‘This is who you’re fighting for’: Epstein survivors push for justice for their younger selves
The survivors spoke at the Capitol before the House voted to compel the Justice Department to release files about the convicted sex offender.
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Alice Wong, disability justice advocate and author, dies at 51
Wong envisioned a world where disabled people, particularly those from multiple marginalized backgrounds, could live freely and with full autonomy.
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As abortion opponents target IVF, they’re promoting fertility clinics like this one
Social conservatives have pushed restorative reproductive medicine as an alternative to IVF. Doctors worry that could limit access to the most effective form of infertility treatment.
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The sex ed you get depends on your ZIP code — and your state’s politics
In some states, students learn about consent and healthy relationships. In others, they get “Baby Olivia” and abstinence-only instruction.
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40% of younger American women want to permanently leave the country
Men aren’t quite as eager to leave.
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Actually, Gen Z men do care about abortion
Polling from Abortion in America found that young men were particularly responsive to stories from people who were impacted by abortion bans.
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The U.S. wants healthier children. So why is it scaling back its nutrition programs?
Some of the very programs the Make America Healthy Again movement has said were the key to improving children’s health are now facing cuts by the Trump administration.
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Catholic hospitals barred from offering gender-affirming care
Catholic health systems account for 1 in 6 acute care hospitals in the country — and in many rural areas, they are the only available hospital.
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Teen Vogue changed how a generation saw politics and inclusion. That era could be over.
Journalists who cover race, gender and inequality are often the first to go in layoffs, raising deeper questions about who gets to tell the news.
This is the fourth annual poll from The 19th and SurveyMonkey, designed to shed light on what women, particularly women of color, and LGBTQ+ people think about the issues animating our politics.
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Introducing The 19th’s fourth cohort of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellows
Five HBCU alums join The 19th through its yearlong fellowship program, continuing our mission to build a more equitable future for journalism.
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