Each month, Health & Medicine staff gather articles and other readings we find important, helpful, and informative to our work. Read below for a recap of July’s resources:

• WBEZ Chicago: From police raids to reproductive justice, abortion history in Illinois is long and bumpy
• Chicago Tribune: Gov. J.B. Pritzker calls special legislative session on reproductive rights as Roe decision reverberates through Illinois politics
• JPHMP Direct: What should public health and health department professionals do in preparation for Roe v. Wade falling?
• Crain’s Chicago Business: Crain’s Forum on Climate Migrants
• The Guardian: We Americans are dancing on the Titanic. Our iceberg is not far away
• Ford Foundation: Our response to the reversal of Roe v. Wade
• HuffPost: The Fall Of Roe Will Hurt Abortion Access In Blue States, Too
• New York Times: Illinois Abortion Clinics Prepare for Rush of Patients After Roe
• Academia: The Welfare State in Post-Industrial Society
• The Nation: Warning: This Supreme Court Is Hazardous to Your Health
• Chicago Sun Times: Lightfoot vows to expand paid parental leave for city workers, conduct ‘pay equity’ audit
• Chicago Mag: Op-Ed: Chicago’s Bitter Pill of Violence
• ProPublica: Ken Griffin Spent $54 Million Fighting a Tax Increase for the Rich. Secret IRS Data Shows It Paid Off for Him.
• Better Government Association: The Failures Before the Fires
• New York Times: How Houston Moved 25,000 People From the Streets Into Homes of Their Own
• medRxiv: Missing Americans: Early Death in the United States, 1933-2021
• Block Club Chicago: Violent Crime ‘The Top Health Concern’ For Surveyed South Siders, UChicago Study Finds
• Chicago Sun Times: Boom, not bust? Illinois undercounted in 2020 census, actually grew to 13 million — largest population ever
• The Guardian: Revealed: US cities refusing to replace toxic lead water pipes unless residents pay
• New York Times: Endemic Covid-19 Looks Pretty Brutal
• The Atlantic: America Was in an Early-Death Crisis Long Before COVID
• The Atlantic: Of Course Biden Has COVID
• NPR: Conservative blocs unleash wave of litigation to curb public health powers
• New York Times: What Will Happen if Doctors Defy the Law to Provide Abortions?
• New York Times: After New Abortion Laws, Some Patients Have Trouble Obtaining Miscarriage Treatment
• New York Times: Why a Middle-Class Lifestyle Remains Out of Reach for So Many
• New York Times: Who Gets Abortions in America?