Doctors are more likely to ignore the concerns of Black pregnant women and dismiss their symptoms, several studies show. Which is exactly what happened with Jessica Deas with two of her three pregnancies. With her third child, she decided to give birth at home with...
North Carolina’s Asian-American lawmakers, all of whom are Democrats, gathered last week to commemorate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. NC Sen. Jay Chaudhuri, the first Asian American to serve in the General Assembly, said that Asian Americans...
North Carolina Republicans have starved public schools for over a decade, state Democrats said last week, creating a mess of widespread staff shortages and limited resources. Though Democrats have introduced more than 230 bills since 2011 to solve these problems,...
Anderson Clayton thinks North Carolinians “deserve better than what we are getting” — and firmly believes Democrats are the party that can make life better for struggling residents. “Anyone that’s working three jobs right now deserves better than what they’re...
Following decisions by the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos are legally children and the Arizona Supreme Court reapproving the state’s 1864 abortion ban, the importance of state courts for the future of reproductive freedom is becoming clear. “…State...
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cardinal & Pine (@cardinalandpine) Five years ago, North Carolina had one the largest number of untested rape kits in the country. Now it has next to none. Through a bipartisan effort, the state cleared...
https://www.tiktok.com/@cardinalandpine/video/7354119649220447530?lang=en The new spending bill passed by Congress last month includes $1 billion to address the childcare crisis across the country. That’s the good news. The bad news? It’s like throwing a single...
https://www.tiktok.com/@cardinalandpine/video/7353361993459371307?lang=en WATCH: Cardinal & Pine correspondent @publicedtay explains what you need to know about President Biden's recent executive order, which is the largest ever focused on women's health....
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https://www.tiktok.com/@cardinalandpine/video/7353037289112472874?lang=en Since taking office, the Biden-Harris administration has made fighting the maternal mortality crisis a priority. “In the 21st Century, in the United States of America, it should not be the...
