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What one lieutenant governor’s race previews about the politics of reproductive health care in next year’s midterm election cycle.

Laphonza Butler, a veteran union leader who is the first mother to lead the group, takes over after Texas’ abortion ban and ahead of crucial midterm elections. 

Though more research is needed, as greater numbers of anti-trans bills have been introduced across more states within the last two years, more trans homicides have taken place in those states.

In 2001, the House Democrat was the only member of Congress to vote against the War on Terror.  She says we need to “start reimagining our national security strategies.”

Brenda Berkman, who sued the city of New York to ensure that women could become firefighters, has fought to raise awareness of the women first responders on the frontlines during 9/11.

Daniella Levine Cava, the mayor of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, talks about the experience of helping the public grieve one of the deadliest structural building failures in history.

Attorney General Merrick Garland said his department is seeking a “permanent and preliminary injunction” prohibiting the law from being enforced.

Thousands of facilities say they are struggling to keep their doors open. The 19th reached out to experts to discuss what mass closures would mean for the aging and their loved ones. 

When asked why the state’s new abortion restriction doesn’t provide exceptions for rape and incest, his answer misstated what six weeks of pregnancy really means.

A study of hundreds of pregnant women over a decade found that 72 percent of those who were denied care ended up living in poverty.