Women who remember life before Roe are turning away from Susan Collins
The 19thby Shefali Luthra11h ago
Lisa Kushner still recalls the fear and anxiety she felt upon learning she was pregnant. Kushner has lived in Maine for about 50 years.
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top 90%Tina wanted another baby. She also needed an abortion. Texas made both harder.
The 19thby Shefali Luthra11h ago
Tina fixated on the tiny cross. She hated that she kept thinking about it. Months later, she’d hate that it made such an impression on her at all. But she couldn’t really blame herself.
This 80-year-old senator isn’t backing off his support for trans rights
The 19thby Brooke Migdon1d ago
Some Democrats have retreated from their party’s once-broad support for transgender rights. Not Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey.
A middle schooler said she was raped. Then she was suspended from classes.
The 19thby Ajohnston1d ago
This piece was done in collaboration with Searchlight New Mexico, a philanthropically supported news nonprofit focused on accountability and investigative journalism.
How do you figure out if microplastics are affecting pregnancy?
The 19thby Megan Kearney4d ago
This story was originally published by Science Friday, with the assistance of the Journalism & Women Symposium (JAWS) Health Journalism Fellowship, supported by The Commonwealth Fund.
For families of medically fragile children, a policy change threatens the care they need at home
The 19thby Sara Luterman4d ago
The Department of Justice asked a federal appeals court earlier this month to vacate its March decision in a longrunning case about requiring medically fragile children in Florida to receive the...
Murder-suicide among older Americans appears to be rising
The 19thby Ajohnston5d ago
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Dolly Parton told us who she was, one song at a time
The 19thby Ajohnston6d ago
My introduction to Dolly Parton came at 7. My mom, as the lead alto in the church choir, had some sway with our music director and she used it to snag me the occasional solo in front of the...
The teenage girls behind a $25 minimum wage fight in rural Alaska
The 19thby Chabeli Carrazana6d ago
In one of the most remote towns in America, a group of teenagers is fighting to put an initiative on the November ballot that would raise the minimum wage for the largely Native population of Nome...
Dolly Parton never called herself a feminist. Her life made the case anyway.
The 19thby Sara Luterman7d ago
Dolly Parton, who used her stardom to not only embrace all listeners but also nurture marginalized communities through literacy and financial development, died peacefully in Nashville, Tennessee...
Meet The 19th’s fifth cohort of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellows
The 19thby Megan Kearney7d ago
The 19th is proud to welcome its fifth cohort of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellows — four HBCU alumni who will spend the next year growing their careers in reporting, audience and development...