Women in journalism face 'twice the level of danger' as male colleagues

openDemocracy — Reporters Without Borders reveals the extent and type of gender-based violence against women journalists, in the field, newsroom and online Women journalists face significant risks of sexism and sexual violence, with 40 countries identified as "dangerous" or "very dangerous" for women journalists, according to a new report.
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From diagnostics to autopsy to burial, stillbirths are alarmingly expensive in America

From diagnostics to autopsy to burial, stillbirths are alarmingly expensive in America

Vox — Sometime between discovering our baby lacked a heartbeat at 35 weeks and delivering her hours later, we were asked by doctors if we wanted an autopsy and genetic testing completed. They would ask me and my husband, Donald, several more times before the night was over, as we lay in shock from our new reality.
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How to investigate the US Christian right's influence around the world

How to investigate the US Christian right's influence around the world

openDemocracy — Health data is both hugely sensitive and immensely valuable - to our health, and to big business. The UK's NHS data has been valued at £10bn. And our GP data - with details of everything from diagnoses and medications to depression, abortions, sexually transmitted infections and addictions - is the most detailed, valuable and sensitive of all.
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"They're true fighters": The Cameroonian women organising in US detention centres

"They're true fighters": The Cameroonian women organising in US detention centres

openDemocracy — In June, Vera appeared before an immigration judge and was granted release on the grounds of " withholding of removal ". According to the Department of Justice, this means that it is "more likely than not" the applicant's life or freedom would be threatened if they were deported to their home country.
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These moms have a lot in common but faced a big difference: One got paid maternity leave and one ...

These moms have a lot in common but faced a big difference: One got paid maternity leave and one ...

The Lily — Shaylene Costa is a medical assistant who lives in Rhode Island. Dominique Jett is a health-care supervisor in Las Vegas. Both are Black women, married and employed full time in the health-care industry. Each was thrilled when they found out they were expecting their first child. Both experienced difficult pregnancies and complications at birth.
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Canada doctors group breaks silence on 'unproven' abortion 'reversal' treatment

Canada doctors group breaks silence on 'unproven' abortion 'reversal' treatment

openDemocracy — Canada's national society of obstetricians and gynaecologists has issued a statement warning that so-called 'abortion pill reversal' treatment is "unproven" and can also cause "serious complications" for patients. The statement - the first by a Canadian medical association to address this topic - was issued in response to findings from an openDemocracy investigation that reveals how this controversial 'treatment' is spreading from the US around the world.
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