"Even when Match Group receives reports about rapists, they continue to welcome them, fail to warn users about the general and specific risks, and affirmatively recommend known predators to members,” the complaint said. “Rapists know each Match Group platform offers a catalog of available victims.”

National anti-abortion activists have called it a model of what reproductive health care should look like in the post-Roe v. Wade landscape. @shefali.bsky.social's latest. 19thnews.org/2025/11/abor...

“We learned about male and female anatomy, STIs and AIDS, but they didn’t really delve into them... I did not learn about healthy relationships, and I did not learn about contraceptives.” @nadrakn.bsky.social for @19thnews.org.

Catholic health systems account for 1 in 6 acute care hospitals in the country — and in many rural areas, they are the only available hospital.

“Describing rapid response networks and neighborhood moms as professional agitators shows just how out of touch these agents are, and how extreme their views are.” — U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis

here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol

As of this year, child care centers are also no longer off limits for ICE raids. The centers were previously protected under a “sensitive locations” directive that advised ICE to not conduct enforcement in places like schools and day cares.

“We’re gearing up to step up, expanding our services and doing our absolute very best to make sure that the food-insecure folks... are served to the very best of our ability and we know that that’s going to extend us."

Queer women were detained in camps, often branded with a black triangle. Others were marked with different symbols or letters depending on the crime for which they were imprisoned. 19thnews.org/2025/10/lgbt...

Each party is hoping that voters blame the other for the ongoing shutdown, along with its impacts on SNAP and other programs.

Without federal funds, the work being done to prevent intimate partner violence, feed families in shelters fleeing abuse or help survivors file for legal protection would not exist on the scale it does today.

Nationwide, only six Black Republican women have run for governor since 2000, and Earle-Sears is the first one to win the party’s nomination.

“It’s a pretty delicate supply chain, so trying to figure out what it would look like to get additional infant formula to food banks to support families in the event of a widespread disruption to WIC is incredibly challenging."

“This too shall pass. I have no fear as yet. Because I do have to be my own self-advocate in all of this,” he said. “Certainly, if I allow myself to fall apart because of my cancer or because of Parkinson’s, then I’ll be no good for myself and unable to navigate around the housing process.”

“It is rare that you see a young, childless dude talking about this issue. I think that he’s a really good messenger for this because it is not built into his bio — the way that most of his campaign is not built into his bio — but about what he’s hearing from voters,” Litman said.

Such a critical part of the ongoing story of political violence in the U.S. “Violence that is rooted in gendered issues is a huge predictor of — and possibly the biggest predictor, in some studies — of trajectories that lead to mass violence... Over half of mass shooters are targeting a partner.”

"Abughazaleh’s campaign slogan is a question: 'What if we didn’t suck?' The 'we' are Democrats."

“We should be thinking about what this means for the social safety net we provide for poor families and the ways in which these destabilizing effects can have ripple effects into their communities."

Virginia is one of 32 states that would automatically ban same-sex marriage if Obergefell is overturned.

“It seems to me that we are abandoning science now,” she said. “If we do that, I’m not quite sure how we are going to really keep our kids safe from our changing climate and environmental hazards in general.”

The president’s comments were part of a speech he delivered at the Religious Liberty Commission’s meeting at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C.

The bill will also authorize lawsuits against pharmaceutical manufacturers if they make medications used by Texans for abortion — a provision that could chill drug development and make the pills harder to attain for people beyond the Lone Star State.

“They can try as hard as they want, nobody will ever shatter the trans community or take away our deep and innate understanding of who we genuinely are. We know exactly who we are, and we will continue to fight for a better Texas, a better home for us all.”

The laws have added another risk for creators, as well: Litigation can be used to leak the full names and addresses of sex workers, who are vulnerable to stalkers and anti-porn harassment.

Chicago is doing the work.

Harris is going out on the road to promote her book “107 Days,” detailing her whirlwind 2024 presidential campaign against Trump. Her book tour, with 18 planned stops so far in the U.S. and internationally, will be her most high-profile public appearances since her election loss in November.

“Being able to be in spaces where you are understood, feel seen, feel like you can absolutely be yourself and not have to hide any parts of you is so important."

“The current administration talks about wanting to build a workforce. My question is how do parents become a part of this workforce if there is no safe and educational place to put their children?” she said. Now, “I’m taking people out of the workforce.” 19thnews.org/2025/08/head...

“If you’re a single mom, stuck in a low wage job. How do you pay for recovery?” Forshee asked.“The work that we do is important because we provide a place for their kids to go while they participate in the training that puts them on a pathway to earning higher wages.” @jkutzie.bsky.social reports.

Losing timely economic data, particularly at a time when the economy is showing signs of softening, is bad for every group, economists told @19thnews.org. But it could disproportionately impact women and women of color. @chabeli.bsky.social's latest.

“When all of us are feeling squeezed at the grocery store, at the bank, at day care — it’s no wonder that frustrations are boiling over."

"I’m sure if you were to say to Trump, ‘You’re doing the same thing that Michelle Obama originally started doing when Barack Obama was president,’ he would probably not only deny it, but he probably would be pretty offended.” @bcrodriguez.bsky.social's latest.

“As an educator, it is my job, it is my role, it is my duty to try to figure out how to use AI, but have it be safe and ethical." @nadrakn.bsky.social reports.

“What does it mean for somebody who’s running an organization which has had its struggles over the years integrating women and trying to understand existential questions about women’s role in combat? Are Hegseth’s views reinforced by his religion now?" 19thnews.org/2025/08/pete...

Some scientists have touted mRNA technology as a possible avenue to develop other vaccines, including ones to treat various cancers, including breast cancer, which is the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide. @shefali.bsky.social reports.

A preliminary review of the graphic images that two board members saw on the TV during the meeting suggests the scenes were from a movie that began playing automatically due to a technical glitch with Samsung’s free streaming service. @nadrakn.bsky.social reports.

“We can’t go gently, we have to fight,” Zwiener told The 19th earlier this week from New York, where she decamped after holding a Saturday town hall on the proposed redistricting with her constituents. @amandabecker.bsky.social reports.

“Democracy is not self-executing; people have to defend it and be willing to act. This is about visibility, accountability + disruption to injustice that’s being attempted." @19thnews.org talks w women, queer+trans folks at the forefront of the fight for voting rights on the VRA's 60th anniversary.

“It’s not just about raising money. It makes it possible for women to be here in a place that they have been so excluded from throughout the history of this country.” @gracepanetta.bsky.social reports.

Critics warn mass layoffs will weaken civil rights enforcement, leaving marginalized youth — including students of color, LGBTQ+ students, and those with disabilities — without federal protections. 19thnews.org/2025/07/supr...

“Even with the fear, the teachers are telling me that when they go into their classrooms, they try to forget what’s going on outside,” she added. “They are professionals who are trying to continue with their work.” 19thnews.org/2025/07/chil...

“Puerto Rico already suffers a huge inequity with respect to what states get in assistance,” Balmaceda said. “It feels like an open attack on these entitlement programs that provide a baseline for families that are already struggling so much.” 19thnews.org/2025/07/puer...

Nicolle Orozco Forero is one of the thousands of immigrant women who provide child care for American children, and one of the few who cares for children with disabilities. Now she and her seriously ill son are in ICE custody. 19thnews.org/2025/07/chil...

‘It’s Proof of Our Existence’: This Lesbian Archive Is Recording History as It’s Erased buff.ly/60yERnp

A year shy of becoming a high school graduate in the United States, the teen’s life — and opportunities — completely changed in the span of five days. 19thnews.org/2025/07/ice-...

On Monday, a federal judge in Boston temporarily blocked a provision that prevents Planned Parenthood clinics from accessing Medicaid funding. 19thnews.org/2025/07/trum...

“By not having to hide who I am, just being able to live an authentic life, there’s something powerful about being the one to out yourself and step forward and speak your truth,” Collins told Uncloseted Media. “There’s no greater feeling.” 19thnews.org/2025/07/out-...

"There are questions about power, privacy, surveillance, who has the right and who has the ability to engage and what are the inherent rights that we have in this moment." 19thnews.org/2025/06/mich...

No reason was given for why services specific to LGBTQ+ callers are ending for 988, the crisis hotline for queer youth that launched in 2022. 19thnews.org/2025/06/trum...

25 states ban hormone replacement therapy and puberty blockers for trans youth, as well as surgeries, which are rare for minors; two other states ban only surgeries. Of those 25 states, six have made it a felony for medical providers to administer gender-affirming care. 19thnews.org/2025/06/supr...