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Jewish Americans feel echoes of history in transgender passport restrictions
LGBTQ+ Jewish people see passports — now outing them for being trans — as part of a familiar playbook from the Holocaust.
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She was tracking post-Roe abortions. The government just pulled her funding.
Diana Greene Foster, who was behind the landmark Turnaway Study, wanted to study the health and economic impacts of the loss of abortion access.
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Parents are receiving mixed messages about measles from RFK Jr.
Medical experts say that while the health secretary is showing more direct support for the measles vaccine following the death of a second unvaccinated child, he’s also sharing information about debunked remedies.
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How a chess champion became Utah’s most successful Democratic lawmaker
Stephanie Pitcher approaches legislation like a chess game — methodical, precise and several steps ahead. She passed more bills than any other Democrat in the Republican-controlled legislature this year.
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The fight for new parents in Congress to vote remotely is over — for now
The fight over proxy voting pitted two mothers in Congress — one Republican, one Democrat — against GOP leadership.
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Black beauticians have always done more than style hair — they’ve built power
Inside their salons, they’ve reshaped what community work looks like, creating spaces for political organizing, economic independence and healing.
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State lawmakers are weighing bills that would treat abortion as homicide
None of the bills are likely to become law. But they illustrate a growing divide in the anti-abortion movement and could punish pregnant people.
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Trump administration erases page honoring trailblazing priest, lawyer and activist
Rev. Pauli Murray broke race and gender barriers in legal, ecclesial, and social communities. The Trump administration is targeting gender nonconforming people like them.
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Trump, found liable for sexual abuse in 2023, promotes sexual assault awareness
The president did not mention the verdict and instead blamed immigrants in a proclamation recognizing National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.
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Five years after the height of COVID, nurses are still fighting for their rights
Registered nurses from the nation’s largest union for the profession spoke with The 19th about the first days of the pandemic, and how it’s shaped their ongoing efforts for job protections.