What I read today August 16

• The Ups and Downs of Being a Canal Lockmaster, Atlas Obscura
• Aretha Franklin, The Undisputed ‘Queen Of Soul,’ Dead At 76, Huffington Post
• A new birth control app has been approved by the FDA, Motherly
• There Is a Hidden Epidemic of Doctors Abusing Women in Labor, Doulas Say, Broadly
• MOM SUES FOR BAIT & SWITCH IN MATERNITY CARE, Birth Monopoly