Colette Pollauf

Student journalist and photojournalist at Northeastern University with a passion for social justice and the arts.

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How one photojournalist is documenting sexual assault in the U.S. military

Mary Calvert is showcasing the true power of photojournalism, documenting injustices ranging from uranium contamination in the Navajo Nation to obstetric fistula — a debilitating medical condition which happens when women are injured during childbirth without timely access to medical care — in sub-Saharan Africa.
For the past decade, Calvert has focused her attention on documenting the pervasive and underreported sexual abuse of men and women in the United States m...

Massachusetts introduces programs to support doula work

This month, Massachusetts could become the 12th U.S. state to implement programs supporting doula work, in an effort to fight increasing maternal mortality rates.

Improvements to birth outcomes are particularly critical to Black people in Massachusetts, who are more than twice as likely as white people to experience severe birth complications, according to a state report released in July, with Hispanic and Asian American residents also at greater risk. To combat this, the state is considering a

Trans rights advocates march for Transgender Day of Visibility

Members of the transgender community and their allies took to the streets of downtown Boston on Sunday to protest the recent upswing in violence and political attacks against transgender people, in a march organized by the Boston Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).

“The past month has been really scary, living as a trans person,” DSA member Piper Slowinski said at the march. “…and the ability to do something to have our voices heard, be active, and feel like we’re able to push back against