Rewire News Group
United States online news publication
Rewire News Group (formerly Rewire and RH Reality Check) is a daily United States online news publication focused on reproductive and sexual health from a pro-choice perspective. It also covers issues around racial, environmental, immigration, and economic justice.
The publication began as a blog in 2006 and became its own nonprofit organization in January 2012. In 2016, it was renamed Rewire and in 2018 it was renamed Rewire.News. As of 2018, the publication is edited by Jodi Jacobson.
In addition to reporting news, the publication also produces several podcasts, including Boom! Lawyered, Choice/less, The Breach, and What Else Happened.
Religion Dispatches
In 2018, Religion Dispatches was integrated into Rewire.News as a daily vertical.
Religion Dispatches was founded in 2007 as a daily non-profit online magazine covering religion, politics, and culture. The founders were Gary Laderman, a religion studies scholar from Emory University; Linell Cady, a religion studies scholar from Arizona State University; and Evan Derkacz, a journalist who formerly wrote for AlterNet.
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