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A CDC report signals the agency will resume work on LGBTQ+ health, advocates say
The data itself is not new, and advocates are urging the Biden administration to step up efforts to reach queer Americans.
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19 Minutes with The 19th: What’s happening in state legislatures across the country
Join us on Instagram Live Friday, February 12, at 5 p.m. CT. Hear from statehouses reporter Barbara Rodriguez, who will talk about what it’s like covering statehouses nationwide and what to expect from state legislatures on issues like health care and LGBTQ+ rights in the coming months.
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Trump’s second impeachment trial is starting. What will Collins and Murkowski do?
His acquittal is all but certain, but Republican support could indicate whether the former president’s sway is waning.
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'We all know somebody': Rep. Lauren Underwood on the fight to stop pregnancy-related deaths
Underwood spoke with The 19th about her efforts to undo a crisis that disproportionately harms Black people.
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Two decades in the making, Rosa DeLauro’s plan to cut child poverty in half is on the brink of passing
Since 2003, Rep. Rosa DeLauro has been a voice — sometimes the lone one — in a push to expand the child tax credit to the nation’s poorest children. With President Joe Biden’s support, the plan is likely to pass.
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Republican state lawmakers want to punish schools that teach the 1619 Project
Lawmakers in at least five states have introduced legislation that threatens to cut funding to schools that share curriculum about the award-winning project.
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'I was in constant fear': Domestic abuse survivor speaks out to urge action to address gun violence
The majority of women and LGBTQ+ people believe restricting gun ownership for domestic abusers should be a top priority in the Biden administration.
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An elite group tackling transgender sports inclusion has a compromise — and trans people aren’t part of it
LGBTQ+ advocates are slamming a proposal that would force transgender girls to undergo testing to play school sports.
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How has America’s first women's recession during COVID-19 impacted you?
Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the 2020 economic downturn, The 19th plans to tell the stories of the women who left the workforce — the mothers who were forced out or chose to leave it.
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Unemployment continues to be highest for women of color, while it drops for White women
Black and Asian women’s unemployment rose in January, while Latina unemployment continues to be among the highest in the country, according to new data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday.