April Simpson
Center for Public Integrity
Dallas, TX, United States
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A reproductive justice pioneer on what the abortion debate misses –
Loretta J. Ross is a human rights advocate and founding member of the organization SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective. Since its founding in 1997, the group has become a leading voice for the concept of reproductive justice as an alternative framework to pro-choice and anti-abortion arguments. The three tenets of the concept are: […] → Read More
Black voters cool on Biden
Issues of particular concern to rural Black voters are what they consider race-based social and economic inequities. → Read More
Reparations for racist laws? Idea gaining traction at state, local level
Reparations are an old argument, fought mostly on the national stage. In recent years, however, state and local governments have been focusing on descendants of specific latter-day policies. → Read More
Promised debt relief, some Black farmers get collection notices
As USDA's promised debt relief is stalled indefinitely, confusion and anxiety are setting in. → Read More
Shirley Sherrod was fired by USDA. Why is she serving the agency again? –
Public Integrity asked Shirley Sherrod about some of the criticisms of the new commission following its announcement Thursday → Read More
Why Mississippi is ground zero in the fight for voting rights –
Mississippi has some of the most restrictive voting laws. An activist discusses what would happen if those convicted of felonies could vote. → Read More
How lack of Medicaid expansion fuels rural poverty in the Deep South –
Louisiana is the only Deep South state that expanded Medicaid under the 2010 Affordable Care Act, which extended health care access for the working poor. → Read More
How lack of Medicaid expansion fuels rural poverty in the Deep South –
Louisiana is the only Deep South state that expanded Medicaid under the 2010 Affordable Care Act, which extended health care access for the working poor. → Read More
Photo gallery and voices from the Deep South –
These photos and vignettes tell the story of self reliance despite enduring structural racism in the Deep South. → Read More
In the rural South, poor health tied to systemic racism and legacy of slavery –
Public Integrity takes a closer look at the impact Medicaid expansion, or lack of it, has had on low-income Black communities in Louisiana and Mississippi. → Read More
Resistance to Medicaid expansion creates different health care access along state borders –
In recent weeks, Congressional Democrats have proposed bills that would bypass the dozen holdout states to expand Medicaid to uninsured populations. → Read More
A century after the Tulsa Race Massacre, Oklahoma is locked in a battle over how to talk about it –
In Oklahoma, the site of the Tulsa Race Massacre, critics say a law threatens educators' ability to teach about the event. → Read More
Across the country, voters remove racist symbols and language from founding documents –
Voters in several states approved ballot measures and amendments Tuesday, dumping racist symbols and language linked to slavery and the Jim Crow South. → Read More
In Idaho, voter ID law, language barriers limit voter access –
Idaho has made progress in expanding voter access, but advocates say challenges remain. Same-day registration and no-excuse absentee voting have helped. → Read More
Mayors to Texas Governor: Let Us Require Masks
Texas is logging record numbers of new coronavirus cases. → Read More
Small Rural Businesses Fight for Bailout Aid
“When a business closes, the entire town feels it.” → Read More
Under Social Distancing, Rural Regions Push For More Broadband
More than a fifth of Americans in rural areas lack broadband. → Read More
Pockets of Rural America Are Less Vulnerable to Economic Fallout — For Now
“The industries that have been hard hit are just not as prevalent.” → Read More
As Local News Outlets Shutter, Rural America Suffers Most
More than 500 rural newspapers have closed or merged since 2004. → Read More
Soil Health Can Combat Climate Change From the Ground Up
Financially strapped farmers strive for soil health to sustain their land. → Read More