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Rewire News Group is tracking referenda on abortion access, trans kids in sports, and marriage equality in the 2026 midterms. In the 2026 midterm election, nine states have ballot measures asking vote
KISSIMMEE, Florida — Two years ago, Jena-Lisa Jones voted for President Donald Trump for one reason and one reason only: his and his allies’ promise to release millions of files connected to the late
Marie (a pseudonym) lay on the cold examination table again, watching as the doctor moved the ultrasound wand across her belly. Eight months pregnant, after suffering a miscarriage in August 2025, she
Click to expand Image The Adelaide Women’s Prison, South Australia, 2026. © 2026 Dean Faulkner/ABC News Prison authorities in the Australian state of South Australia are harming people with disabiliti
All the NSFW details on how to do this position, according to sex therapists.
As Americans head to the polls, affordability is top of mind for most U.S. voters: Ninety percent of them say the cost of living is a “very” or “extremely” important issue for candidates to discuss Bu
A woman’s vote belongs to her and no one else. It is a fundamental expression of her independence, her judgment and her equal standing in American democracy. Yet some Christian nationalist leaders are
On the afternoon of October 27, Southern University’s famed Human Jukebox marching band traveled through downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, accompanying more than 100 students and community members on a
MAGA Republicans are back in the White House, and Project 2025 is their guide: the right-wing plan to turn back the clock on women’s rights, remove abortion access, and force women into roles as wives
Click to expand Image Human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari (right) and Hadi Ali Chattha, during a court hearing in Islamabad, Pakistan, December 5, 2025. © 2025 Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images (New Yo
Consumers who buy Affordable Care Act health insurance are going to see changes both big and small, as open enrollment for 2027 coverage kicks off. These include premium increases, possible additional
“My mom ran for City Council [in Philadelphia] when I was in high school, and I was fascinated by the political process,” Kristen Welker tells ESSENCE . It was a “very contentious” race, and Welker re
Four years ago, Karen Bass became the first woman elected mayor of Los Angeles. Born and raised on the West Side of the city, Bass first gave back to her community as a physician assistant before foun
Click to expand Image A member of the M23 looks on during an enrollment of civilians, police officers, and former members of the Congolese armed forces who have been recruited in Goma on February 23,
While all eyes are on what seem like inevitable Supreme Court election law “emergency” petitions, it may be comforting to realize that the regular business of the Supreme Court still goes on. Argument
[Newsletter ad — view on SCOTUSblog] It was a relatively quiet week at the court, as the justices – and the SCOTUSblog team – prepared for the November argument session to begin next week. On the inte
TV spots from Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio and Steve Hilton in California show a deep disdain for women. It’s midterm election season, and we’re being bombarded with incessant political advertising as usua
Munira Abdullahi was having a particularly terrible week. It was one week before the midterm elections, and her phone kept pinging: another Islamophobic post falsely claiming she was a terrorist, an e
CINCINNATI — When Cindy Cromwell saw the TV ad that Republican Vivek Ramaswamy created with Democrat Dr. Amy Acton’s estranged mother saying she lied about documented childhood abuse , Cromwell’s imme
I teach at a major research university in Texas, where higher education has become a testing ground for state censorship. Our censorship regime is led by Brandon Creighton, a former Texas state senato
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
My son is a rainbow baby . I was a rainbow baby. A rainbow baby is a healthy child born to a family that has previously experienced a pregnancy or infant loss, such as a miscarriage, stillbirth, ectop
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
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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
