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WHEN HE WAS a teenager, Ben believed that he struggled with friendships and romantic relationships more than others his age. Discerning personal boundaries and finding ways to effectively communicate often [...]

Already, an army of abortion-rights advocates have built a vast network on the internet - unimaginable 50 years ago - poised to help those in need travel to a state where abortion is legal. This brave new world, doctors say, compounds a horrific problem: the states banning abortion already have some of the highest maternal -mortality rates in the country. A Nation Asunder Abortion-rights supporters protest the Supreme Court's decision WHEN THE SUPREME COURT HANDED DOWN ITS OPINION OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 24, THE NEWS STRUCK LIKE LIGHTNING. [Extracted from the article]

Lawmakers in three states have already passed laws allowing private citizens to sue abortion aids in an abortion; other proposed bills target the pregnant woman herself. Perhaps most worrisome to abortion rights advocates is the trend among pregnancy centers to reach out to women who have already had abortions, often by offering post abortion "counseling." Texas' six-week abortion ban offers a $10,000 reward to anyone who wins a civil case against either an abortion provider or someone who aided in an abortion. Last year, Arkansas passed a law requiring women seeking an abortion to call an abortion- alternatives hotline, which in many cases would direct them to a pregnancy center. [Extracted from the article]

If the court's final opinion is similar to the leaked draft, 13 states with "trigger laws" will ban abortion almost immediately; at least 10 more are likely to implement abortion bans or restrictions soon after. Abortion providers also reported a flood of patients seeking birth control appointments, hoping to stockpile emergency contraception, or asking to proactively order abortion pills. Many would-be patients in places where abortion is illegal will likely struggle to take time off work, find transportation, or arrange childcare to get an abortion. [Extracted from the article]

The article feature the 2022 Women of the Year selected by the periodical "TIME." It describes human-rights lawyer and professor Amal Clooney as having strong empathy, courageous, and a hard worker. The importance of culture at women's lifestyle brand Saysh to its owner and retired runner Allyson Felix is explained. Amanda Nguyen, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of nonprofit organization Rise, relates her experience of seeking justice as a rape victim.

The article focuses on the battle over abortion access in the U.S. Topics discussed include the Mississippi state law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy as the center of the U.S. Supreme Court case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the passage of abortion restrictions by state legislatures in 2020, and a growth in protests by anti-abortion activists.

The article examines the economic experiment Compton Pledge wherein participants will receive a defined cash payment in California launched by the nonprofit Fund for Guaranteed Income. Topics discussed include the aim of the experiment to determine the effect of the payments on the participants' physical, psychological health, job prospects and their communities, increasing interest in guaranteed-income program in the U.S., and use of the payments for health-related costs by participants.

The article focuses on the COVID-19 Community Corps, a network of more than 4,000 organizations under an initiative by U.S. President Joe Biden's administration to persuade U.S. citizens who are hesitant to get vaccinated against the virus. Topics discussed include the regular meetings of the organizations, the target percentage of U.S. population who needs to be fully vaccinated to contain the virus, and the concerns of members of the organizations involved in the initiative.

The article reports on how the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the flaws of elder care, particularly nursing homes, in the U.S. and how to address them. Also cited are how the pandemic spread to long-term care facilities like Life Care Center of Kirkland in Washington that resulted in the deaths of dozens of residents, the issues in nursing homes like high staff turnover due to low pay and tough working conditions, and the plan by President Joe Biden to improve elder care.

The article focuses on the decision of employees designated by the U.S. federal government as essential workers to organize protests, sick-outs, and strikes during the Covid-19 pandemic. Topics discussed include the impact of the pandemic on the struggling labor movement, the decision of President Joe Biden to mend relations between the federal government and the labor movement, and the benefits of labor organizing to workers.

The article features the selection of frontline health workers as the Guardians of the Year by the magazine "Time" for 2020. Health care workers have been recognized for their role in controlling the spread of COVID-19 and in providing care to patients. Many doctors have been regarded as heroes for their commitment to battle the virus and for volunteering to provide services to affected communities.

The article presents questions and answers related to the November 3, 2020 presidential election in the U.S. amid the Covid-19 pandemic including whether it is better to vote early or on Election Day, how to know if the mail ballot arrived and was counted, and reason the ballot is so confusing.

The article focuses on U.S. President Donald Trump's battle against Covid-19 and for the presidency. Topics discussed include his alleged obsession with strength and dominance, his rejection of the lethality of the novel coronavirus as evidenced by his refusal to wear a face mask, and the expansion of the lead posted by his Democratic rival Joe Biden in national polls.

The article discusses the use of the Internet in the 2020 presidential campaign of Democratic candidate Joe Biden. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Democrats have started using social media and other forms of digital platforms, such as Facebook, TikTok, Zoom and Twitter, to search for campaign volunteers and conduct campaign events. In July, Biden's campaign released the Vote Joe app which allows volunteers to target infrequent voters.

The article features several people in the U.S. and their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Grocery-store clerk Wally Waugh recounted their precautionary practices to avoid contracting the disease. Also cited are the experiences of Doctor Craig Spencer, home health aide Tanya Lynne Robinson, and food rescue worker Clife Strand Jr.

The article focuses on the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 as of March 2020. Topics include reports received by the World Health Organization (WHO), recommendations to prevent the spread of the disease from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and questions surrounding the development of a vaccine.

The article discusses the differences between the school districts of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, Michigan to show that American education remains highly segregated by race and class. Topics covered include the dismal condition of schools in Benton Harbor, which is a predominantly Black community, and an effort by a group of Benton Harbor High students to save the school and to plead for a better high school in their community.

The article offers information on "The March," a virtual reality experience produced by "Time" magazine, re-creating the 1963 March on Washington. Topics covered include some new discoveries from a recording of King's "I Have a Dream" speech, Motown Records's plan to rerelease the speech widely so people can hear it again, and King's struggles over how best to share his words with the world.

The article discusses the struggles of low-income families in the U.S. when it comes to housing. Topics covered include a 2018 Urban Institute study which found that landlords nationwide often refuse to accept housing vouchers, and a 2018 report from the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau which found that people of color are still disproportionately denied mortgages.

The article features 16 people and groups who are fighting for equality in the U.S. They include Reverend William J. Barber II, a pastor at a church in Goldsboro, North Carolina who gained national attention for leading the Moral Mondays protests beginning in 2013, Dina Bakst who co-founded the legal advocacy organization A Better Balance, and Jonathan Eisen, a professor at the University of California who is an advocate for female representation at scientific conferences.

The article offers information on the impeachment enquiry of president Donald Trump. Topics discussed include analyst's report alleging that Trump had solicited Russian interference in 2016 presidential elections, noting that analyst believed that Trump was using the sovereign power of the American presidency in an attempt to stay in office.

The article acknowledges the increasing significance of groups like SisterSong due to their efforts to fight for the reproductive rights of indigenous women and women of color in the U.S. Topics discussed include the inception of the reproductive-justice movement in Chicago, Illinois in June 1994, a range of workshops and training being offered at the SisterSong conference, and the challenges faced by reproductive justice leaders under the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.

The article offers travel tips for what the journal ranks as the 100 greatest places in the world including Leopard Hill at the Mara Naboisho Conservancy in Kenya, the Geosea Geothermal Sea Baths in Husavik, Iceland, and Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California.

The article discusses violence involving white supremacists in relation to attacks against Muslims at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand by alleged shooter Brenton Tarrant, and it mentions how at least 50 people were killed in the shooting attacks. Homegrown terrorism and right-wing extremists are examined, along with terrorism in New Zealand, Muslim immigration in Europe, and changes to New Zealand's gun laws in the wake of the attacks.

The article discusses the diverse membership of the freshman class of the 116th U.S. Congress House of Representatives which was sworn into office on January 3, 2019, and it provides brief profiles of legislators such as Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Republican Dan Crenshaw. According to the article, this class of legislators is the most ethnically, racially, and generationally diverse in U.S. history. Native American politician Deb Haaland is assessed.

The article discusses the Guardians (journalists) who have been named as recipients of the periodical's 2018 Person of the Year award, and it mentions the late Saudi Arabian writer Jamal Khashoggi who was murdered and the staff of the "Capitol Gazette" newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland which experienced a mass shooting event. Journalist Maria Ressa's coverage of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war is examined, along with jailed writers Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone.

The article discusses various aspects of U.S. President Donald Trump's coalition of supporters as of October 2018, and it mentions the political attitudes of farmers such as Blake Hurst, as well as information about support for Trump from Republican voters in the country's rural areas. According to the article, Trump's support is more dynamic than many Democrats claim. The American Congress' midterm elections in 2018 and the attitudes of voters are assessed.

The article evaluates "great places" including The Lost Kitchen restaurant in Freedom, Maine, the Tianjin Binhai Library in Tianjin, China, and the Tippet Rise Art Center in Stillwater Country, Montana.

The article profiles several individuals whom the journal has identified as agents of change and progress in the southern states of the U.S. including author Beth Moore, New Orleans Saints linebacker Demario Davis, and chef Ashley Christensen.

The article discusses women chief operating officers (COOs) in high technology companies. It mentions the variability in the responsibilities of the COO, the possibility of becoming chief executive officers (CEOs), and the problem of the glass ceiling preventing the women from moving upward.

The article offers information on topics related to mass shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas by Devin Patrick Kelley. Topics mentioned include his mental-health problems, his domestic-violence conviction, and the mistake for giving him access to firearms. Also mentioned are the ways to prevent firearms-related violence, the regulation for firearms, and the victims of the mass shooting including Haley Krueger, Tara McNulty, and Emily Garcia.

The article offers information on eight science-supported ways to become happier and healthier. These include exploring life without social media, taking a vacation, and keeping friends closer like family. Particular focus is also given to various activities that can increase happiness and ease stress.

The article discusses the kids sports and training that turns into professional youth-sports economy. It cites 10-year-old baseball athlete Joey Erace, who is an example of the new reality for America’s aspiring young athletes of all skill levels in every team sport and their families across the U.S. The growing market for U.S. youth-sports economy includes travel, private coaching, apps that organize leagues and livestream games.

The article reports on the rise of extremist and racist nationalism in the U.S. under president Donald Trump. It refers to the violence at the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12, 2017, that has become a new touchstone in the nation’s long-running debate over racism, free speech and violence. White nationalists and counterprotesters clashed in one of the bloodiest fights to date over the removal of Confederate monuments across the South.

The article focuses on ongoing protests surrounding health care reform in the U.S. It mentions about ongoing controversies surrounding the support of Medicare for All among the citizens of the U.S. It also mentions that macroeconomic shifts have affected where doctors live, how they work and who chooses to join the profession in the first place. It also mentions that many physicians groups supported the Obama Administration's effort to pass the Affordable Care Act.

The article reports on the protests of athletes against racial and social injustices during the singing of national anthem in football stadiums and high schools in the U.S. which fueled debate over how the country defines patriotism. Issues discussed are the alleged act of defiance by San Francisco 49ers football team quarterback Colin Kaepernick by kneeling as the national anthem was played during a game in protest of the fatal shootings of African Americans by police and racial violence.

The article looks at the scrutiny of U.S. legislators into travel nursing agencies in 2022. The shortage in staff nurses at hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic is attributed to the decision of thousands of nurses to resign to work on temporary contracts as travel nurses. The implication of the high demand for travel nurses for hospital systems is explained. Among the ways to retain staff nurses suggested by groups are implementing minimum staffing ratios and enhancing safety measures.

After the Supreme Court's June decision triggered a slew of new abortion bans around the country, Bernard, an ob-gyn in Indiana, told a local newspaper about a 10-year-old rape victim who traveled from Ohio for an abortion because her state had outlawed the procedure after about six weeks. When Indiana passed a near total abortion ban in August, Bernard vowed to fight for her patients "with every fiber of my being." TIME 100 Next Advocates When Dr. Caitlin Bernard became the face of a heated fight over the fallout from the end of Roe v. Wade, she was not new to talking about the consequences of abortion bans. [Extracted from the article]

Now with Roe v. Wade overturned, mailing pills won't solve every problem with abortion access, but Nouhavandi says she plans to "continue to find ways to support people." TIME 100 Next Innovators In 2020, the pandemic led Republican officials to temporarily close some abortion clinics and medical groups to sue the FDA to let them mail abortion pills for the first time. Honeybee Health was the first mail-order pharmacy in the U.S. to ship abortion pills. [Extracted from the article]

But she never "in a million years" thought Kansas voters would so strongly reject the constitutional amendment on Aug. 2, with 59% voting no and 41% voting yes. Anne Melia had canvassed with an abortion-rights group for months, urging Kansas residents to vote no on a ballot measure that would have amended the state constitution to say there was no right to an abortion in the state. At least 922,300 people voted on the ballot measure, compared with the roughly 457,000 people who voted in the 2018 primaries. [Extracted from the article]

LIMIT OUT-OF-POCKET DRUG COSTS Another piece of the bill would prevent older Americans and those with disabilities from paying more than $2,000 a year for medications they buy at the pharmacy. At Press time Democrats were poised to enact a sweeping health care achievement that will address one of the country's most intractable problems: high prescription-drug costs. [Extracted from the article]

The outcome of her case will have ripple effects not just for women in every state - some of which plan to outright ban abortion if Roe is overturned - but across every aspect of American society. As her state's top lawyer, she argued that the Supreme Court should overturn Roe because it was "egregiously wrong", and because societal advances mean women no longer needed abortions. For 49 years, antiabortion activists in the U.S. have fought a careful battle to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that established the right to abortion. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses an interview with Pramila Jayapal, U.S. Representative for Washington. Topics explored include the March 2021 mass shooting in Atlanta, Georgia and racism against Asian Americans, her plan to reintroduce the Medicare for All health care legislation, and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic relief plan of the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden.

In Washington, Dr. Anthony Fauci led not only the battle against COVID-19 but also the fight for truth -- clear, consistent messaging being fundamental to public health. He saved his strongest rebuke for a Trump reelection campaign ad, which took something Fauci had said about the work of the coronavirus task force on which he serves to imply that Fauci approved of Trump's pandemic response. The global mobilization to defeat the pandemic has been led by doctors, policymakers, heads of state and more -- most notably in the U.S. by Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has been a face and voice of gentle empathy and hard truths. PHOTO (COLOR): Harris and Biden at a high school in Wilmington, Del., on Aug. 12 PHOTO (COLOR): Dr. Anthony Fauci, photographed in Bethesda, Md., on Dec. 4 PHOTO (COLOR): REBECCA MARTIN Pulmonologist, left; Mountain Home, Ark. [Extracted from the article]

The investment shows: Trump has 11 times as many Twitter followers as Biden and eight times as many interactions on Facebook, and he outspent Biden 3 to 1 on Facebook in the past 30 days. To win in November, as Biden digital-organizing director Jose Nunez puts it, "The Joe Biden campaign and the Democratic Party [have] to build the largest grassroots digital volunteer movement in history." Florida Democrats now have at least 500,000 more mail-in ballot enrollments than Republicans, and recent polls show Biden opening up a solid lead in Florida -- a state Trump can't afford to lose. "If they were having any success, they would be spending more on Facebook", says Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh of Biden's team. [Extracted from the article]