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‘Just because Trump goes away doesn't mean that extremism goes away’: Massachusetts AG Maura Healey talks about threats following Capitol attack
The attorney general of Massachusetts is among the law enforcement officials preparing for potential violence at state capitals and other sites following a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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Errin Haines signs book deal with Simon & Schuster
The 19th's editor-at-large will write about the rise of Black women in American politics.
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Women hold unprecedented power in Vermont's statehouse. This is how they'll lead.
Women hold the three top positions in Vermont’s legislature. With them they bring an understanding that to focus on economic recovery means to focus on caregiving.
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Biden to announce his $1.9 trillion economic plan. Much of it will help women.
In what he’s calling his “Rescue” plan, President-elect Joe Biden laid out his economic proposal to get aid to families, child care centers, schools and those hardest hit by the pandemic. The plan would need support from Congress to pass.
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After a transgender woman's death, NYC vowed to end solitary confinement. Nothing has changed.
Layleen Cubilette-Polanco’s death spurred widespread calls for reform. Her family says those promises have been broken.
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‘Turn in your pin and get out’: Several congresswomen denounce their colleagues’ role in the Capitol riot
After a mob stormed the Capitol on January 6 in an attempt to overturn the presidential election results, lawmakers called for accountability.
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19 Minutes with The 19th: Behind our reporting on Lisa Montgomery’s execution
Join us on Instagram Live Friday, January 15 at 5 p.m. CT. Hear from general assignment reporter Ko Bragg who will talk about her reporting on Lisa Montgomery, the first woman to be executed by the federal government since 1953.
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About 700,000 parents with young kids left the workforce in 2020. For many, loss of child care was to blame.
Only about half of child care jobs lost at the start of the pandemic have returned, leading to a 144 percent increase in the number of parents who have missed work to care for children, according to new data analysis.
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Pelosi’s House impeaches Trump for historic second time
Ten Republicans joined Democrats, including Rep. Liz Cheney, the highest-ranking woman in her party
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Lisa Montgomery becomes first woman to be executed by federal government since 1953
At the eleventh hour, Montgomery became the 11th person to be executed by the federal government under the Trump administration.