Regina Mahone

Vice President and Managing Editor

Regina Mahone is a vice president and managing editor for Rewire.News, where she oversees daily operations and steers racial justice and immigration content, among other issue areas.

Previously, Regina was a staff writer at Philanthropy News Digest, a publication of the Foundation Center, where she covered the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. Before that, she was a freelance writer and editor in Southern California. Regina is based in Kingston, New York. She earned her BA from The College of New Jersey, where she studied English, creative writing, and gender studies. She was a participant at the 2017 ASNE Emerging Leaders Institute and has presented at the ACES conference, Netroots Nation, and WAM!NYC. She has also moderated discussions with SisterSong and Black Lives Matter.

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All Work

[Photo: A Black pregnant person receives an ultrasound]

Analysis Race

State Legislators Are Finally Doing Something About the Black Maternal Health Crisis

Apr 12, 7:51am Regina Mahone

State lawmakers have introduced more than 80 bills this session to address the disparity in Black maternal and infant mortality rates.

[Photo: Abortion rights activists hold placards outside of the US Supreme Court.]

Culture & Conversation Abortion

This Abortion Provider Appreciation Day, Get to Know the People Who Make Abortion Care Possible

Mar 8, 9:58am Regina Mahone

"We show up every day for our patients because we know that when people are able to make their own decisions about if, when, and how they create families, we build stronger, healthier, and happier communities," said one development director of an abortion clinic.

Editorial Race

My Favorite Racial Justice Pieces of 2018

Dec 31, 6:45am Regina Mahone

My favorite racial justice pieces gave readers a window onto the resilience of communities of color.

Photos

Photos: The No Choice Travel Agency

Oct 15, 11:35am Regina Mahone

The immersive pop-up was located at 230A Mulberry Street in Manhattan for four days last week. Although it resembled a high-end travel agency, fitting in at the epicenter of designer shops, it was far from a typical trip bureau. It offered travelers three destinations: to one of the few states where a New Yorker can access […]

News Abortion

‘No Choice’: Pop-Up Travel Agency Brings Attention to Antiquated New York Abortion Law

Oct 15, 11:20am Regina Mahone

Reproductive rights advocates continue the pushback against a state law banning abortion care after 24 weeks into a pregnancy.

[Photo: Split screen of Unapologetic book cover and a photo of the author, a young Black woman with red lipstick and hair blowing in the wind.]

Culture & Conversation Media

In ‘Unapologetic,’ Charlene Carruthers Offers Young Black Organizers Inspiration, Purpose, and Strength

Sep 19, 4:54pm Regina Mahone

“There’s no magic bullet,” said Carruthers in an interview with Rewire.News. “At some point, people have to be driven and make an active choice to engage in some kind of way, no matter what that is. And oftentimes the single choice to do something leads to being able to deepen our work.”

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Analysis Family

Reimagining Black Mamahood in an Unjust Society

May 10, 12:54pm Regina Mahone

Campaigns like the Mamas Day project amplify imagery that allows Black people, including Black immigrant mothers, to see themselves as their communities see them.

News Immigration

Reproductive Justice Activist Detained ‘in Retaliation’ for Protesting

Mar 7, 6:47pm Regina Mahone

So-called silent raids, which involve ICE detaining people during their regularly scheduled immigration check-ins, have become increasingly common in the last year.

Culture & Conversation Politics

‘Black to the Future’: A Q&A With Alicia Garza on Building Black Political Power

Mar 2, 2:51pm Regina Mahone

The Black Lives Matter co-founder launched the Black Futures Lab earlier this week "to transform Black communities and the constituencies that are building power in cities and states."

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Commentary Politics

‘Welcome to Wakanda’: Black Women in the Age of ‘Power Rising’

Feb 28, 11:07am

An Atlanta summit set a progressive policy agenda for Black women and strengthened sisterhood bonds.

Podcast

What Else Happened? A Bold North Carolina Campaign to End Shackling of Pregnant People

Feb 16, 11:52am Regina Mahone & Kat Jercich

Regina and Kat discuss what the Trump administration is–and isn’t–doing to address domestic violence, how rural communities are disproportionately affected by toxic drinking water, and about the Catholic health systems looking to get into the drug business. Also, Kat talks with SisterSong's Omisade Burney-Scott about a campaign to end the practice of shackling pregnant people in North Carolina prisons.

Podcast

What Else Happened? A Look Inside the Abortion Underground

Feb 9, 11:39am Kat Jercich & Regina Mahone

Kat and Regina discuss the comeback of a disease, raids on strip clubs in New Orleans, and a lawsuit against policy preventing transgender residents from having a driver’s license that reflects their gender identity. Also, Regina talks with Nina Liss-Schultz about her recent piece at Mother Jones on an underground network of activists helping people to terminate their pregnancies.

Podcast

What Else Happened? Congress Tries to Prevent Another Larry Nassar

Feb 2, 9:59am Regina Mahone & Kat Jercich

This week, Kat and Regina discuss a troubling report on AirBnB, the fight against sterilization abuse in Washington state, and new legislation to combat sexual abuse of athletes. Also, Kat chats with writer and activist Raquel Willis about a supermarket chain’s refusal to provide insurance coverage for a life-saving drug.

Podcast

What Else Happened? Intentional, Deadly Negligence in Orlando

Jan 26, 10:59am Kat Jercich & Regina Mahone

Regina and Kat discuss the pollution crisis in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Orlando, Florida; a fight over installing elevators in New York subways; and how a Portland-based clothing company is taking abortion funding into its own hands. Also, Regina chats with Rewire editor Ali Stine about how snow days can cause major problems for Appalachian parents.

Podcast

What Else Happened? Chicago Prioritized Religion Over Health Care

Jan 19, 1:29pm Regina Mahone & Kat Jercich

Kat and Regina discuss the disproportionately high rates of maternal mortality among women of color in Texas, the Trump administration's latest moves against trans students, and how Chicago is putting religious restrictions above patient access to care. Plus, Kat talks to Sonia Chopra about a Black student in Mason, Ohio, facing racist comments from his white social studies teacher—and what his mother is doing about it.

Podcast

What Else Happened? Job Market Discrimination and Tiny House Activism

Dec 15, 12:37pm Regina Mahone & Kat Jercich

Regina and Kat discuss the news about indigenous activists building tiny houses to stop another pipeline, the discrimination women can face on the job market, and the obstacles Black Boston residents must overcome when accessing health care. Plus, Kat talks to Kathy Bougher about an injustice in El Salvador.

Podcast

What Else Happened? Charter School Segregation and Clinic Defenders on High Alert

Dec 8, 12:26pm Kat Jercich & Regina Mahone

Kat and Regina discuss the news that charter schools are more racially segregated than other public schools, Wisconsin is in the running for being the first state to drug test food stamp applicants, and Illinois has launched a new program to combat the opioid crisis. Also, Regina chats with Jasmine Sherman, a clinic defender with Pro-Choice Charlotte, about why she believes Charlotte has become an epicenter for abortion clinic harassment.

Podcast

What Else Happened? Injustices in Social Security and Missing Coverage of Anti-Asian Hate Crimes

Dec 1, 1:07pm Regina Mahone & Kat Jercich

Kat Jercich and Regina Mahone are back to discuss how Social Security is leaving behind people with disabilities, a spike in hate-based violence against Asian people in the United States, and new solutions to the domestic violence epidemic.

Culture & Conversation Media

‘Beyond Pro-Choice Versus Pro-Life’: A Q&A With ‘Radical Reproductive Justice’ Contributor Andrea Smith

Nov 29, 4:42pm Regina Mahone

"The pro-life versus pro-choice paradigm has so polarized everything, it’s entrenched us in specific positions that don’t allow us to critique and change as we go along," Smith told Rewire in a recent interview.

Culture & Conversation Media

The Future Is ‘Radical Reproductive Justice’

Nov 28, 12:42pm Regina Mahone

"RJ is a model not just for women of color, nor just for achieving reproductive freedom. RJ is a model for organizing for human equality and well-being," writes author Dorothy Roberts in her foreword to the new anthology.

Podcast

What Else Happened? Prison Injustice, a Rural Water Crisis, and Philando Castile’s Legacy

Oct 20, 12:24pm Regina Mahone & Kat Jercich

Rewire managing editors Regina Mahone and Kat Jercich explore this week’s important underreported stories.

Podcast

What Else Happened? Congress Failed, Parents With Disabilities Sued, and a ‘Concentration Camp’ Closed

Oct 13, 1:17pm Kat Jercich & Regina Mahone

Rewire managing editors Regina Mahone and Kat Jercich explore this week’s important underreported stories. Plus, Regina interviews Vilissa Thompson about parents with intellectual disabilities fighting discrimination in New York City, and Kat's parents are in town.

Podcast

What Else Happened? A North Carolina Mother Learns Whether She Can Leave Sanctuary

Oct 6, 12:23pm Regina Mahone

Rewire managing editor Regina Mahone talks with immigration reporter Tina Vasquez about a breaking development for Minerva Garcia, a North Carolina woman who had been forced to take sanctuary in a local church to fight her ICE deportation order. Where is Minerva now, and what lies ahead for her and her family?

Podcast

What Else Happened? Buried Stats, Forgotten Kids, and Court Shenanigans

Sep 22, 12:48pm Regina Mahone & Kat Jercich

Rewire managing editors Regina Mahone and Kat Jercich explore this week’s important underreported stories: the Department of Veterans Affairs glossing over alarming new data, the opioid crisis leading to kids left behind, Chicago giving its last Black-owned bank an investment bump, and the Eighth Circuit putting a stop to new abortion services in Missouri.

Podcast

What Else Happened? Tons of Wildfires, Child Care Blueprints, and Tom DeLay—Again

Sep 15, 11:18am Regina Mahone & Kat Jercich

Rewire managing editors Regina Mahone and Kat Jercich explore this week's most important underreported stories: the major natural disaster that's not a hurricane, alarming trends in racial wealth divides, a new entitlement proposal in Congress, and Tom Delay's newest efforts to thwart the Constitution.

Culture & Conversation Race

‘Loving’ and the Unfinished Business of the Civil Rights Movement

Jun 15, 4:49pm Regina Mahone

Sheryll Cashin's new book, Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy, is perfectly timed and should be consumed in its entirety by those seeking a deeper examination of how white supremacy worked historically.

Culture & Conversation Human Rights

‘I’m Not Saying Anything That’s Radical’: A Q&A With Matt McGorry

Jun 17, 1:03pm Regina Mahone

Matt McGorry spoke with Rewire about his experience working at the intersections of Hollywood and activism, how personal fitness is nothing like social justice awareness work, and why more men should care about targeted regulations of abortion providers.

Q & A Human Rights

From ‘Ain’t I a Woman?’ to ‘Flawless’: Ms. Foundation CEO Teresa Younger on the #MyFeminismIs Campaign

Oct 19, 12:25pm Regina Mahone

I recently chatted with the Ms. Foundation's Teresa Younger about its new "MyFeminismIs" campaign, the importance of lifting up all-inclusive feminism, and the role of foundations in bolstering movement building.

News Race

Cleveland Transit Officer Pepper-Sprays ‘Black Lives Matter’ Activists

Jul 27, 1:04pm Regina Mahone

The officer confronted a crowd of activists who had begun locking arms and chanting in protest over the way he forcefully detained a 14-year-old. “The crowd was determined that the youth would NOT be harmed or killed and were fierce, as we know it’s a real possibility,” explained one witness, Kimberly Ellis.

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Commentary Race

‘We on the Freedom Side’: Why I Stood Up for Black Lives at Netroots Nation

Jul 24, 11:48am

Doing social change work is scary and will make you uncomfortable; it will change you, for better or for worse. But that’s part of what showing up and taking a stand means. And what choice do we have?

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Commentary Race

The Quality of Black Lives Matters Too

May 8, 4:09pm

#BlackSpring is here: the uprisings happening in cities nationwide as part of a collective fight for racial justice in all areas of Black lives.

Regina Mahone

Commentary Violence

When It Comes to Police Brutality, Seeing Isn’t Always Believing

Oct 9, 10:50am

A recent police shooting in South Carolina illustrates the importance of video when it comes to issues of race and policing. It also reminds us, however, that video alone is not enough to overcome or combat the violence resulting from implicit bias.

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Commentary Media

Covering Youth Sexuality: How the Media Can Do Better

Jul 25, 10:50am

“Youth” is just one of many identities we experience during our lives, and stigmatizing or shaming a person because of age fails any social movement fighting against oppression.

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Commentary Sexuality

What Janet Mock Can Teach Us About Womanhood and ‘Realness’

Mar 13, 1:04pm

While the media has moved on from Piers Morgan's awful interview to the next topic du jour, many of us are still getting around to unpacking Janet Mock’s story and the struggles facing trans people that, unfortunately, continue to be overlooked by mainstream media for the more “titillating” aspects of their stories.

Q & A Race

What We Talk About When We Talk About Black Unwed Mothers: A Q&A With Tanya Fields of the BLK Projek

Nov 26, 8:59am Regina Mahone

Fields drew attention during a recent live-streamed conversation between bell hooks and Melissa Harris-Perry, when she asked about the tearing down of Black unmarried mothers by other Black women. Rewire spoke with her about being a woman of color leader, stereotypes placed on Black unmarried mothers, and more.

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Commentary Race

A True Ally Rejects Racial Hierarchy, and Other Tips From Feminists of Color

Nov 15, 10:06am

Feminism needs to center the experiences of all women of color in the movement. As a starting point, here are some suggestions from several smart women.

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Commentary Race

Eve Ensler Is Wrong That for Women and Trayvon Martin, ‘Our Struggles Are One’

Jul 22, 2:26pm

Ensler's letter to Martin was not the right place to push an agenda about a campaign to end violence against women, especially without first acknowledging the fear many people are taught to feel about men of color—a fear that is just as present in the women’s movement as it is in each of the United States of America.