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… that commitment almost ended my career before it began. I had wanted to be a midwife since I was in my late teens and started to explore university … The university agreed that I had indeed done nothing wrong. But because of my four-month suspension, I was unable …

… and in the summers, he was also a concrete contractor. I grew up doing concrete with him.” Her job, she says, was to … in the country — a graduate program so elite that only 10-12 new students are admitted each year. The more Maggie … that Maggie was unfit to work as an art therapist. It took 18 days to get the “no contact” orders rescinded. During that …

… variety. She’s become something of an authority on them. “I look at the color of their throat to see if they’re male or … Not to wear that kind of mask, with words.” Jennifer was taken aback. No words at all? She’d seen all kinds of … to her for making her feel bad, like she’s done something wrong.” That afternoon, Lydia climbed into the car wearing a …

… pregnancy, abortion may seem like the only solution. I can’t afford to raise a child. I’m too young. I’ll have to … My family and friends will judge me. Since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973, over 57 million babies have been denied … uphold that.” So, when Ruth found out she was pregnant at 18, she saw no other option. She booked the earliest possible …

… C ovid was dragging on and on, and for Jessica Bates’ five children … remembers, “and she encouraged our faith, too. She’s why I’m a Christian.” Jessica was still a young girl when her … they are atheists, or because they married someone of the ‘wrong’ race. “The government doesn’t get to play favorites …

… at the bag. Jean Marie offered her some of the fries.  “I’m eating all the time,” the woman said, helping herself to … was considered a “slut.” That made it easy — once she was 18 and kicked out of the house — to start sleeping with men … some tried hard to make good on their threats. Fo almost 10 years, in 33 states, she earned her traffickers tens of …

… lived in the Grant Park community as a child — did have was a hole in his heart where his enthusiasm used to be. … brought two hot dogs. Two … to split between four kids. I don’t mean two fully made hot dogs. She sent them with just … the academy’s kitchen her own, stretching the school’s $10,000-a-month food budget with trips to farmers markets, …

… What challenges did you face when at-home education was in its infancy? MS: At that time, in 1981, we had two … a tutor to teach your child, you couldn’t homeschool. I was able to legally defend our right to homeschool. Then … for homeschoolers. They knew they didn’t have to worry about most homeschooling parents — but because of outliers …

… Peggy Hartshorn was a young wife and aspiring English professor when an NPR … Peggy sensed an irresistible calling to get involved. “I knew I had to do something,” Peggy writes in her book Foot …

… rights of a Portland State University graduate student who was excluded from a course after she said she wasn’t a … a Zoom discussion on the 2020 election, the student said, “I’m going to accept the results of the election no matter what, because I’m not a snowflake.” The instructor banned her from future …