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The 19th Explains
From the spread of disinformation to battles over legislation, complex circumstances shape American policy and politics. The 19th explains the current events that affect women, people of color and the LGBTQ+ community. What topic, issue or event would you like to learn more about? Submit questions for The 19th team to consider answering in future stories here.
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The 19th Explains: What did Title IX changes just do for trans students?
The Biden administration’s latest interpretation of Title IX sends a new message: “Transgender youth know definitively that it is illegal for schools to discriminate against them."
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The 19th Explains: Everything you need to know to get the child tax credit
The most vulnerable families are eligible for the money for the first time, but they will need to take extra steps to get it.
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The 19th Explains: How to manage post-pandemic social anxiety
Social anxiety is significantly more common in women. Experts told The 19th how to manage it as many reenter society.
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The 19th Explains: What six-week abortion bans really mean
Similar bans passed by other states have no legal standing, but an upcoming Supreme Court case could change that.
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The 19th Explains: How did the child tax credit change, and what comes next?
A historic expansion of the child tax credit to make it available to the poorest families is now law. But the change will be in place for just one year — for now — and it’s still unclear when families will begin to receive checks.
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The 19th Explains: What are hate crimes and how are they counted?
Most experts agree that U.S. hate crimes are vastly undercounted, and the country’s accounting of these crimes remains deeply flawed.
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The 19th Explains: What is the Equal Rights Amendment and will it become part of the Constitution?
Senate Democrats failed to garner enough support to consider a bill to recognize the Equal Rights Amendment as part of the Constitution.
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The 19th Explains: The spread of conspiracies and disinformation by women on social media
“The QAnon stuff infiltrated Instagram and seeped into the suburban consciousness of American women to a certain extent, and they bought into it,” according to experts.
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The 19th Explains: How do Trump and Biden plan to handle an economic recovery?
America’s first female recession will be on the ballot for female voters this election.
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The 19th Explains: Trump and Biden's health care plans through a gender lens
Breaking down where the two major-party presidential candidates fall on the Affordable Care Act, reproductive health and more.