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March 1, 2024

2024 Election Threats

Experts warn about the AI deepfakes

and what to watch for in this election cycle


Alabama Court Ruling Impact On IVF

The immediate response and consequences


State Abortion Bans Put Women's Lives At Risk

Doctors describe their inability to help patients


States News

Idaho House passes bill criminalizing explicit AI images

Bill enabling Oregon to crack down on child labor

Texans discuss health of State's democracy

El Paso saint of the border talks new reality

Election Threats


Safeguarding 2024 Elections


Experts agree that this election is set to be the year of AI-driven deepfakes, with the potentially disastrous consequences for at-risk democracies.


Investigative journalist Rowan Philip shares how to identify AI deepfakes, tips for responding to fake audio threats and robocalls, and offers what to watch for on election eve.

With elections looming worldwide, here's how to identify and investigate AI audio deepfakes

"They are easier and cheaper to create than deepfake videos, and there are fewer contextual clues to detect with the naked eye."

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Women's Health Care


The Response to Alabama Supreme Court Ruling on Frozen Embryos


Johns Hopkin's professor Joanne Rosen, J.D., M.A. explains why this decision is so extraordinary. She discusses the response to the ruling, its significance in the post-dobbs era and what could happen next.

The Alabama Supreme Court's Ruling on Frozen Embryos | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Doctors, patients, and politicians seek answers on how the February 16 decision could impact a wide array of health care issues.

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Women's Health Care


Abortion Bans put women's lives at risk


Doctors in nine states in which abortion is banned or restricted describe to ProPublica the impossible landscape they must navigate.


Their States Banned Abortion. Doctors Now Say They Can't Give Women Potential Lifesaving Care.

In states that banned abortion, doctors are forced to wrestle with tough decisions about high-risk pregnancy care. "I don't want to have a patient die and be responsible for it," one Tennessee doctor said.

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State News


Texas' anti-DEI law leaves students standing alone Rewire


A move to provide renters facing eviction with free legal counsel gains supporters in Winston-Salem NCNewsline


Cuyahoga County expands paid family leave Cleveland


Rural housing programs serve Texas' elderly and disabled. This federal bill could make the process easier TxTribune


Everything you need to know about Pennsylvania's voting machines, how the state keeps them secure VoteBeat


Ongoing conspiracies pushed out the election staff in this Texas county. The new director won't budge VoteBeat


Idaho House passes bill criminalizing sexually explicit AI images of real people IdahoCapSun


Bill enabling Oregon to crack down on child labor heads to Gov. Kotek's desk InvestigateWest


Texans discuss health of State's democracy at Tribune event TxTribune


State by State abortion access status StatesNews

For Your Information

Migration at the U.S.-Mexico border. A challenge decades in the making MPI


El Paso's saint of the border negotiates a new reality NewYorker


Review of Amicus Briefs filed in Netchoice cases before the Supreme Court TechPolicy


Helping older adults age well in rural America CommonWealth


Our community health workers training on supporting pregnant farmworkers made a difference WorkLifeLaw


Presidential age debate obscures a simple fact: Some cognitive skills improve as we get older STAT


Medicare drug price negotiation will lower prices by the thousands of dollars per month AmProgress


I was the first baby via IVF in the U S. For the first time in my 42 years, "I feel like an endangered species' WBR


Voters don't always have final say, legislatures and governors are increasingly undermining ballot measures TheConversation


Trump Trial Clearinghouse JustSecurity

What's Happening In Our Corner


These organizations listed on our website are offering workshops, virtual classrooms, new programs, updates on their initiatives, valuable resources, and news you can use.


Taylor Swift and the dangers of deepfake pornography NSVRC


Election 2024: Be informed, not misled NewsLit


Rumor Guard helps you guard against misinformation, deep fakes. Learn 5 factors to use when evaluating the credibility of a claim NewsLitProject


Resource designed to empower teens by exploring the intersection of violence prevention and body liberation FuturesWithoutViolence


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