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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.
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Recruiting the 'essential workers of democracy': Group aims to sign up poll workers ahead of midterms
Power the Polls helped recruit poll workers during a global pandemic in 2020. Now the nonprofit group is back to help election administrators address new challenges.
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Prisons and jails are 'potentially high-risk' for monkeypox but won't fall under a vaccine mandate
Public health experts say the CDC’s decision not to proactively vaccinate those behind bars threatens the health of the public at large.
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Experts debunk monkeypox myths as misinformation spreads
Can monkeypox spread on the subway? Can it kill like COVID-19? Experts respond to monkeypox myths and misconceptions.
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Formerly incarcerated women feel more confident in finding work but face obstacles to getting basic needs
Among incarcerated women, those who identified as heterosexual were more likely to have an optimistic outlook than those who identified as lesbian or bisexual.
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Liz Cheney believes the country is on the ‘edge of an abyss.’ She thinks young women can save it.
Cheney may be on the brink of losing her primary, but she has been raising a lot of money and honing an argument that women will be the ones to take down Trump.
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Florida's medical board considers delaying gender-affirming care for adults and banning it for youths
Gender-affirming care remains unchanged in Florida right now, but the board’s action is just the latest move by state officials targeting transgender people.
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Stacey Abrams to join The 19th for keynote interview at 'Equality on the Ballot' event in Atlanta
Teen Vogue and Live Nation Women join The 19th as partners for a series of conversations on the midterm elections in Atlanta on Sept. 19 and virtually on Sept. 22.
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Yuh-Line Niou wants to become the first openly autistic member of Congress
The New York state assemblymember is at the front of a crowded pack of Democrats heading into the Aug. 23 primary.
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Women are working to make the clean energy transition more equitable
In a profession dominated by men, solar training nonprofits and trade unions are providing networking opportunities, creating caregiving pilots and training men to be better allies against harassment.