About US: The key people often left out of the abortion debate

Why I cross out my name when I write it; People from elite backgrounds increasingly dominate academia, data shows; Gretchen Whitmer's abortion fight — from the porch with her daughters; The staggering scope of U.S. gun deaths goes far beyond mass shootings; Japanese Americans shocked by Abe killing: There 'is no safe place'; Last year, Cubans took to the streets. Now they're fleeing the island.; Without abortion, advocates worry that abuse victims will be trapped; Claudia Forestieri and Zoe Saldaña on new show 'Gordita Chronicles' ; Lesions, headaches, debilitating pain: Gay men with monkeypox share their stories; Birria is the greatest threat to taco culture — and its savior; Young people dream up a safer summer in Chicago; Migration to U.S. is risky. Why do parents let their teens try it solo? ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Candid conversations about identity in 21st-century America.       By Rachel Hatzipanagos  Email Tatum Hunter is still struggling with the "panic and pain" from having given up her baby for adoption when she was a teenager more than a decade ago. Many have suggested adoption as the solution for women who find themselves with unwanted pregnancies. But Hunter, a technology reporter for The Washington Post, writes that most people have no idea the chronic grief that birth mothers experience after relinquishing their babies. As a teen, I parted with my baby, but adoption wasn't the end of my story Birth mothers and their trauma are too often left out of the abortion debate. Perspective ●  By Tatum Hunter ●  Read more »   Why I cross out my name when I write it Perspective ●  By Baynard Woods ●  Read more »   People from elite backgrounds increasingly dominate academia, data shows Analysis ●  By Andrew Van Dam ●  Read more »   Gretchen Whitmer's abortion fight — from the porch with her daughters By Ruby Cramer ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The staggering scope of U.S. gun deaths goes far beyond mass shootings By Mark Berman, Lenny Bernstein, Dan Keating, Andrew Ba Tran and Artur Galocha ●  Read more »   Japanese Americans shocked by Abe killing: There 'is no safe place' By Rachel Hatzipanagos, Rachel Lerman and James Bikales ●  Read more »   Last year, Cubans took to the streets. Now they're fleeing the island. By Christine Armario ●  Read more »   Without abortion, advocates worry that abuse victims will be trapped By Marisa Iati ●  Read more »   Claudia Forestieri and Zoe Saldaña on new show 'Gordita Chronicles' "Gordita Chronicles" is a new comedy series about a Dominican immigrant family that leaves Santo Domingo for Miami in the 1980s. On Thursday, July 14 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time, join Post media reporter Elahe Izadi for a conversation with executive producers Claudia Forestieri and Zoe Saldaña about how their own stories informed the show and their work to bring more Latino narratives to television. By Washington Post Live ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT     Attention, please! Did you get an abortion pre-Roe? Tell us your story. The Post is looking to highlight personal stories of women who obtained abortions before Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision recently struck down by the Supreme Court that gave women the constitutional right to an abortion. We're seeking responses from people from a variety of backgrounds. A reporter may follow up with you. Read more     What we're reading Lesions, headaches, debilitating pain: Gay men with monkeypox share their stories By Benjamin Ryan | NBC News ●  Read more »   Birria is the greatest threat to taco culture — and its savior By José R. Ralat | Texas Monthly  ●  Read more »   Young people dream up a safer summer in Chicago By Justin Agrelo | Chicago Reader ●  Read more »   Migration to U.S. is risky. Why do parents let their teens try it solo? By Whitney Eulich and Anna-Catherine Brigida | Christian Science Monitor ●  Read more »     Word on the street   We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Must Reads for a curated selection of our best journalism in your inbox every Saturday, plus a peek behind the scenes into how one story came together. Sign up »

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