Val Demings makes the case for a statewide run
The Florida Democrat talks to The 19th’s Errin Haines about legislation on policing and voting, that testy exchange with Jim Jordan and what could be next for her politically.
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3 Cabinet secretaries on how their experiences inform their leadership and pandemic response
Marcia Fudge, Jennifer Granholm and Gina Raimondo said they all had to staff up when they started running their agencies — but that it gave them a chance to diversify.
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There has never been a Black woman governor. Will Virginia change that?
Former state delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy is picking up high-profile endorsements from groups that support women and people of color, including Higher Heights. But the Democratic primary hasn’t been easy. -
‘A bigger hit than the cancer itself’: How some states are working to help cancer patients with infertility
A bill in Texas has stalled, but this year Utah joined other states that have tried to make procedures including egg, embryo and sperm freezing more accessible to those getting treatment.
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Liz Cheney is out of House leadership, and Elise Stefanik waits in the wings
Cheney’s ouster, and her likely replacement by Stefanik, have nothing to do with policy and everything to do with Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election.
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Deb Haaland on climate, energy and a new effort to address violence against Native Americans
The interior secretary talked to The 19th about her department’s top priorities and her perspective on natural resources — plus her signature dish.
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Biden restores transgender ACA protections, ending Trump era of uncertainty
The change comes as many state legislatures are pushing restrictive anti-trans medical bills.
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Kyrsten Sinema doesn’t feel the need to explain herself
How she sees past wins sheds light on her resistance to changing long-standing Senate procedures. But the Arizona Democrat isn’t answering a lot of questions about that — or the curtsy.
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Why one mother says the public fight for trans rights is worth it
Amber Briggles' vocal campaign for trans rights has made her a prime target for harassment. But for her family, the stakes are too high to stay silent.
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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms won’t run for reelection in Atlanta
Bottoms is the second woman to serve as Atlanta’s mayor; her exit throws the race wide open.