The Black mother bias: North Texans want equity in the birth room and boardroom
| April 13, 2026
BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH | career | DALLAS | dei | DFW | DFW-hardgate | FORT WORTH | maternal health | parenting | Texas Lead Story
Tenaj Mays of McKinney was in the early stages of her first pregnancy when she first realized her corporate banking job might really be in jeopardy. She knew about the motherhood tax—the indirect punishment put on career women who attempt to straddle work and motherhood. She expected, at least, a temporary pause to her corporate […]
A Texas woman died after the hospital said it’s a ‘crime’ to intervene in her miscarriage
| October 30, 2024
ABORTION | HEALTHCARE | parenting | politcal | Repro Rights | reproduction rights | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story | women's health
Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care. She’d told her husband that the medical team said it couldn’t act until the fetal heartbeat stopped. Josseli Barnica grieved the news as she lay in a Houston hospital bed on Sept. 3, 2021: The sibling she’d […]
Texas parents gain new tools to control their teen’s social media use
| September 10, 2024
Parents of Texas children can now monitor and restrict their child’s activity on digital platforms — but only if they know their child uses the service.
New data shows just how little single moms make compared to other parents
| August 7, 2024
As many as 28 percent of single moms live in poverty. Here's what you need to know about the wage gap for single moms.