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‘If the system is still the same, do we really have justice?’: Bernice King on poverty, race and accountability
The CEO of the King Center speaks to The 19th before launching a new initiative aimed at addressing hate and inequality.
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Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill: Biden administration says it’s resuming the effort
The Obama-era redesign of the currency was delayed during the Trump administration.
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Women are at the table: Biden nominates a record number of women for his Cabinet
Biden has nominated 12 women to his Cabinet — eight of them women of color. There is still a push for diversity across all levels of government.
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LGBTQ+ Americans greet the Biden-Harris era with hope, hesitancy
To many, the moment marks a new dawn, the end of deeply distressing four years. Others are simply exhausted.
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How Biden’s women-led communications team plans to rebuild trust with the American people
In a conversation with The 19th, members of the presidential press office spoke about uniting a country faced with a pandemic, a crippled economy, climate change and racial inequality.
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In the ‘battle for the soul of America,’ women are on the front lines
President Joe Biden’s inauguration, urging unity, doesn’t end the fight. How will women join it?
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Biden administration could have record number of Indian Americans — more than half women
The Biden-Harris administration has named or nominated the most Indian Americans for positions in the administration in American history.
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Inauguration Day is here. So are mixed emotions for 19th readers.
We asked our readers how they feel about the Biden-Harris inauguration — if you’re feeling anything from worried to hopeful, you’re not alone.
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Trump wielded toxic masculinity as a weapon. It hurt America.
His gendered attacks unleashed a poison in U.S. politics that culminated in the violent insurrection that will define his presidency.
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Biden will form a council dedicated to policy that affects women and girls
“Too many women are struggling to make ends meet and support their families, and too many are lying awake at night worried about their children’s economic future,” he said.