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The new normal: Women and LGBTQ+ people are buying guns in 2020
A pandemic, a presidential election and racial unrest caused gun sales to surge. Will this usher in a new class of Second Amendment voters?
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Pregnancy increases COVID-19's mortality risk, CDC says
A new report linked pregnancy to higher rates of complications, including death, from COVID-19 — a reversal from previous federal advisories.
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Women will decide the 2020 election
Being “electable” in 2020 was always about who women would elect.
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19 to Watch: Key races, issues at stake for women voters in 2020
A guide to the races we're watching on Election Day 2020, including historic campaigns and embattled incumbents, and the issues impacting women and LGBTQ+ voters.
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LGBTQ+ groups sue Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over trans military ban
Advocacy organizations have often sued public officials friendly to their causes with the strategic goal of overturning policy.
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More women than men are voting early in key battleground states
More than half of early voters in states like Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina are women.
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Women made historically conservative Arizona a 2020 battleground
A coalition of frustrated liberals, engaged Latinas and disaffected suburban Republicans have laid the groundwork for a potentially historic year for Democrats in the Western state.
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In Texas, Kamala Harris makes a pitch to women
Harris, visiting Texas in the last critical election push, appealed to women voters as the state looks increasingly competitive.
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These gay voters are backing Trump. Here's why.
Few LGBTQ+ voters back the president, but those who do say it's the left that is intolerant.
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‘My party has left me’: Cindy McCain on why she endorsed a Democrat for the first time
In a conversation with The 19th, McCain discusses her Joe Biden endorsement, women voters and her hopes for the future of the Republican Party.
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