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What is ‘soft’ censorship? When school districts don’t ban books, they still limit student access
Districts are separating books about sex, gender and race in school libraries, slapping warning labels on them and requiring parental permission for student access.
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The 19th announces inaugural Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellows
The 19th is excited to welcome our first class of fellows to the groundbreaking Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellowship, which seeks to create meaningful pipelines for those historically excluded from U.S. newsrooms.
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Family planning clinics, a safe space for transgender patients, face a new battle after Roe v. Wade
Title X — which funds family planning clinics for low-income people — is a nascent target in the growing political fight over abortion access, even in states like Maine.
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What makes someone presidential — and will she ever be elected?
ANALYSIS | Errin Haines talks to Ali Vitali about what they both saw during the last presidential campaign, Vitali’s new book and who Americans see as electable.
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Michigan court extends block on 1931 abortion ban
In granting the preliminary injunction sought by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the court prevents prosecutors from enforcing the restrictions – for now.
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Magnolia Mother’s Trust marks a history-making three cycles of paying Black mothers $1,000 a month
The Mississippi fund is the longest-running guaranteed income program in the United States.
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Gender dysphoria is a protected disability, federal appeals court finds
Experts say the opinion gives transgender people a powerful tool to advocate for their rights in workplaces, prisons, schools and hospitals.
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Deshaun Watson receives NFL's highest-ever penalty given for sexual misconduct
The settlement includes an 11-game suspension and a $5 million fine.
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For years, Black trans women have been told their life expectancy is 35 years. That’s false.
While there’s no evidence to support the statistic, experts do worry that it creates a self-fulfilling prophecy for Black trans women.
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Key Equal Rights Amendment activists long avoided tying it to abortion. A group of teenagers is changing that.
Generation Ratify, a group led largely by teenagers, has linked the Equal Rights Amendment with the future of abortion access and LGBTQ+ rights — a message whose urgency has shifted after the end of Roe.