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Sophie Chou

Pro-choice protesters march outside the Texas State Capitol on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021 in Austin, TX. Texas passed SB8 which effectively bans nearly all abortions and it went into effect Sept. 1. A request to the Supreme Court to block the bill went unanswered and the Court still has yet to take any action on it. (Sergio Flores For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Texas banned abortion. Then sepsis rates soared

Lizzie Presser, Andrea Suozzo, Sophie Chou, Kavitha Surana
Greg Abbott (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Texas funnels millions to anti-abortion “crisis pregnancy centers” that look like abortion clinics

Cassandra Jaramillo, Jeremy Kohler, Sophie Chou, Jessica Kegu
A St. Bernard Parish resident cries as he removes debris from his home September 17, 2005 in Chalmette, Louisiana. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

An exodus unlike any other: Why half the people in this community moved away after Hurricane Katrina

Richard A. Webster, Jeff Adelson, Sophie Chou
A man looks over the concrete slab that used to be his apartment after Hurricane Katrina, August 30, 2005. (Barry Williams/Getty Images)

The federal program to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina shortchanged the poor. New data proves it

Richard A. Webster, Jeff Adelson, David Hammer, Sophie Chou