Health Care Policy
Here’s What You Need to Know About This Year’s Open Enrollment, LearnVest, Oct. 2018
Confusing and Onerous Work Requirements Lead to Loss of Medicaid Coverage in Arkansas, Rewire Sept. 2018
Virginia Legislators Just Voted to Expand Medicaid to 400,000 More People, Rewire May 2018
Missouri GOP Rams Through Planned Parenthood Defunding Vote, Rewire May 2018
Medicaid Work Requirements Could Mean Disaster For Many Parents, Rewire Feb. 2018
9 Million Children Could Lose Health Insurance If Congress Doesn’t Save CHIP, Motherly, Jan. 2018
GOP Can’t Muster Votes to save Medicaid Expansion, Rewire, April 2017
Social Policy
16 Black Moms Are Getting a Basic Income in Mississippi, Rewire Jan. 2019
Teacher Strikes Could Be On Their Way To Washington State, Rewire August 2018
No One Faces Higher Barriers To Paid Leave Than LGBTQ Workers Of Color, Rewire May 2018
Kansas Schools Just Got A $530 Million Increase. It Might Not Be Enough, Rewire May 2018
Kansas Schools Could Soon Shut Down If Republicans Don’t Reverse Spending Cuts, Rewire April 2018
Kansas Republicans Mostly Silent On Party Resolution Invalidating Transgender People, Rewire Feb. 2018
When Lawmakers Slash Assistance For Families, Foster Care Cases Increase, Rewire, Jan. 2018
Scott Walker Looks to ‘Stigmatize’ Wisconsin Families Receiving Food Assistance, Rewire, Dec. 2017
Maternal Mental Health
Want to Help New Families? Start by Supporting Mothers’ Mental Health, Motherly, Dec. 2018
When Postpartum Depression Doesn’t Go Away, The Atlantic, Sept. 2018
New Moms Aren’t Getting Enough Sleep But That Can (And Should!) Change, Motherly, April 2018
Why I Embrace Selfishness in Motherhood, Refinery29, August 2017
How online parenting communities can hurt — or help — postpartum mood disorders, SheKnows, Jan. 2017
My Baby’s Pediatrician Diagnosed My Postpartum Depression, Romper, Sept. 2016
Reproductive Justice
‘We Want to Flip the Narrative’: Religious Groups Bring Pro-Choice Billboards to Oklahoma, Rewire Sept. 2018
Planned Parenthood has a History of Trying to Beat Back Labor Unions, Rewire, July 2018
Planned Parenthood Denies Sending Police to Intimidate Pro-Union Abortion Provider, Rewire, June 2018
Planned Parenthood Workers Grapple With Organization’s Union Fight, Rewire, June 2018
What Mom Shaming Taught Me About Trusting Women, Ravishly March 2018
Nebraska GOP Takes Trump’s Lead, Seeks To Deny Funds To Family Planning Centers, March 2018
How Anti-Choice Activists Turned Anecdotes Into Public Policy, Rewire, Jan. 2018
For Many, Keeping a Job Means Hiding an Abortion, Rewire, Oct. 2017
How My Experience with PPD Solidified My Support For Abortion Rights, Refinery29, Nov. 2016
Women’s Health
Six Femtech Apps That Are Changing How Women Handle Their Health, Healthyway, April 2018
What No One Told Me About Postpartum Pain, ESME.com, February 2018
Politics
Mitch McConnell Determined to Confirm Trump’s Radical Anti-Choice Judges, Rewire Nov. 2018
19 Black Women Judges Swept to Victory in Texas, Rewire Nov. 2018
Missouri Democrats Voted to Remove Anti-Choice Language From State Platform, Rewire August 2018
Pro-Choice Democrat Wins Kansas Gubernatorial Primary, Rewire August 2018
Oklahoma Teachers, Ready to Strike, Have an Unlikely Ally in the Fight for Better Pay, Rewire March 2018
West Virginia GOP Leader Refused to Pay Teachers with Tax Hikes on Big Oil, His Major Campaign Funder, Rewire March 2018
Anti-Choice Kansas Democrat Enters Gubernatorial Fray, Rewire June 2017
When Did the GOP Become so Sinister? DAME Magazine, April 2017
GOP Retains Congressional Seat After Last-Minute Anti Choice Attack Ads, Rewire, April 2017
Will Kansas Democrats Choose an Anti-Choice Candidate to Vie for Open Congressional Seat? Rewire, Feb. 2017
After Late Push, Pro-Choice Democrat Will Run in Kansas Special Election, Rewire, Feb. 2017
Parenting
Fellow Passenger Helps Mom Traveling Alone With Two Kids, Motherly, April 2018
Why I’m Glad My Kid Isn’t A Baby Anymore, SheKnows March 2018
The Four Most Important Lessons I Learned In My First Year As A Mom, HealthyWay, Feb. 2018
Daycare isn’t just ‘the next best thing’ for our family, Motherly, March 2017
Why political action is my New Year’s parenting resolution, SheKnows, Jan. 2017
Sleep training my baby made me a more confident mom, SheKnows, Dec. 2016
Personal Finance
How Freelancing Helped Me Discover My Self-Worth, LearnVest Oct. 2018
How We Stayed on Budget When Buying Our First Home, LearnVest, Sept. 2018
How My Husband and I Finally Stopped Arguing Over Money, Northwestern Mutual, July 2018
How We Handled Becoming a One-Income Family Post-Baby, LearnVest April 2018