America 250: 25 times Long Island changed the country

Before America had suburbs, there was Levittown. Before America landed on the moon, engineers in Bethpage figured out how.
inews.co.uk

I spent five years and £400 on my Polish passport – it was an ordeal, but worth it

Despite the time, effort and money, the sense of pride, identity, and sailing through immigration queues in Europe are ...
Women's eNews

Birth Control is Essential Healthcare, but It’s Now Under Attack

When I was twenty-two, I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). Though I experienced symptoms for years, it wasn’t until I went a full year without getting a period that I realized I ...
The Hill

Iowa Republican zeroes in on birth control access in heated Senate race

Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), who is running to succeed retiring Sen. Joni Ernst (R), is pushing to expand access to birth control as the race for the open Senate seat heats up. The Iowa congresswoman ...
Gizmodo

Scientists Move Closer to Male Birth Control With No Hormones, No Snip

The era of highly effective male birth control is just on the horizon, and it’s likely to be one with several options to choose from. Scientists reported this week that they have found another ...
NBC Washington

DC is putting rats on birth control

If you spend any time in D.C., you know rats are a problem. "They be in the dumpsters. They be running in groups, like, two, three — a few too many," one man told News4. Another resident said said ...
People

Woman, 45, Took Birth Control Shots for 21 Years. Now, She’s Been Diagnosed with 4 Brain Tumors

"I'd take the periods any day now," Kerry Sharples said Kennedy News and Media A 45-year-old woman said she "regrets" getting birth control shots after she was diagnosed with four brain tumors Doctors ...
New York Post

Young women are shunning birth control because of the ‘nocebo effect’

When a teen girl recently posted on TikTok about the “pros and cons of birth control,” almost 120,000 people hit the “like” button. Of the pros, the girl said her birth control made her period ...
STAT

As male birth control gets closer to reality, men are lining up for clinical trials

Annalisa (Nalis) Merelli is focused on boys’ and men’s health: She looks into reproductive health, trending treatments, screening approaches, mental health, and everything in between. In the absence ...
Bloomberg L.P.

The Future of Male Birth Control Could Be Pills, Gels and Implants

“All I have is sperm,” Akash Bakshi says. “I’m just looking at sperm counts.” Every day the co-founder of YourChoice Therapeutics arrives at his startup’s office in San Francisco to do this work. A ...
CNN

‘The most feminist thing you can do for yourself is not take birth control’: The shifting politics of the pill

Kristan Hawkins is not what you might call a unifying figure. The founder and leader of Students for Life of America, a grassroots anti-abortion network, Hawkins travels to college campuses for ...