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In the midterm elections, women are poised to celebrate historic firsts, especially when it comes to governor races. We sit on the precipice of potentially electing the first woman governors in Tennes
Click to expand Image A woman in Australia. © 2008 Getty Images An incarcerated Indigenous woman was reportedly shackled during a hospital stay earlier this month to deliver her baby by caesarean
If Democrats retake the U.S. Senate in Nov., we should expect any number of drastic reactions from Republicans desperate to cling to power. Among them could be a last-ditch effort to extend their cont
Press Release New NAPAWF Research Finds Rising Costs and Immigration Fear are Blocking Healthcare Access October 29, 2026 Share https://prh.org/press-releases/barriers-to-reproductive-health-care-rese
The real Halloween horror villains are antiabortion organizations masquerading as legitimate healthcare clinics while working to prevent women from accessing abortion care. Throughout October, Reprodu
In the fall of 2024, Louisiana implemented the nation’s first-ever law designating mifepristone and misoprostol as controlled substances. That put the pills in the same category as opioids and anxiety
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — When Cynthia Villareal voted for President Donald Trump in 2024, she did so trusting his campaign promises of lower gas prices, border security and “assistance for the people
It would be hard to pin down the exact location of Peggy Flanagan, Keisha Lance Bottoms and Gina Hinojosa at any given time these days. For these criss-crossing campaigns locked in tight statewide rac
Click to expand Image Children on their way to school in the West Bank, September 16, 2026. © 2026 John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images A UN Commission of Inquiry concluded on October 14 that Israeli aut
First-Ever National Estimates Show that Advanced Practice Clinicians Provided More than 360,000 Abortions in 2025 October 29, 2026 imarte October 29, 2026 News Release Use link On
From itchy ears to rage at work, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, author of the new book “When in Menopause” explains how to track your symptoms, find a menopause-certified doctor, and push for the care you deser
The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Nov. 3 in a challenge brought by Catholic preschools in Colorado, which argue that their exclusion from Colorado’s universal preschool program is a form of
Rewire News Group is tracking abortion ballot measures, referenda on trans rights, and midterm races that stand to affect reproductive justice in the United States. Editor’s note: Rewire News Group is
Kansas’ embattled Republican Sen. Roger Marshall is embracing the support of anti-abortion activists in his closing reelection pitch to voters — including the leader of an organization that has promot
Anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric has reached the point where accusing Democratic candidates of being transgender is not only commonplace, but encouraged by the president of the United States — including into the
In every issue of Ms. , we track research on our progress in the fight for equality, catalogue can’t-miss quotes from feminist voices and keep tabs on the feminist movement’s many milestones. We’re Ke
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Women have been at the forefront of a fast-growing, bipartisan backlash to data centers , packing local meetings, organizing protests and even running for office. Now, less than a week from Election D
54 years ago today, birthday twins Gabrielle Union and Tracee Ellis Ross were born. While most of us have a story to tell about a Scorpio we know, the only thing we can say about these Scorpios is tha
Missourians voted to enshrine reproductive rights into the state constitution in 2024. This year, they’ll be asked if they want to repeal that measure. Missouri Republicans are hoping that 2026 midter
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The 2016 election changed how Tanya Miller felt about politics. The 2024 election — President Donald Trump’s defeat of then-Vice President Kamala Harris — changed how she saw her career. “Who I viewed
Alicia Jackson, director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, speaks at an event earlier this year. Photo illustration by ProPublica. Photo by Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty
Click to expand Image The Hayjat al-Abd road, which connects Aden to Taizz city, Yemen, September 26, 2026. © 2026 Photo by AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – A long-running humanitarian crisis in Taizz,
Click to expand Image Protesters demand the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and the resignation of India’s top election official, in Hyderabad, India, on October 2
Alex 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
As the 50th New York City Marathon approaches this Sunday, one of the most impactful stories about it is the work happening behind the scenes to diversify not only who can cross the finish line, but a
Molly McGrath, the ACLU’s national democracy campaigns director, discusses what is at stake for voting rights in the United States.
Last week, ESSENCE invited business’ most influential Black women to the historic New York estate of Madam C.J. Walker, Villa Lewaro , for our annual Black Women in Business luncheon. Honorees —fashio
Click to expand Image Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, representative to the United Nations of the United Arab Emirates, speaks during a UN Security Council meeting at UN headquarters on February 23, 2023. © 2023
“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
ProPublica’s Emerging Reporters Program provides support and mentorships to college students who are pursuing careers in investigative journalism and need additional training and financial support to
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
More than two decades after John Legend and Pharrell Williams first crossed paths in the music industry, the longtime friends have finally recorded an entire album together. Their new project, Muse ,
Advanced Practice Clinicians Play a Critical Role in US Abortion Provision Advanced practice clinicians—which include physician associates (also known as physician assistants), advanced practice regis
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.
This election, hunger weighs heavily on the ballot—particularly for voters who care about women. From Gaza to Cuba, from USAID to SNAP, current U.S. food policies reveal a troubling pattern of misogyn
Miscarriages in detention. Dangerously early labors. Homelessness. Single motherhood. Women share their stories of deaths, deportations, and crushed dreams. When Iris Monterroso-Lemus got pregnant in
This story was reported in partnership with Uncloseted Media , an LGBTQ-focused investigative news outlet. Max Sorgenfrey was sipping a coffee at a cafe in Charleston, South Carolina, in early October
Seven in 10 Indian Americans disapprove of the job President Donald Trump is doing, according to the Carnegie Endowment's 2026 Indian American Attitudes Survey—a sharper rebuke than he gets from the A
EASTERN PANHANDLE, W.Va. — Over and over on a recent October Saturday, Jenny Thacker explained to voters in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle why the groundwater in the region is particularly suscepti
Photo illustration by Lisa Larson-Walker/ProPublica. Source images: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Win McNamee/Getty Images. In July, not long before President Donald Trump delivered
In legislatures and courts across the country, men dominate. They wield outsized power in Congress, state legislatures and key committees and subcommittees. Men are validated when they run for office,
PEEKSKILL, New York — Betsy Abrams, a 67-year-old executive assistant, showed up at a political rally held in a park on the banks of the Hudson River wearing a shirt that read, “Sit over there, I don’
Record spending on state and federal races is defining the 2026 election cycle, with an unprecedented share of the money coming from billionaire megadonors, corporations and “dark money” nonprofits th
Guttmacher Institute Welcomes Reproductive Justice Leader Fajer Saeed Ebrahim as Board Chair October 29, 2026 imarte October 27, 2026 News Release Use link On
Election Day is November 3, but Americans have been weighing in on races up and down the ballot for weeks. That’s because most states offer some form of early voting, either in person or by mail, and
The civil rights arm of the U.S. Department of Education has dramatically scaled back investigations involving schools and colleges since the second Trump administration began, even as complaints cont
Click to expand Image Three Azerbaijani women wearing headscarves in Baku, Azerbaijan. © 2019 Getty Images School officials across Azerbaijan have been turning away girls wearing hijabs following the
President Donald Trump and his policies were a consistent and high-profile theme during the Supreme Court’s last term. The justices weighed in on several of Trump’s signature initiatives, from sweepin
Without high quality data and clear consensus among the limited guidance available, patients are “falling through the cracks.” Chloe Gremory, 34, knows that at 40, she should begin getting regular mam
The skeleton couldn’t stop talking about alcohol — that was the first problem. Nine-year-old Nathalie convinced her parents to shell out $179 for a bartending bag of bones that caught her eye on a Sep
