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How Texas politicians have tried to ban abortion 'by any means necessary’
When anti-abortion laws built around the premise of women’s health failed in court, legislators turned their focus to personhood and the fetus.
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WNBA champions are once again welcome in the White House
Seattle Storm players celebrated their victory and a less politically charged restoration of a sports tradition.
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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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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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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.
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These are the states facing the biggest fights — and risks — over school mask mandates
The threat of COVID to kids during back-to-school season varies widely, and quite literally depends on where you live.
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Anger and helplessness as Afghan women try to escape
'All of these men of the world in power are destroying something that we’ve worked so hard for.'
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Exclusive: Time’s Up to re-evaluate conflict-of-interest policy in wake of Cuomo scandal
In an interview with The 19th, Time’s Up President Tina Tchen acknowledged a “blindspot” regarding the advocacy organization’s ties to people it aims to hold accountable.