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Congrats to one of the best @joanmeiners.bsky.social and the other best @abbyjohnston.bsky.social!

Congratulations to Joan for all of the great work she did on this, and to @jazzmyth.bsky.social for the excellent viz. I loved working on this collaboration with y'all!

I saw a lot of headlines about Florida getting rid of all its vaccine mandates for schoolchildren. So @nadrakn.bsky.social and I wanted to add a little context and clarity about what that means and what might happen next. Our latest for @19thnews.org: 19thnews.org/2025/09/flor...

Unless I missed something in the audio, the on-court interviewer called Coco Gauff “Simone” as she spoke to her post-match. Simone Biles was in the U.S. Open audience to watch Gauff.

Grab tissues before you watch this, moms. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...

1/ As divorce rates soared in the late 1970s, there was a consensus, supported by limited data, that fathers who had lost custody of their children were kidnapping them and hiding them abroad, leaving mothers with no means of redress.

The Hague Abduction Convention was meant to reunite mothers and children. Instead, it's often used by allegedly abusive fathers to tear them apart. Olivia Gentile reports in partnership with @19thnews.org: www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

So incredibly proud of @abbyjohnston.bsky.social for seeing this story to fruition. It was a massive undertaking — 16 months in the making, in partnership with Type Investigations. Such an important story that I am grateful @19thnews.org was able to tell. 19thnews.org/2025/06/hagu...

A vital new report that you must read: 19thnews.org/2025/06/hagu...

Coco Gauff quoted an edited version of Tyler the Creator in her speech: “I never had a doubt inside me. And if I told you I did, I was lying.”

The first American to win the French Open since Serena Williams in 2015.

The New York Times has found at least two more fake citations in the MAHA report. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

In a shocking turn of events, Texas' abortion medication bill is dead, @shefali.bsky.social reports. This is a big deal: The anti-abortion movement was looking at this as a potential blueprint for blocking an extremely common abortion method. 19thnews.org/2025/05/texa...

I do not find a woman going into labor and continuing to anchor the news cute. I shudder to think why she felt like she needed to do that. cbs6albany.com/news/local/b...

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

I'm looking for ideas for me as a journalist to do for a solutions story at @motherjones.com on how aging people (60+) are staying connected to each other through a cool activity (think slightly quirky). If you have any examples, please get in touch at [email protected]

Send me, I’ll check it out. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...

Scooplet from @19thnews.org!

Medical experts say that while the health secretary is showing more direct support for the measles vaccine following the death of a second unvaccinated child, he’s also sharing information about debunked remedies.

Trans folks, if any of these new orders are impacting your life, we at @19thnews.org want to know. DM me. Tell me if your medical appointments are canceled. If your documents are seized. Help us find the news

These are the first criminal charges against a doctor for mailing abortion pills to a state with a ban. apnews.com/article/abor...

Yesterday, Sen. Tammy Duckworth reintroduced a bipartisan bill that aims to make air travel easier for breastfeeding parents. The BABES Enhancement Act passed the Senate by unanimous consent last Congress but wasn't taken up in the House 19thnews.org/2025/01/tsa-...

Cecile Richards, one of the country's most prominent abortion rights activists, has died at 67. She and her mother were both taken from us way too soon. RIP. 19thnews.org/2025/01/ceci...

Every holiday is a firework holiday when you live in Texas.

This bill, the first federal anti-trans law brought to a vote in a newly GOP-controlled Congress, is Democrats’ first test on whether they will fight an expected wave of proposed anti-trans laws under Trump. Two House Democrats voted in favor: Texas Reps. Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez

The @gracepanetta.bsky.social and Mariel Padilla spoke to all of the Dem women on the Senate Armed Services Committee about Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing. The hearing will spotlight allegations against him, and sexual assault and gender equity in the armed forces. 19thnews.org/2025/01/wome...

I will kindly ask the Longhorns to never, ever put me through something like that ever again. HOOK ‘EM.

I was just starting to get bummed out about how many college bowl games there are, and then I saw the annual Pop-Tart sacrifice and I am back on board.

Me for the next several hours:

I just visited the new South Austin HEB, and have we ever considered how much better life would be if we could live inside HEB?

Really striking to hear Kavanaugh ask about the fertility impacts of HRT when we have seen abortion bans — made possible by Dobbs, an opinion he agreed with — mean actual medical care denials that jeopardize people's fertility 19thnews.org/2024/08/texa...

The indescribable joy of beating Aggies is back for the first time since 2012. HOOK ‘EM.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, announced Wednesday that transgender women would not be allowed to access women’s restrooms and facilities in the Capitol and House buildings. The ban comes a day after Rep. Nancy Mace introduced a bill proposing these restrictions.

In addition to opposing abortion, Dr. Oz has a history of making degrading remarks toward women – like the time he asked Martha Stewart what sex was like "at [her] age." 19thnews.org/2024/11/trum...

Please read this stunning piece of reporting. Rarely has the emotional toll of an abortion ban been captured so starkly as the story of this woman, who had to carry two babies fated to die to term in Texas. 19thnews.org/2023/10/texa...

In 2020, COVID caused the first women's recession. Economists expected it would set women back decades in the workforce. Women's employment overall has surged back. But as @chabeli.bsky.social reports, not everyone has recovered equally. 19thnews.org/2023/09/wome...

Notable: This decision marks a reversal from a ruling issued this past January. The state Supreme Court let the six-week ban go into effect after the sole woman retired from the court. @shefali.bsky.social 19thnews.org/2023/08/sout...

Happy first day of class, Longhorns! I'm excited to be back on campus this semester teaching an editing class in the journalism school. If you see me say hi.

Efforts that saw tens of thousands of disabled people removed from large-scale institutions can inform modern decarceration work, activists say. https://19thnews.org/2023/08/decarceration-history-united-states-modern-day-mass-incarceration/

AHHHHHH!!! @19thnews.bsky.social won the Online News Association for breaking news for small/medium newsrooms! I've been so immensely proud of our abortion coverage. This feels like the culmination of so much of that. https://awards.journalists.org/entries/unpacking-the-impact-of-dobbs/

If you're LGBTQ+ or unmarried, veteran insurance won't cover IVF, which many veterans need to access after time in the service. @shefali.bsky.social on a recent lawsuit over the policy. https://19thnews.org/2023/08/ivf-coverage-veterans-health-insurance/

Rhode Island could send its first person of color the U.S. House and give Congress its first ever Afro-Latina. https://19thnews.org/2023/08/rhode-island-sabina-matos-afro-latina-congress/

Kamala Harris made her second appearance in Iowa this year to talk about abortion — on the same day that the GOP presidential hopefuls are descending. https://19thnews.org/2023/07/kamala-harris-returns-to-iowa-to-defend-abortion-just-as-republican-presidential-hopefuls-descend/

For the second year in a row, @19thnews.bsky.social is an OJA finalist in the small/medium newsroom breaking news category for our abortion coverage! https://awards.journalists.org/entries/unpacking-the-impact-of-dobbs/

More education doesn't close the pay gap for Black women. Student loan debt actually makes it worse. @chabeli.bsky.social & examined how the promise of more education = more money isn't true for Black women. #EqualPayDay https://19thnews.org/2023/07/student-loan-debt-pay-gap-black-women/

Disability doulas help newly disabled people deal with shame, grief and loneliness. I learned so much about this practice of community care from @jazzmyth.bsky.social's reporting. https://19thnews.org/2023/07/disability-doulas-support-newly-disabled-people/

A woman in Nebraska was just sentenced to 90 days in jail in connection to a medication abortion — law enforcement used her Facebook messages as evidence. @shefali.bsky.social https://19thnews.org/2023/07/abortion-laws-facebook-messages-digital-privacy/

Nikki Haley has made going after Kamala Harris a core part of her campaign. But in those attacks, Haley is using the same gender and race stereotypes she herself is susceptible to. https://19thnews.org/2023/07/gop-nikki-haley-attacks-kamala-harris/

Beginning today, the Department of Education will begin notifying people who qualify for debt relief. Here's who will be impacted by these income-driven repayment plans. https://19thnews.org/2023/07/student-debt-forgiveness-39-billion-biden-administration/