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‘She knows what we need’: Black women voters say it’s time for Keisha Lance Bottoms
ATLANTA — Donald Trump carved his path to reelection through Georgia, and less than two years into his term, Keisha Lance Bottoms told a cro
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Ohio voters weigh how men candidates treat the women in their lives
WOOSTER, OHIO — Gaile Noble, a 76-year-old retired social worker and Democrat, has lived in a deep-red part of Ohio her entire life and has
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Amy Acton survived childhood abuse. Her Republican opponent is using it to attack her.
Republican Vivek Ramaswamy is closing out one of the nastiest races of the 2026 cycle by suggesting that Democrat Amy Acton, his opponent in
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A historic win for paid parental leave, led by nurses
As a nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit, Jean Stone knows what it really means to live in a country with no paid parental leave. She’
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Democracy should fit all of us
Our merch store opens to the public today. I first pitched the idea about six years ago, just a few weeks after The 19th’s website went live
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How anti-trans backlash to James Talarico spread like wildfire
This story was reported in partnership with Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ-focused investigative news outlet. Texas’ Senate race has become one
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Women more likely than men to say officials have failed on sexual assault
Two things have reverberated after a young woman filed a civil lawsuit last month alleging that seven members of a Cornell University frater
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New arrivals in the ER? Georgia gears up to solve rural maternal health crisis
LAVONIA, Ga. — It had been a decade since Kara Holden last had a baby. But as the former obstetric nurse prepared for her fourth child, her
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The case that could weaken one of Texas’ most ambitious anti-abortion laws
When Texas lawmakers enacted House Bill 7 — a sweeping law that allows private citizens to sue anyone who helps distribute abortion medicati
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These White suburban moms regret voting for Trump — but aren’t sold on Democrats
Two years ago, six White suburban mothers were among the more than 77 million Americans who voted to put President Donald Trump back in the
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Angie Nixon has been working years for this moment
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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Your guide to LGBTQ+ ballot measures in 2026
Voters in seven states this fall will weigh more than half a dozen ballot initiatives with direct bearings on LGBTQ+ people — disproportiona
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Women are baring their souls to make the midterm elections feel personal
The ad opens with a shot of a quiet neighborhood street in western Nebraska, a bright red content warning about sexual assault splashed acro
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Mismatched IDs aren’t stopping trans Kansans from voting
Avery Rowland, a transgender woman in small-town Kansas, is running as a Democrat to represent a state legislative district in the bottom-ri
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How women’s stories are reshaping a high-stakes Kansas Senate race
When President Donald Trump waded into Kansas’ fiery Senate race this week on behalf of Republican incumbent Roger Marshall, he was respondi
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More members and money — and more fractures: The uncertain future of Erika Kirk’s Turning Point USA
This story is part of Gen Z at the Ballot Box, a collaboration between States Newsroom and The 19th. It was the beginning of her junior year
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Two states, two abortion ballot measures — and many challenges in reaching Gen Z voters
This story is part of Gen Z at the Ballot Box, a collaboration between States Newsroom and The 19th. Boise State University senior Cade Syvo
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Daycare strikes almost never happen. Here’s what drove these workers over the edge.
The trouble at the Sprout School started when staff began to turn over faster than they could be replaced. Twenty-five full- and part-time t
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Ahead of the midterms, Meta has paid at least 29 anti-LGBTQ accounts for their posts
This story was reported in partnership with Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ-focused investigative news outlet. On September 14, far-right influen
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The GOP candidates walking back some of their abortion stances
Republicans running for governor across the country are backing away from abortion bans they once endorsed. U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, the Repub
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Raw chicken, malnutrition and fear: The ‘nightmare’ of being pregnant in an ICE detention camp
This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system
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What we know about the search of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s house
Federal agents on Monday searched the Washington-area home of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota and member of the “Squad” who
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Idaho moms and grandmothers are taking the fight for abortion rights to their neighbors’ doors
MOSCOW, Idaho — Lisa Wirsching knocked on strangers’ doors. She collected petition signatures at the farmers’ market. She approached her nei
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The Voting Rights Act has taken two devastating blows. What comes next?
Kristen Clarke was just weeks into her job as the NAACP’s top lawyer this spring when the Supreme Court’s conservative bloc dealt what she d
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