Miscarriages in detention. Dangerously early labors. Homelessness. Single motherhood. Women in the crosshairs of ICE recall deaths, deportations, and crushed dreams. When Iris Monterroso-Lemus got pregnant in December 2024, she and her fiance, Gary Bivens, couldn’t wait to welcome their first child
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Find ResourcesAlex Goyette’s new psychological horror film Breeder , opening in U.S. theaters Wednesday, Oct. 28, explores the terrifying ambitions of Patti (Dot-Marie Jones), a poodle breeder who lures young men t
The rights many of us assumed were settled are being rolled back. Institutions we assumed were permanent are being tested. A democracy is only as strong as the people who show up for it. This year sho
We lost Dolores Huerta on Wednesday, Oct. 28. She died at home in Bakersfield, Calif., surrounded by family. She was 96. You know the words she left us: “Sí, se puede” —“Yes, it can be done.” People p
This column first appeared in The Amendment, a newsletter by Errin Haines, The 19th’s editor-at-large. Subscribe today to get early access to her analysi s. Since 1789, only one out of every 400 peopl
Leila Kuguru has big dreams of attending law school to become a federal prosecutor or public defender. On campus, Kuguru, a senior political science major at Clark Atlanta University, serves as the ch
Molly McGrath, the ACLU’s national democracy campaigns director, discusses what is at stake for voting rights in the United States.
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“In a world where a lot of people are fitting into a mold, you don’t have to,” said Katie Leonard of training for races with her new flat chest exposed. On Oct. 4, 2026, Katie Leonard laced up her sho
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Dolores Huerta, who rose to national prominence as the co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association and was known for her advocacy for women farmworkers, died on Wednesday. She was 96. Long rec
Younge v. Fulton Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office, Georgia , to be argued on Nov. 2, involves an issue that will quicken the pulse of civil procedure aficionados. No less than four differen
Click to expand Image Ana Elisa Santos Silva of the Workers' Party (PT), the youngest federal deputy elected in Minas Gerais state, poses for a photograph in Divinopolis, Brazil, on October 15, 2026.
