The Latest

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  3 Cabinet secretaries on how their experiences inform their leadership and pandemic response

  Marcia Fudge, Jennifer Granholm and Gina Raimondo said they all had to staff up when they started running their agencies — but that it gave them a chance to diversify.

  Errin Haines · May 14

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  Women are leading strikes and walkouts demanding restaurants pay a living wage

  After years of being overworked, underpaid and harassed, the women who make up the vast majority of the nation’s restaurant workforce are demanding change.

  Chabeli Carrazana · May 14

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  Parents are vaccinated, kids can’t be. That complicates the new masks-off guidance.

  ‘He won’t wear one if I don’t wear one’: Some parents may keep masking and taking precautions until a COVID-19 vaccine is approved for children under the age of 12.

  Shefali Luthra · May 14

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  There has never been a Black woman governor. Will Virginia change that?

  Former state delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy is picking up high-profile endorsements from groups that support women and people of color, including Higher Heights. But the Democratic primary hasn’t been easy.

  Amanda Becker · May 14

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  Could queer-inclusive sex ed halt trans homicides? Some advocates say yes.

  As transgender homicides surge, experts say teaching kids that an attraction to transgender people is OK could curb the crisis.

  Kate Sosin · May 13

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  Cancer treatments can threaten fertility. Some states are working to help patients preserve it.

  A bill in Texas has stalled, but this year Utah joined other states that have tried to make procedures including egg, embryo and sperm freezing more accessible to those getting treatment.

  Barbara Rodriguez · May 13

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  How expanding vaccine eligibility for kids will impact mothers

  The FDA authorized the Pfizer vaccine for those 12 to 15. Experts say that could help moms get back to work.

  Alexa Mikhail · May 12

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  Liz Cheney is out of House leadership, and Elise Stefanik waits in the wings

  Cheney’s ouster, and her likely replacement by Stefanik, have nothing to do with policy and everything to do with Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election.

  Amanda Becker · May 12

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  Schools are reopening, but for many reasons Asian American parents remain hesitant

  More than 60 percent of Asian American elementary and middle school students continued full-time remote learning in March — compared to only 19 percent of White students.

  Mariel Padilla · May 11

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  Deb Haaland on climate, energy and a new effort to address violence against Native Americans

  The interior secretary talked to The 19th about her department’s top priorities and her perspective on natural resources — plus her signature dish.

  Amanda Becker · May 11