This article was published in partnership with The 19th* News. Maria Garcia couldn’t bear to attend the nightly meals near Triangle Lake, where for several weeks, the smell of pinto beans, turkey necks, and other soul food staples filled the air outside a federal children’s detention facility in southeast Houston. The Southern home-cooked meals had […]
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Inside a ‘Liberating’ Millennial Revolution: Single Mothers by Choice
The day after the healthiest relationship of my life ended, I went online and bought some sperm. I haven’t had a lifelong desire to be a mother. But when I hit 36, I realized that once my parents pass, my already small family will shrink to nothing. There was some power in deciding to have […]