The OARS’s Ariella Messing (Ari) on fighting disinformation in a post-Roe world, the unending challenges of giving abortion advice to strangers online, and the trade-offs of self-managing abortion. A conversation with Irin Carmon trib.al/IsonyDR

I chatted with Rob Schofield on the NC Newsline | @ncnewsline.bsky.social (formerly NC Policy Watch!) podcast about the NC abortion bill. You can hear our ~20 minute conversation here. #ncpol ncnewsline.com/2023/05/29/dr-…

14 years ago, abortion provider Dr. George Tiller was murdered by a white supremacist, anti-abortion extremist while serving as an usher at his church. Today, we remember George for his deeply valuable contributions to the world of abortion care. (1/2)

New from me tonight: Cleta Mitchell, a lawyer who aided in Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, has been working with NC Republicans to rewrite voting laws ahead of 2024. Bill is expected to be filed as soon as next week #ncpol #ncga wral.com/story/nc-lawma…

NEW: Texas has BANNED students from interacting with public officials. Civics classes used to involve students picking local issues and advocating for new laws. No longer. “Students are now banned from advocating for something like a stop sign in front of their school.”

Does Tim Moore think he is Frank Underwood in House of Cards? This alleges the NCGA Speaker is exchanging degrading sexual acts and group sex for political favors. (The allegations are detailed and have receipts.)

Scoop: Chapel Hill’s wealthiest residents plan to throw $120,000 into the 2023 mayoral and council race triangleblogblog.com/2023/08/27/sco…

This FREE course on Public Health Approaches to Abortion from my incredible Emory RISE colleagues is going to be SO amazing, y’all. Sign up to get updated when it drops ➡️ rise.emory.edu/mooc

The shelter in place order is still in place and the search is still very active. There are no official reports that the shooter has been found. Stop reporting unconfirmed information. Stay in place. Rumors are flying.

Telling people to "resume normal activities" after spending 3+ hours fearing for their lives pretty much sums up how common this kind of trauma has become.

Of note: there’s no way to pedagogy your way out of being terrorized in your place of learning.

I’m so angry tonight. And the most infuriating part of it all is that this will probably change nothing. From me: newsobserver.com/opinion/articl…

The saddest part of what happened in Chapel Hill today (outside of the very obvious) is that it’ll soon be forgotten in the endless news cycle. And yet the people locked down in classrooms and buildings, wondering what was happening, will remember that fear forever.

We worked hard on this story which we confirmed through multiple, independent sources.

The front page of tomorrow's The Daily Tar Heel – I shed many tears while typing up these heart-wrenching text messages sent and received by UNC students yesterday. Our campus was on lockdown for more than three hours. Beyond proud of this cover and the team behind it.

For the second time this semester, sirens are sounding on campus at UNC Chapel Hill for an armed and dangerous person. How is this real life.

Child poverty is absolutely a policy choice. The reason we have relatively less poverty among senior citizens is also a policy choice (social security). If we could address destitution among the elderly, we could also address it among children. There are historical reasons

What’s the justification for texting “all clear, resume normal activities” at 2:14 then cancelling classes at 3:20, 10 minutes before the next classes started? This caused a bunch of people to go to campus for no reason, causing confusion and frustration. UNC-Chapel Hill Alert Carolina