Dani McClain

"ICE is coming not only for Chicago and Los Angeles. It is also coming for places like Springfield — semirural, majority white, without the infrastructure of a sanctuary city or the political muscle of a Democratic governor." @HammerandHope reports from OH hammerandhope.org/article/ice-re…

"We’re simply refusing for our neighbors to be kidnapped, to be denied a due process that is already established. If I let you be taken in broad daylight, I’m not going to feel safe. If I turn around, tomorrow it’s going to be me." hammerandhope.org/article/minnes… via @HammerandHope

For @HammerandHope I interviewed Black women hit by DOGE and the impact a year later. The stories humanize the data. hammerandhope.org/article/trump-…

Deaths by suicide are increasing at a faster rate for Black children and young adults than for any other racial or ethnic group. I looked at the city where I'm raising a tween to find out why thenation.com/article/societ…

Young people are facing a mental health crisis. This group of Cincinnati teens thinks they know how to solve it. My latest for @thenation thenation.com/article/societ…

Dismayed at the dis- and misinformation swirling around the protests @columbia , #cjsStabile students @columbiajourn are exposing falsehoods in a new @X account called @CJS_FACTCHECK.

Hats off to @ColumbiaSpec, @bwog & @columbiajourn students reporting for various media for telling the world what is going on @columbia.

I'm thrilled to dig deeper into education and mental health reporting with the support of this fellowship. I'll have access to resources at my alma mater but will stay based here in Ohio. A rare, fantastic opportunity.

I spoke to @OHWomenAlliance @newvoicesrj @RedWineBlueUSA @OhioUnity and others to find out how Ohio expanded abortion rights in a GOP-controlled state. My latest @thenation thenation.com/article/societ…

Since Roe fell, abortion rights have won every time they’ve been on the ballot. But Ohio is the first state where voters actually *expanded* access in a “red” state. @drmcclain reports: thenation.com/article/societ…

I live in Ohio, where voters just passed a constitutional amendment that protects abortion rights. For @thenation, I asked organizers how they beat back an opposition hellbent on sinking the initiative and what other GOP-heavy states can learn from the win thenation.com/article/societ…

Ohio Issue 1 live results from counties that were bellwethers in Aug - all were R in 2020 Delaware 68.82% Y, 31.18% N Lake 66.54% Y, 33.46% N Erie 58.79% Y, 41.21% N Trumbull 64.64% Y, 35.36% N Wood 63.79% Y, 36.21% N Portage 71.16% Y, 28.84% N Mahoning 64.38% Y, 35.62% N

Ohio voters have approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to an abortion and other forms of reproductive health care. The outcome adds to a string of wins for abortion rights advocates in numerous states since Roe v. Wade was overturned. bit.ly/3QqDaRr

Another prediction on Ohio's Issue 1, the constitutional amendment on abortion and reproductive rights. Still no call from the Associated Press

Reading @LatonaGiwa on the economics of perinatal care. "Quite frankly, the American lactonomy is rigged." thenation.com/article/societ…

"We are in a state of constant and overlapping crises, and birthing families are bearing the brunt of that.” I spoke with @LatonaGiwa about Black maternal health and doula care for @yesmagazine yesmagazine.org/issue/growth/2…

I just learned MHP is teaching WE LIVE FOR THE WE at Wake Forest this semester as part of a class on mothering. Sign me up, please. The syllabus looks fantastic.

@MHarrisPerry I'm glad to hear this. Thanks for including the book! And no "Dr" over here. Just a regular degular reporter/writer with DR initials. Hoping you're well!

The image on the front of this syllabus is @drmcclain author of We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood. Students will be reading Dr. McClain's writing as part of our Race-ing Motherhood module in October akpress.org/weliveforthewe…

Today is my first day of classes @WakeForest for Fall 2023. On Tuesdays I am teaching a course titled "Politics of Motherhood in the US" Here is the syllabus issuu.com/mharrisperry/d…

I enjoyed connecting with readers and writers as @cincylibrary's writer-in-residence a few years back. Apply now to share your skills as the '24 WIR. Applications due 8/7 #Cincinnati

Last year, OH Republicans ended most August elections, citing cost/low turnout. They nonetheless scheduled a special election next month to make it harder to change the state constitution—ahead of a likely vote on an amendment to codify abortion rights. newrepublic.com/article/174236…