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‘A moral obligation’: How agencies help Afghan women who can escape
As the evacuation continues, resettlement agencies in the United States are working overtime to find new homes for those fleeing the Taliban.
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Kathy Hochul’s rise in New York spotlights the barriers to women becoming governors
"I want by the end of my administration, for every woman to say there are no barriers, there is no longer a ceiling."
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Sherrilyn Ifill urges voting legislation as suppression efforts come ‘fast and furious’
“I never had a case where I worried about the counting of the ballots, and whether there was going to be some subversion of the count. But now we see that that has become kind of standardized.”
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'Black women being trailblazers': Spelman faculty refuse to teach in person as classes begin
Though vaccinations and masks are required on campus, concerns about COVID-19 protocols remain as the Delta variant rages through Georgia.
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Demi Lovato on being nonbinary: 'This is who I am, take it or leave it.'
Lovato talked to The 19th about publicly sharing their nonbinary identity and being their most authentic self — without needing to be validated by others.
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‘Build up our own’: Nikole Hannah-Jones on choosing Howard University
In a conversation with The 19th, the creator of the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1619 Project said it was time to “bring my talents home.”
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The 19th Explains: Texas can now ban a common abortion procedure. Here's what that means
Dilation & evacuation is the most common way of performing an abortion in the second trimester. But a federal appeals court cleared the way for Texas to become the first in the nation to ban it.
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The women of the Daily Show know when to make you laugh
Correspondents Dulcé Sloan and Desi Lydic joined The 19th and some of the women running the show behind the scenes for a conversation about how they bring humor to the country’s biggest problems.
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Meet the first trans women of color to teach at Harvard Law
Anya Marino and Alejandra Caraballo talk about the barriers that can systematically block a community from excelling in, or even entering the legal field.
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Women of color lead the fight for voting rights 101 years after suffrage
As the House prepares to consider the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, Black women remain at the forefront of the voting rights struggle.