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Jessica Kutz
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USAID’s reproductive health funding has saved millions of lives. Now it’s gone.
For decades, USAID’s family planning program was the main source for contraception and HIV treatment in some countries. Experts say without it, women and LGBTQ+ people will die.
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The environmental justice movement isn’t going anywhere — even as it faces attacks by Trump
The 19th spoke to Jalonne White-Newsome, who headed environmental justice initiatives under Biden, about the executive orders aimed at dismantling its progress.
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What a new immigration directive could mean for domestic violence victims
Trump's Department of Homeland Security removed its policy on "sensitive zones" protected from deportation, including women's shelters, schools and churches.
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‘He knows it is gone’: What it’s like to parent through the Los Angeles wildfires
Mothers are helping their children cope with the loss of safety and stability — even as they are grappling with it themselves.
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'I just really want my home back'
Women reflect on the toll of the Eaton Fire and the destruction it brought to their community of Altadena, a multicultural haven for generations.
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Women firefighters with reproductive cancers are now eligible for federal help
The policy change came nearly three years after cancers typically impacting men got coverage.
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Air pollution could be threatening the success of IVF, new study finds
Researchers say that air pollution impacts both the egg and sperm — and the resulting embryo quality.
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What happens when climate denialism and misogyny intersect? Enter: ‘petro-masculinity’
The 19th spoke with Cara Daggett, who coined the term, to talk about what it signals for a second Trump administration.
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The women of the West are making political history — and have been for 130 years
Even before women had the right to vote, they were winning elections in the West. Now they're breaking barriers in three states with majority women-led legislatures.
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Climate change is disrupting access to HIV treatment
A new analysis finds that the parts of the country where HIV prevalence is high are also some of the most at-risk areas for climate disasters.