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Misty Copeland redefined what a ballerina looks like. What happens after she leaves?
After 25 years, the American Ballet Theatre’s first Black principal ballerina performs her last show on October 22.
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Anti-trans policies aren't preventing genital mutilation — they're disrupting efforts to stop it
The bipartisan movement against female genital mutilation and cutting is being co-opted by anti-trans activists, hindering urgent laws from being passed.
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House speaker dismisses concern about restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills
Miss United States Lindsey Langston got a protective order against Mills, whom she accused of harassing her and threatening to release intimate videos.
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s bicentennial is a call to action
Harper’s voice is as urgent now as it was centuries ago — and her vision lives on through The 19th’s HBCU fellowship and other efforts in her name.
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How The 19th built its inclusive three-year strategic plan
For Alexandra Smith, The 19th’s chief strategy officer, leading the organization’s first strategic planning process meant being inclusive of staff and audiences — and ignoring department lines.
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As anti-trans laws get more extreme, here’s where state laws stand in 2025
The 19th is tracking the emerging trends, firsts and surprises this year as statehouse Republicans brought a record-breaking number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills.
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What Pope Leo XIV has said about LGBTQ+ people, immigration and abortion
Robert Francis Prevost, the first American pope, will now lead more than a billion Catholics around the world — including 53 million American Catholics.
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Is Trump’s executive order on girls’ and women’s sports still in effect?
Here’s where the order stands as of May 7, 2025.
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Women made history in space long before the Blue Origin flight
As astronauts, engineers and mathematicians, women have been pioneers in aerospace for over 100 years.
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She was the first Black woman to run the U.S. budget. She doesn’t want to be the last.
Shalanda Young, outgoing director of Biden’s Office of Management and Budget, spoke to The 19th about her historic tenure, her approach to leadership — and her concerns about what lies ahead.