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The power of Latinas’ Trump regret could swing this election
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — When Cynthia Villareal voted for President Donald Trump in 2024, she did so trusting his campaign promises of lower
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Three women on the verge of history
It would be hard to pin down the exact location of Peggy Flanagan, Keisha Lance Bottoms and Gina Hinojosa at any given time these days. For
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Roger Marshall closes campaign with men who compare abortion to human sacrifice and the Holocaust
Kansas’ embattled Republican Sen. Roger Marshall is embracing the support of anti-abortion activists in his closing reelection pitch to vote
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The transphobic political playbook is older than you think
Anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric has reached the point where accusing Democratic candidates of being transgender is not only commonplace, but encouraged
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‘Hideous’ and ‘devastating’: Data centers are shaping how these women vote
Women have been at the forefront of a fast-growing, bipartisan backlash to data centers, packing local meetings, organizing protests and eve
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Georgia is single-handedly shifting the conversation on Black women in politics
The 2016 election changed how Tanya Miller felt about politics. The 2024 election — President Donald Trump’s defeat of then-Vice President K
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Two senators, two hopefuls and history on the line
This column first appeared in The Amendment, a newsletter by Errin Haines, The 19th’s editor-at-large. Subscribe today to get early access t
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‘I want to feel hopeful’: Young Black women worry about jobs and affordability as midterms approach
Leila Kuguru has big dreams of attending law school to become a federal prosecutor or public defender. On campus, Kuguru, a senior political
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Dolores Huerta, Chicana activist and defender of farmworker rights, dies at 96
Dolores Huerta, who rose to national prominence as the co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association, and was known for her advocacy f
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Betrayed, disappointed, hurt — and backing Democrats anyway
This story was reported in partnership with Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ-focused investigative news outlet. Max Sorgenfrey was sipping a coffe
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Can data center concerns help Democratic women win in deep-red West Virginia?
EASTERN PANHANDLE, W.Va. — Over and over on a recent October Saturday, Jenny Thacker explained to voters in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandl
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A Democrat told her opponent not to ‘mansplain.’ It struck a chord.
PEEKSKILL, New York — Betsy Abrams, a 67-year-old executive assistant, showed up at a political rally held in a park on the banks of the Hud
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How to vote in this year’s election
Election Day is November 3, but Americans have been weighing in on races up and down the ballot for weeks. That’s because most states offer
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Meet Uncle Murray, the talking skeleton programmed by a 9-year-old girl
The skeleton couldn’t stop talking about alcohol — that was the first problem. Nine-year-old Nathalie convinced her parents to shell out $17
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How will Trump improve women’s health if federal research grants restrict the word ‘gender’?
When Suzanne Bell saw President Donald Trump’s announcement this month about improving the future of women’s health research, she felt deep
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A GOP House candidate did legal work for man accused in sex trafficking scandal
Republican Mike Beltran, a former Florida legislator running to flip the state’s 14th Congressional District, filed a defamation lawsuit aga
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Game on: The 19th is launching a sports desk
The 19th launched as a nonprofit newsroom covering politics and policy through the lens of gender and race. We’re ready to expand our covera
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Katie Fire Thunder’s campaign could help Montana seat a record number of Native women
BOZEMAN, Montana — Before the evening meet-and-greet with Democratic candidates, Katie Fire Thunder has already participated in a photo shoo
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It took years for Abortion.org to actually be about abortion
Rebecca Nall was watching the numbers go up, and she needed to make a decision. Nall — the founder of I Need An A, an online directory of ab
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Give them a C-O-N-T-R-A-C-T: The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are unionizing
After years of fighting for better pay and benefits, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have unionized. The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Associa
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Texas district attorney opens forgery investigation into disputed transgender mailers
A Republican district attorney in West Texas has opened a criminal investigation into pamphlets mailed to homes across Texas purporting to c
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The cost of leaving: Why some women are crowdfunding their divorces
Megan Harper started pumping gas at a marina when she was 14 — she’s always known how to turn a dollar. Now a 41-year-old mother of three, s
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Woman with history of stillbirth fears losing another pregnancy in ICE detention
Lawmakers are calling for the immediate release of 24-year-old Maria Alejandra Valero Brinez, who said she is five months pregnant and havin
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Nursing home residents have a right to vote. This mother and daughter won’t be intimidated.
Cindy Napolitan and her daughter Melissa have multiple sclerosis, a degenerative condition in which the immune system attacks the brain, spi
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