A few of the recent pieces I recommend reading:
- Nina Martin at ProPublica and Renee Montagne at NPR: Nothing Protects Black Women From Dying in Pregnancy and Childbirth (part of the must-read series Lost Mothers: Maternal Care and Preventable Deaths)
- Akilah Johnson at the Boston Globe: Boston. Racism. Image. Reality. (the first in a series by the Globe’s Spotlight team)
- Frances Robles, Kenan Davis, Sheri Fink, and Sarah Almukhtar at The New York Times: Official Toll in Puerto Rico: 64. Actual Deaths May Be 1,052. (also check out the Kaiser Family Foundation’s issue brief on public health after Hurricane Maria)
- Ken Kimmell at the Union of Concerned Scientists Blog: Pruitt’s War on the Planet and the EPA—and What Congress Can Do About It
- Matthew Yglesias at Vox: Groundbreaking empirical research shows where innovation really comes from
And because there’s so much good, important work right coming out right now about workplace sexual harassment and assault, I’ve collected some of the pieces that I’ve found most useful and memorable. I’d love to hear from commenters who have additional pieces to recommend.
- Fresh Air’s Terry Gross interviews Jane Mayer & Rebecca Traister: For Years, Anita Hill Was A ‘Canary In The Coal Mine’ For Women Speaking Out
- Bernice Yeung at Reveal: The People #MeToo leaves behind
- Vox’s Sean Illing interviews Kate Manne: What everybody gets wrong about misogyny
- Arise Chicago: Out of the Shadows: Workers Speak out Against Sexual Harassment
- Danielle Tcholoakian at The Daily Beast: News Men’s ‘Flirty Business’ Is Awful for Women Reporters
- Megan Twohey, Jodi Kantor, Susan Dominus, Jim Rutenberg, & Steve Eder at the New York Times: Weinstein’s Complicity Machine
- Rebecca Carroll in Esquire: My Experience at Charlie Rose Went Beyond Sexism (“As one powerful man after another faces allegations of sexual misconduct, we’re still not talking about the ramifications for black women.”)
- Rachel Bade at POLITICO: A congressman’s accuser: Blackballed and baby-sitting for cash
- Josephine Livingstone at New Republic: So You Married Your Flirty Boss
- Washington Post’s Alyssa Rosenberg & Christine Emba ask 16 leaders what one change they’d implement to stop sexual harassment in their fields: The one best idea for ending sexual harassment