Parenting ‘Absolute No': Pediatrician Says Don't Water Down Formula, Don't Make Your Own “I would much rather you go to the emergency room to receive formula than even try to change the recipe of your formula,” says pediatrician Dr. Rebekah Diamond. She joined LX News to debunk misleading baby formula “hacks” that have spread on social media and explain why breastfeeding cannot solve the current formula shortage.
Native americans Native American Families Ask U.S.: ‘Help Find Our Missing Children' Many families in the U.S. suffered intergenerational trauma from Indigenous boarding schools, says Deborah Parker, CEO of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition. She wants Congress to pass a bill that would establish a Truth and Healing Commission to review the boarding schools’ impacts on Native Americans.
food apartheid Why These Activists Use the Term ‘Food Apartheid' Instead of ‘Food Desert' Millions of Americans struggle to access fresh and affordable groceries every day. The areas they live in are most often called “food deserts,” but academics and activists use another term they say better reflects the systemic racism that created them. That term is “food apartheid.” Here’s how food apartheid plays out in Chicago — and how local community members are...
Babies During Baby Formula Shortage, Breastfeeding is Not an Option for All Moms Before baby formula was mass produced about 100 years ago, many babies suffered from malnutrition if their mothers were unable to breastfeed them, says Carla Cevasco, professor of American Studies at Rutgers University. Today, many moms rely on formula to ensure their baby’s health — and may not be able to breastfeed, or their baby may have different nutritional needs...
gentrification One Man's Mission to Document the History of Brooklyn Neighborhoods As gentrification continues to take a grip of neighborhoods across America, Dominick Lewis is doing his part to ensure those neighborhoods’ past and present are preserved. NBCLX storytellers Ngozi Ekeledo and Mackenzie Behm have his story.
wildlife This ‘Little Bat Hospital' Cares For Up to 100 Bats at a Time The Austin Bat Refuge in Texas takes care of “orphaned, injured and displaced bats” and nurses them back to health. “We’re kind of like a little bat hospital,” says Lee Mackenzie, who runs the refuge with his wife Diane Odegard. Greg Bledsoe takes his Family Geography Project to Austin to learn more about wild bats and the threats they...
Melissa Lucio After Melissa Lucio's Stay of Execution Her Case Remains ‘Far From the Finish Line' Melissa Lucio, a Texas mother of 14, has been on death row since 2008 after she was convicted of killing her 2-year-old daughter. Her execution was delayed just two days before she was scheduled to die to allow a lower court to review new evidence — including arguments that her confession was coerced. Molly Parmer, a criminal defense attorney who...
women in sports A Flag Football Game in North Texas Makes State History On a recent Thursday evening in Fort Worth two high school teams met for the very first girls varsity flag football game in North Texas. As the 50th anniversary of Title IX approaches, the students and coaches reflected on what progress in girls’ sports looks like and why it matters.
travel Decommissioned Underground Missile Silos Are Being Turned Into Luxury Retreats As the Cold War ramped up in the 1950s, the U.S. built 72 missile silos across the country. In Wilson, Kansas, Leigh Ann Fulkerson and Matthew Fulkerson are the proud owners of one, which measures 176 feet deep and is built to withstand a nuclear strike. They plan to turn their silo into a historic resort, while others have been...
New York City Is Crime in NYC Actually Soaring? 2022 Crime Rates in Perspective The Brooklyn subway shooting put the city on-edge, but some stats suggest fears are overstated.
