Miscellaneous
Kat and Regina discuss the disproportionately high rates of maternal mortality among women of color in Texas, the Trump administration's latest moves against trans students, and how Chicago is putting religious restrictions above patient access to care. Plus, Kat talks to Sonia Chopra about a Black student in Mason, Ohio, facing racist comments from his white social studies teacher—and what his mother is doing about it. Recommended Reading: Sickened by Oppression: Mourning the Loss of Another Black Mother, Erica Garner, by Jessica Roach for Rewire, January 2018 Dangerous Deliveries, by Marissa Evans (with Chris Essig) for The Texas Tribune, January 2018 Trump Admin to Transgender Kids: We Won’t Deal With Your Civil Rights Complaints, by Rebecca Klein for HuffPost, January 2018