Moms take us behind the real cost of summer break, from finding caregiving to staggering time off work and even traveling out of the country for summer camp. “The administration of this has exploded in terms of the burden on mothers," said @inimai.bsky.social 19thnews.org/2026/06/plan...

The shooting at Pulse, an LGBTQ+ club that had been a pillar of gay nightlife in Central Florida, reverberated throughout country and altered the course of countless lives. Ten years on, survivors and those close to the tragedy are still finding ways to heal. 19thnews.org/2026/06/puls...

Women candidates are on the ballot in some of 2026’s biggest Senate races, and some, like Julianna Stratton and Mary Peltola, have the potential to make history.

In Mamdani’s universal childcare plan is a little-known milestone: The city will open what appears to be the first free daycare for municipal workers in the country. It could be a model for cities that are childcare curious, but not ready to take the big universal swing. 19thnews.org/2026/06/mamd...

Summer activities are notoriously difficult to plan & can run families hundreds or even thousands a week. It’s only getting more expensive. We’d love to hear how you’re piecing together your kids summer plans+ how much you’re paying for it. Comments or 📩 at ccarrazana [at] 19thnews.org

One of my favorite interviews of the past year was talking to domestic worker organizer Allison Julien for this story. We wanted to look at how women of color have helped bring America closer to the promise of equality forged 250 years ago. It's out now! 19thnews.org/2026/05/revo...

Administrative assistants know you’re wondering whether AI is coming for their jobs. They’re not waiting to find out. 19thnews.org/2026/05/wome...

Moms are taking on debt, cutting back on personal medical care, delaying rent payments and skipping meals so their kids can eat. Federal cuts are poised to make things worse. Story by @bcrodriguez.bsky.social: 19thnews.org/2026/05/moth...

From inside their employers’ homes, domestic workers — nannies, home cleaners and health aides — have watched attitudes on immigration shift to the right. They know some of the people who employ them may be the very people who want them out of the country. 19thnews.org/2026/04/immi...

Hope you'll spend some time w/ this incredible piece by @jazzmyth.bsky.social. It reveals how the underfunded system set up to protect domestic violence survivors is unraveling under immense strain. Expertly done & w/ a lot of heart, told through the eyes of a survivor. 19thnews.org/2026/04/dome...

Single mothers, many of whom are commuting to work and shuttling their kids around, are among the hardest hit by rising gas prices due to the Iran war. As a single mom, “you’re already underwater, and it’s almost like the gas puts weights on your feet.” 19thnews.org/2026/03/iran...

The community has been “shaken to its foundation,” said Monica Ramirez, the founder of Justice for Migrant Women. She and other leaders are now trying to push forward the farmworker movement and continue the work that many women — not just Chavez — spearheaded. 19thnews.org/2026/03/wome...

Between January 1, 2025, and February 16, 2026, 363 pregnant, postpartum and nursing immigrants were deported, DHS reported in response to questions submitted by Sen. Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat. Sixteen miscarriages were recorded during that time period. 19thnews.org/2026/03/ice-...

Labor leaders and organizers: Following the NYT's investigation on Cesar Chavez, we are looking to speak to women in the farm workers movement about how this movement is also about their contributions -- not just those of Chavez. 📩 Reach out to me here or via email at ccarrazana [at] 19thnews.org

Cuts to thousands of Social Security jobs led by Elon Musk’s DOGE have created a backlog that leaves grieving families struggling to access survivor benefits. "It feels like the system forgets that grief doesn’t pause the bills,” one widow said. 19thnews.org/2026/03/wido...

We spoke to Black women who started the Target boycott & who sustained it for a yr+. They'll likely never go back. Teacher Laverne Mickens put it like this: “[Black women] will say if & when it’s over. And I can tell you right now: That will be the 15th of never ever.” 19thnews.org/2026/03/targ...

Parents, the U.S. Government Accountability Office is conducting research for Congress on large, investor-funded child care centers. This 5-min questionnaire asks for parent and staff experiences at this group of centers. Here's the link if you want to share yours: gaosurvey.gao.gov/jfe/form/SV_...

There’s still no federal paid leave policy in the United States, but 14 laws in 13 states and DC now extend coverage to an estimated 46 million people — a third of American workers. 19thnews.org/2026/03/paid...

📝For a story, I'm looking to speak to folks who have faced delays or challenges accessing Social Security survivors or disability benefits, either for themselves or their children. You can reach me here or via email at ccarrazana[at]19thnews.org

For generations, Black Americans have prepared their children for the realities of racism. As ICE expands its reach, more parents are navigating similar conversations. Just an expertly done story from @candicenorwood.bsky.social: 19thnews.org/2026/02/ice-...

This story is SO brilliant. @jkutzie.bsky.social combs through the Epstein files to find how many prominent men in STEM privately disparaged women and excluded them from opportunities. 19thnews.org/2026/02/epst...

A newborn in Minneapolis hadn’t eaten for a day and a half. ICE agents took her mother when she went to work, trying to make money for diapers. Her 16-year-old and Bri, a local mother of two, saved that baby's life. @chabeli.bsky.social tells their story

A detail I don't want to get lost in this: So far, Bri and her network have helped more than 500 families with grocery deliveries and more than 300 with diapers and wipes. In just two months.

Bri has a gofundme to help with essentials for other single moms gofund.me/94496b300

In Minneapolis, for every story detailing the fallout of the federal crackdown, there are as many stories of people like Bri, a mom donating breastmilk for babies whose mothers are detained by ICE. Bri's story: 19thnews.org/2026/02/minn...

The impact of Alex Pretti’s death has reverberated across America, but perhaps more deeply among the nation’s nurses and health care professionals — who see themselves reflected in the actions he took before his death. My colleague @chabeli.bsky.social and I explore: 19thnews.org/2026/01/nurs...

In Pretti’s final moments, Jean Stone saw a nurse. To watch him come to the aid of a woman & reportedly askif she’s OK, “That’s something that a nurse says constantly in the process of a shift." Now, nurses are protesting, holding vigils, saying his name at picket lines 19thnews.org/2026/01/nurs...

The first time it happened, a man was outside the day care recording. “There’s nobody here,” he was saying into the camera on his phone. “Can I help you?” she asked him. The man said he was there because of Nick Shirley’s video. He wanted to see the children. 19thnews.org/2026/01/minn...

When Fay, the owner, went outside, a man was already there recording. “There’s nobody here,” he was saying into the camera on his phone. “Can I help you?” she asked him. The man said he was there because of Nick Shirley’s video. He wanted to see the children. @chabeli.bsky.social reports.

Black women started 2025 with an unemployment rate of 5.4 percent. They ended it at 7.3 percent — the highest rate in four years. Black women’s unemployment is now equivalent to White women’s rate during the bleakest moments of the Great Recession. 19thnews.org/2026/01/blac...

Black women’s unemployment is now equivalent to White women’s rate during the bleakest moments of the Great Recession. @chabeli.bsky.social reports for @19thnews.org.

Cecil Elvir-Quinonez, who is still breastfeeding her youngest child, is awaiting deportation in a Louisiana ICE facility states away from her family and children. Gutting story from @shefali.bsky.social 19thnews.org/2026/01/preg...

A full fact check on what's going on in Minnesota, wading through the politics & spin of this story. In short, there is no evidence of widespread child care fraud. We take you through the inspection data & government reports into the issue from the past decade. 19thnews.org/2026/01/chil...

The real story behind child care fraud in Minnesota is far less nefarious than what is purported. Here’s what we actually know about child care fraud in Minnesota and elsewhere, and how day cares and families may be impacted by the new changes. @chabeli.bsky.social reports.

The 19th is hiring two editors!!! (One of whom will edit @chabeli.bsky.social, @bcrodriguez.bsky.social and me!) I am biased, but truly cannot imagine a better place to work, or a better team to join! 19thnews.org/19th-news-ed...

Child care workers, a substantial portion of whom are immigrants, are setting up detailed protection plans with the families in their care in case parents or the workers themselves are detained, leaving the children behind. 19thnews.org/2025/11/ice-...

“When they saw me, they knew something wasn’t right,” Sandra said in Spanish. “Are we never going to see our mom again?” they asked. @chabeli.bsky.social reports for @19thnews.org. 19thnews.org/2025/11/ice-...

We finally have jobs numbers out this morning from September and take a look at this: big jump again in Black women's unemployment, now 7.5% from 6.7% in August. This figure has been ticking up all year. This is now the highest unemployment rate Black women have faced in 4 years, since mid-2021.

For a story! Looking to speak to grandparents raising grandkids in New Mexico, particularly if they are under the age of 5. Let me know if you're interested! Email is ccarrazana [at] 19thnews.org

Some of the very programs the Make America Healthy Again movement has said were the key to improving children’s health are now facing cuts by the Trump administration. 19thnews.org/2025/11/make...

OUT NOW: @19thnews.org' @chabeli.bsky.social discusses the role childcare plays in the larger conversation about “kitchen-table” issues & the economy. Listen now! https://democracyincolor.com/podepisodes/2025/11/13/gender-is-the-story-with-the-19th-news-chabeli-carrazana

So much is shifting heading into 2026 — the job market, the economy, the political landscape. We cover these changes every day, but we want to know what you need most. Please consider taking our audience survey — it should take no more than 8 mins of your time! survey.alchemer.com/s3/8565522/7...

Facing budget shortfalls due to the end of COVID funding, cuts to Medicaid in the Big Beautiful Bill and tariffs, states are turning to one place for cuts: child care. Many advocates in 2023 warned that a child care cliff was coming. Years later, it’s now here. 19thnews.org/2025/11/stat...

A GoFundMe for this teacher, who is a mother of two young children, has so far raised $70k: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

Getting new details on this now: As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.

Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection. The arrest reportedly took place in front of children. 19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...

134 Head Start programs across 41 states and Puerto Rico serving 58,627 children are at risk of closings as federal funds expire. Since the beginning of October, an additional six Head Start programs serving 6,525 children have been operating without federal funding. 19thnews.org/2025/11/head...

TV once made designated drivers mainstream, and 'Will & Grace' changed hearts on marriage equality. Now an effort is underway to get caregiving on screens — and perhaps influence paid family leave policy. 19thnews.org/2025/10/holl...

ICE has recently targeted patients in hospital maternity wards and on their way home from prenatal visits. As a result, many patients are skipping virtually all of their pregnancy-related health care. ~250k babies are born every year to immigrations w/o permanent status. 19thnews.org/2025/10/preg...

If you haven't had a chance to catch it, Make a Circle is a beautiful, heartbreaking look into the child care workers doing absolutely essential work every day in a society that has yet to value them. It's really worth a watch, and now streaming on PBS! Watch here: www.pbs.org/show/make-a-...