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American Dreams is a podcast that will explore exactly what Reproductive Justice means. Reproductive Justice was an idea birthed in 1994, by 12 Black women who felt unseen by the white establishment. ​ The four principles of Reproductive Justice are: 1. The right to have a child 2. The right to not have a child (which includes sterilization, which many doctors won’t do) 3. The right to have a child in a healthy environment and then raise them safely 4. The right to bodily autonomy and sexuality These principles are repeated throughout this podcast, as well as homages to the 12 founders who...

We all have that one friend who you could talk to about anything, act a fool with, and lose track of time. Well, Play Cousins the Podcast is exactly that! Erika Washington, executive director of Make It Work Nevada and Derek Washington, a long time Las Vegas Activist, who are not related but act like family, dive into all the things, world news, pop culture and life from a Black point of view and showing folks how EVERYTHING is political.

As 2023 dawns, women in the U.S. look back on the last year and see one glaring issue: 2022 was the year their right to have an abortion was severely curtailed. But many women did not have access to abortions even before the Dobbs decision. Women on Medicaid, in the same states that are outlawing abortion now. Women who live in rural areas. Women who don’t have access to good doctors, and good advice. One thing the popular press doesn’t seem to talk about is how many women and trans men (anyone with a uterus) want to have children, but find that the systems as they are set up in this ...