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The 19th Explains: What to know as Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial begins
The well-connected British socialite is accused of conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein in his sexual abuse of minors.
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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland orders removal of derogatory terms from public land names
Haaland, an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo, said she is ‘proud to be in a position’ to start with a term offensive to Indigenous women on 650 different places on federal land.
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Kamala Harris is the first woman to officially be acting U.S. president
President Joe Biden briefly transferred power to Vice President Harris while he was under anesthesia.
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What do women want from the Build Back Better plan? Democrats to deliver on promises
The 19th spoke to voters in Arizona about paid leave, the expanded child tax credit and universal pre-K, along with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s role in negotiations.
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What Republican wins in Virginia could mean for state — and maybe national — politics
Republicans’ sweep of key statewide and legislative offices has broad implications for education, abortion, LGTBQ+ rights and voting.
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Amy Klobuchar delayed her mammogram. She doesn’t want you to do the same.
The Minnesota senator was treated for breast cancer this year. She has bipartisan legislation that would encourage people to catch up on health screenings, which plummeted during the pandemic.
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One year in, Justice Amy Coney Barrett has energized Supreme Court’s rightward turn
With arguments in abortion cases looming, a look at the court’s ‘shadow docket’ provides some clues about the conservative majority’s thinking.
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FEMA’s Deanne Criswell talks following your gut and the agency’s focus on equity in disaster response
The first woman in the agency’s top job said FEMA has to make sure it’s helping those who face barriers navigate bureaucracy.
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The 19th Explains: What’s going on with the Build Back Better plan in Congress?
The House approved what Biden has called a ‘historic’ bill that includes free pre-K and funding for child care and home care. Senate negotiations continue.
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Sen. Shaheen on Afghan women under Taliban rule: ‘We have known this was coming’
The New Hampshire Democrat, who has pushed for a gender lens to be applied to foreign policy, spoke to The 19th before Monday’s United Nations International Day of the Girl Child.