Allison Yarrow

Nov 25, 2024 | audible.com | Susie Dumond |Aisha Harris |Chuck Klosterman |Allison Yarrow

We're only now reaching a point far enough past the 1990s to have the context to understand how the era shaped our world. The '90s were a pivotal decade, full of big changes in technology, politics, entertainment, fashion, and literature. One of the best ways to retrospectively understand the decade, and its lasting impact on everyone who lived through it, is with a bit of listening. Bestselling books from the 1990s and narratives analyzing the time period offer fresh perspective and insight.

Nov 9, 2023 | washingtonexaminer.com | Allison Yarrow

Childbirth in the United States is broken. This is not merely an opinion, and the data keep adding up. The U.S. maternal mortality rate, already the highest in the developed world, has more than doubled in two decades, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association. A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report found that 1 in 5 women experienced mistreatment in their maternity care.

Aug 27, 2023 | tinyurl.com | Adam Bryant |Allison Yarrow |Kyo Maclear |Kathryn Edin

H. Luke Shaefer is the Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Policy at the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy. He also directs Poverty Solutions, a university-wide initiative that partners with communities and policymakers to find new ways to prevent and alleviate poverty. Kathryn Edin is the William Church Osborn Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University.

Aug 27, 2023 | nextbigideaclub.com | Allison Yarrow |Kyo Maclear |Kathryn Edin |H. Luke Shaefer

H. Luke Shaefer is the Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Policy at the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy. He also directs Poverty Solutions, a university-wide initiative that partners with communities and policymakers to find new ways to prevent and alleviate poverty. Kathryn Edin is the William Church Osborn Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University.

Aug 26, 2023 | thedailybeast.com | Allison Yarrow

Miriam and my husband whispered, as they began to fumble with the tub. I said nothing, though it was getting to be too late to move. Cori, my doula, arrived as I was in the middle of a contraction. The only illumination in the room was a string of tiny white lights. My friend Gwen, a filmmaker and birth photographer, snaked them into the inflated birth tub, expecting me to be there. By the time the tub had been inflated and filled with water, getting into it was impossible.