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Prenatal screening isn’t new. But I wanted to look back on how the past 40 years of it has changed the way we think about our relationship to our unborn children. Caroline: You wrote that this isn’t just a story about Denmark or even Down syndrome—it’s about something much bigger. …

Ben Watkins, a popular contestant on the Fox show MasterChef Junior, has reportedly died. He was 14 years old. The Chicago Tribune reports that Watkins passed away on Monday (November 16) after struggling with a rare form of cancer for a year and a half. Tragically, his death comes three …

Three Democratic sheriffs in Georgia and South Carolina who promised to cut ties with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will soon assume office. All three sheriffs said during their campaigns they would end long-standing 287(g) agreements with ICE. The agreements, of which there are two types, are named after …

Mariah Carey performs during the 2019 Billboard Music Awards on May 1, 2019; Jennifer Hudson performs a tribute to Kobe Bryant before the 69th NBA All-Star Game on February 16, 2020; Ariana Grande performs onstage during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards on January 26, 2020.Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images (Getty Images), …

The first time the Kardashian family discusses the coronavirus on Keeping Up With the Kardashians, it’s during an early 2020 dinner at Nobu, the famous sushi restaurant offering $80 truffle-lobster plates and a bottles-in-the-club vibe. Kim and her sister Kylie Jenner first negotiate who will get a lychee martini and …

Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis police officer who put his knee in George Floyd’s neck, is asking the judge overseeing his case to block prosecutors from introducing evidence of his alleged previous use of similar neck and body restraints on other people. In new court documents, obtained by the Washington Post, …

In January 2020, California’s CROWN Act—CROWN being an acronym for “Creating a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair”—went into effect. The law, which was championed by a Black female lawmaker in California with natural hair, explicitly bans discrimination against natural Black hairstyles, including cornrows, afros, braids, twists, and dreadlocks, …

Photo: Patrick Smith (Getty Images) The NCAA is, in my humble opinion, the most fucked up organization in American sports. For some reason (capitalism, to be clear), college sports have continued despite there being a whole-ass pandemic. While this year’s March Madness tournament was canceled as a result of the …

Photographs by Julia Sellmann Every few weeks or so, Grete Fält-Hansen gets a call from a stranger asking a question for the first time: What is it like to raise a child with Down syndrome? Sometimes the caller is a pregnant woman, deciding whether to have an abortion. Sometimes a …

In his new memoir, “A Promised Land,” former President Barack Obama revealed his feelings about the divisions that grip the country today, the extreme political opposition he endured during his presidency, and the challenges he faced within his personal life. He discussed these things and other facets of being the 44th president during …