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The initiative, meant to expand access to contraceptives after people give birth, has been emulated by more than 30 states.

The data paints an incomplete picture of the first people to get vaccinated but underscores the large number of women in health care and nursing homes.

Anna Malaika Tubbs’ debut biography celebrates Black motherhood and fights the erasure of Alberta King, Louise Little and Berdis Baldwin.

Nevada has the only legislature with more women than men in both chambers. Some academics are studying what that representation means.

Johnson & Johnson's one-shot vaccine is 85 percent effective against severe illness, and could be far easier to deploy.

Rouse, a respected economist who has previously served on the three-person council, would be the first Black person to serve as chair. 

In interviews with The 19th, three pardoned women said clemency is a tool to make a dent in mass incarceration, but the process as a whole is broken.

Two executive orders signed Thursday will heavily impact women and LGBTQ+ people’s access to health care and reproductive health services.

We’re covering statehouses nationwide and want to know what issues matter to you.

Executive orders direct federal agencies to invest in communities that have seen disproportionate environmental harm.