Latinas have the power to be a decisive force this election — if they turn out
The Latina electorate has the potential to flip swing states and congressional districts. This may be the year it does.
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Child care, once a priority, is now a footnote for the Trump administration
The issue has been largely absent from the debates and campaign rallies at a time when parents seem to care about it most. But as with so many topics, the pandemic has made it political.
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Native women in Arizona lead the way for voting access on tribal reservations
How some tribal women are getting out the vote in communities long beset by voter suppression and newly impacted by the deadly coronavirus.
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Mississippi faces voting barriers during a historic Senate race
Mississippi’s only woman in Congress is running against the state’s potential first Black senator since Reconstruction. Will COVID-19 get in the way?
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Voting during the 19th Amendment’s centennial wasn’t supposed to be this way
“The moment was supposed to be a bright spot in an otherwise chaotic and uncertain year,” wrote Errin Haines, The 19th’s editor-at-large. “Instead, it would leave me feeling that chaos and uncertainty more acutely than ever.”
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Amy Coney Barrett becomes the youngest woman to be a Supreme Court Justice
Here’s what that means for everything from abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights.
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Nicole Galloway wants to be Missouri’s first female governor
The race “leans” Republican, but Democrats believe the state auditor is their best chance to pick up a governorship this year.
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Eric Holder on the gendered impact of voter suppression
The former U.S. attorney general spoke to The 19th about voter suppression, redistricting and the importance of Breonna Taylor’s case.
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In the last presidential debate, Trump and Biden make their final pitch to women
Some have already cast their votes, as Trump attempts to close the gender gap.
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Dr. Barbara Bollier gives Democrats a shot at a U.S. Senate seat in solidly red Kansas
The anesthesiologist left the Republican Party in 2018. Now, her Senate bid will test whether political moderates can win in the Midwest.