Maya Miller
Reproductive Health Reporter, Gulf States NewsroomMaya Miller is the reproductive health reporter for the Gulf States Newsroom, a regional collaboration among NPR and public radio stations in Alabama (WBHM), Mississippi (MPB) and Louisiana (WWNO and WRKF). She covers the ripple effects of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and access to reproductive health care in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana.
Before joining the team, Maya worked as Managing Editor for The Lighthouse | Black Girl Projects, a nonprofit dedicated to the analysis, development and creation of equitable systems for Black girls and women in the southeastern U.S. She also was the Deputy News Editor for the Jackson Free Press, covering police and juvenile justice, earning several alternative news awards in public service and editorials.
When she’s ignoring her ever-increasing stack of unread books on her bedside, Maya can be found watching the same five Audrey Hepburn films on rotation or talking to her plants.
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As national attention wanes and volunteers head to other disasters, residents of Rolling Fork and nearby Silver City have been left to recover on their own. -
Churches in Birmingham rang bells Friday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the church bombing that killed four young girls and invigorated the civil rights movement.
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Aeroflow Healthcare has been pushing state lawmakers to end sales tax on necessary items such as diapers, breast pumps and other incontinence products.
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A national monument for Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley has put a spotlight on the work Mississippi historians have been doing to keep the story alive.
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President Joe Biden is expected to officially recognize two locations in Mississippi to honor Till’s life and death on what would have been his 82nd birthday.
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President Biden will designate a new national monument to honor Emmett Till, the Black teenager who was brutally killed in 1955. The monument will also pay tribute to his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.
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The free program in Clarksdale, Mississippi teaches young parents how to better care for their children while filling in the gaps of the social safety net.
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The Commonwealth Fund’s new report includes 12 new measures that evaluate and rank states on reproductive services and women’s health care.
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With the COVID-19 public health emergency over, Diaper Bank of the Delta is trying to fill in the gap and connect struggling families to more resources.
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The city of Birmingham has teamed up with BirthWell Partners’ community doula project to sponsor 32 trainees to work in underserved communities.
