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WEB2 days ago · The complicated legacy of the 1994 crime bill. The crime bill brought about historic change with the Violence Against Women Act. But experts also told The 19th that it had seismic impacts on incarceration, policing and juvenile justice. Candice Norwood, Mariel Padilla · September 16.
What is Project 2025? See full PDF summary document - The 19th
WEBJul 16, 2024 · Heritage Foundation has been releasing a “Mandate for Leadership” ahead of incoming presidential administrations since the early 1980s. Project 2025 is the latest iteration aimed at a second Trump administration. The former president has tried to distance himself, writing on his social media site Truth Social, “I know nothing about ...
The history of Donald Trump’s sexual assault allegations - The 19th
WEBOct 26, 2023 · Updated. May 30, 2024, 2:33 p.m. PT. A month before the 2016 presidential election, a leaked tape revealed Donald Trump bragging about grabbing women’s genitals, captured on a hot mic during a 2005 “Access Hollywood” taping. In the immediate aftermath, many condemned his words.
School dress codes challenged by students, activists - The 19th
WEBJan 12, 2022 · Students and activists, many of them in the South, are challenging rigid dress codes that often target girls, students of color and LGBTQ+ youth. One reason Riley O’Keefe prefers 10th grade to ninth is that she can dress more comfortably. That includes wearing tank tops, a style of clothing that was, until recently, off limits to girls at her ...
Labor rights mobilized women during suffrage — and now
WEBAug 18, 2020 · The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911 catalyzed women to fight for their rights in the workplace and for access to the ballot box. Today, labor rights are driving some to exercise their hard-won right to vote. Four women strikers from the Ladies Tailors union on the picket line in 1909 during the "Uprising of the 20,000" garment workers ...
What it’s like to be a pregnant trans man in America - The 19th
WEBDec 7, 2023 · Pregnant transmasculine people are vulnerable within a medical system that doesn’t understand them — so they’re turning to other trans people for help and solace. Sam Guido hadn’t wanted to give birth in a hospital at all — he was afraid to be there. As a transmasculine and nonbinary person, they had faced the same ignorance and ...
Forced sterilization is legal in 31 states, new report shows - The 19th
WEBPublished. February 4, 2022, 9:08 a.m. PT. A new report shows that 31 states and the District of Columbia have laws allowing permanent forced sterilizations. Little discussed and largely unmonitored, the issue grabbed national attention last summer when the pop star Britney Spears testified that she was forced to use birth control by her father.
Errin Haines - The 19th
WEBSep 11, 2024 · Errin Haines is our editor-at-large. An award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of experience, Errin was previously a national writer on race for the Associated Press. She’s also worked at the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post. Sign up for her biweekly newsletter, The Amendment, for unique analysis reframing the political ...
Here’s where Tim Walz stands on six key issues - The 19th
WEBAug 6, 2024 · Transgender journalist Imara Jones praised the choice in a tweet Tuesday. “Tim Walz signed a bill making Minnesota a sanctuary state for transgender people, as well as safeguarding gender affirming care,” Jones wrote. “His nomination sends a powerful signal to the trans community at a moment of unprecedented attacks.”.
Why Congress did not codify abortion rights after Roe v. Wade
WEBJan 26, 2022 · Wade established the constitutional right to an abortion before fetal viability. There have been congressional attempts to pass a constitutional amendment overturning Roe, as well as efforts to codify the decision. All have failed. Along the way, abortion has transformed national politics and created a gulf between voters and party leaders to ...
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