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Kamala Harris focuses on women’s economic inclusion and leadership on last day in Ghana
The administration announced public and private U.S. investment in closing the digital divide for women in Africa as the vice president spoke to five Ghanaian women entrepreneurs.
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What would the economy look like if it worked for women?
A research team asked women of all backgrounds across the nation what an economy built to work for women should look like.
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Nashville shooting suspect’s gender sets attack apart from most mass shootings
Several conservative and far-right media figures are using the shooter’s reported transgender identity to shift the conversation away from gun control.
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In ‘Sea Change,’ a Korean-American woman reckons with immigrant trauma and navigating life in her early 30s
Gina Chung’s debut novel examines cultural identity, family and friendship as the planet teeters toward catastrophe.
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The 19th Explains: Who will be most impacted by Medicaid changes — and when
Up to 15 million people — many of them children, pregnant and postpartum people — are expected to lose health care coverage after continuous enrollment ends, some as early as April 1.
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Meg Cabot talks book bans, the rise of YA and 'The Quarantine Princess Diaries'
Eight years after the last Princess Diaries book, the author is again showing her longtime readers how they might navigate adulthood, power and responsibility, all while lurching from one crisis to the next.
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19 Minutes with The 19th: Trans Day of Visibility
The 19th’s LGBTQ+ reporter Orion Rummler was joined by Oklahoma state Rep. Mauree Turner and TransLash Media founder Imara Jones for an Instagram Live conversation ahead of Trans Day of Visibility.
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Why mothers are part of the push to restore voting rights for people in prison
Bills to restore voting rights for people who are no longer incarcerated are gaining momentum, and some advocates say extending them to those who are now in prison would empower parents — especially mothers.
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Intersex surgery is condemned by the United Nations. Anti-trans bills are allowing it.
Exemptions for intersex surgery allow doctors to assign minors who are born with secondary sex characteristics as “male” or “female,” reinforcing rigid gender ideals and heterosexuality, experts say.
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The forgotten history of America’s first public women’s prison
The editors of a new book talk about the history of the Indiana facility — written by people who were held there almost 150 years later.