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This story was originally reported by Mel Leonor Barclay and Shefali Luthra of The 19th. Meet Mel and Shefali and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. The ad opens with a shot of a quiet neighborhood street in western Nebraska, a bright red content warning about sexual assault splashed across the

Kentucky clerk Kim Davis’ attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges was again rejected by the justices. This story was originally reported by Kate Sosin of The 19th. Meet Kate and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. The Supreme Court will not hear a case to overturn marriage equality, it announced on

A judge on Thursday blocked Trump’s executive order, certifying a class-action lawsuit.  This story was originally reported by Mel Leonor Barclay of The 19th. Meet Mel and read more of her reporting on gender, politics and policy. Within hours of his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would withhold U.S. citizenship from

This story was originally reported by Jasmine Mithani and Mel Leonor Barclay of The 19th. Meet Jasmine and Mel and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Over the last four decades, the United States has built a web of federal policies and funding to address domestic and intimate partner violence, a

This story was originally reported by Marissa Martinez of The 19th. Meet Marissa and read more of their reporting on gender, politics, and policy. The push to expand the child tax credit is more bipartisan than ever — but a clear solution to stop it from being slashed in half is still far off. Republicans and

Originally published by The 19th Rep. Becca Balint of Vermont, who was elected to the 118th Congress in 2022, said she was shaped and largely motivated by January 6, 2021 —  the day a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol and temporarily halted the certification of the legitimate results of the

Originally published by The 19th This article was co-published with The Salt Lake Tribune as part of The 19th News Network’s Abortion on the Ballot series. Marriage made the Smiths a family of eight — Tillia came with five kids, and Travis with one. As 7-year-old Margot, one of two additions to their brood since then, burrowed

Pap smear? Check. Dentist appointment? Check. Bronze medal? Check.  Originally published by The 19th Ariana Ramsey, a member of the history-making U.S. women’s rugby team, is going viral on TikTok, not for her skills on the pitch, but her newfound obsession with free health care in the Olympic Village. For nearly a week, Ramsey has

Originally published by The 19th When she speaks about the economy, Kamala Harris often talks about the mothers in her life. Her own mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was a single parent who worked as a breast cancer researcher. She’d pack lunches before Harris and her sister, Maya, woke up in the morning and pay the bills

Originally published by The 19th This column first appeared in our weekly newsletter, This Week at The 19th. Sign up for our dispatch on the biggest news of the week — including a regular column from a 19th staff member. In the first presidential election year since an insurrection nearly derailed U.S. democracy and the Supreme Court

Originally published by The 19th Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday announced a new effort to ban medical debt from credit reports, something that would ease a burden that falls most heavily on women and Black people.  “Medical debt makes it more difficult for millions of Americans to be approved for a car loan, a

Originally published by The 19th Last year, the Department of Commerce announced a historic first: Companies applying for a federal grant program had to provide a plan for offering child care to their workers. The grant money comes from the CHIPS and Science Act, which passed in 2022 and includes $50 billion to expand semiconductor

By Jennifer Gerson The 19th President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order directing the most comprehensive set of actions ever taken by the president’s office to expand and improve research on women’s health. In a statement, the president and First Lady Jill Biden also announced more than 20 new actions and commitments by

Originally published by The 19th  At The 19th, we’re committed to publishing journalism that you can trust throughout the critical moments that shape our democracy and our lives. Show your support during our Fall Member Drive, and your donation will be matched. Double your gift today. Thirty years ago today, President Bill Clinton signed the

Originally published by The 19th In September, when billions of dollars in childcare funding were about to expire, a Senate subcommittee convened to discuss solutions. It was there that Sen. John Kennedy laid out the partisan tension at the heart of what’s billed as a bipartisan issue.  He agreed that childcare was an investment in

A new documentary and a classic book’s film adaptation bring Blume’s work to a new generation, all while experts on censorship and literature reflect on the beloved author’s continued significance. Originally published by The 19th Judy Blume is having a moment. A staple of backpacks of elementary, middle grade, and young adult readers since the

Originally published by The 19th In the past 50 years, the share of women who earn as much or more than their husbands has tripled. But here’s what hasn’t changed: Even as wives in heterosexual relationships have started outearning their spouses, they are still doing more of the care and the housework while their husbands

Originally published by The 19th Your trusted source for contextualizing this developing news. Check back for updates and sign up for our daily newsletter. In a country known for frequent shootings in school halls, the violence enacted at a Nashville private school on Monday stood out because it was carried out by someone who is

Originally published by The 19th Amanda Zurawski never wanted to be here. Neither did Lauren Miller. Nor did Lauren Hall or Anna Zargarian. But they didn’t feel like they had a choice.  The four women repeated that refrain, one by one, on a humid Tuesday afternoon, standing in the shadow of the Texas Capitol. It

Originally published by The 19th On January 1, Illinois will become the first state in the country to officially eliminate its cash bail system when the Pretrial Fairness Act goes into effect. Under the new system, a person will only be detained before trial if a judge determines that they pose a threat to others

Originally published by The 19th When President Richard Nixon signed the Education Amendments Act in 1972, the new law’s Title IX codified gender equality in education as a civil right. Though the words “sports” or “athletics” were never mentioned in Title IX, it became pivotal in boosting women’s involvement in sports. But it also launched

By Orion Rummler, the 19th For decades, the college basketball Final Four, the much hyped semi-final and championship weekend, only referred to the men’s tournament. It’s not that women’s college basketball didn’t have an equivalent — theirs was just referred to as the Women’s Final Four (emphasis ours). The tournament, by default, was all about

Crystal Evans wants to wash her daughter’s hair. The problem is, she can’t use her home’s shower. Medicaid approved a bathroom modification in January 2020, but it didn’t include the shower portion, Evans said.  “The physical layout is a barrier. I can’t help Sophie without flooding the bathroom,” she said. “It’s really awkward and dangerous

For a short period on Friday morning, the United States for the first time had a woman formally acting as president. President Joe Biden, who turns 79 on Saturday, briefly transferred power to Vice President Kamala Harris, 57, when he was under anesthesia for a colonoscopy during a routine physical at the Walter Reed Medical

After their largest drop-off from work so far this year in September, women began to rejoin the workforce in October, helping drive an economic rebound, according to new data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday.  About 309,000 women left the workforce in September as a result of weak growth in education and

“Reproductive rights are human rights. Family planning is freedom.” This statement is at the heart of a full-page print ad that the WNBA players’ union is running  in the New York Times on Sunday against Texas’ six-week abortion ban and in support of reproductive rights, in what the player’s association executive director Terri Jackson described