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-...

For the next 12 weeks, The 19th is talking all things menopause in a new, weekly by the great @jennifergerson.bsky.social! Sign up to get each new edition delivered straight to your inbox: 19thnews.org/newsletters/...

In every category surveyed — groceries, housing, child care, medical bills and retirement — women are more likely to say they are worried about covering those expenses. Latinas consistently reported higher rates of worry than any other group across nearly all categories 19thnews.org/2025/09/poll...

For a story! Looking to speak to women about the cost of living — groceries, child care, housing, medical bills, retirement. If you want to chat, I'm here or at ccarrazana(at)19thnews.org!

A gutting and beautiful piece by @oriion.bsky.social about what it's like to be the parent of a trans child in this moment. Worth a read:

Diaper need is a problem so big and with so few solutions that I'm always interested when I I come across a new one. This particular one, Diaper Dollars, gives parents an e-card that deducts the price of diapers at checkout. Currently in Illinois and Ohio: 19thnews.org/2025/09/diap...

The only federal program that funds on-campus child care, CCAMPIS, has seen unprecedented cuts this year from the Trump administration. Today, @whipkclark.bsky.social & @duckworth.senate.gov are reintroducing legislation to fully fund the program. 19thnews.org/2025/09/chil...

From this story: what they saw at ICE's Alexandria Staging Facility in Louisiana. Six months apart.

In Washington, D.C., where close to 40% of child care workers are immigrants, fear has taken hold amid a crime crackdown that has raised ICE presence. “What kind of life is this? We are not delinquents, we are not bad people, we are here to work to support our family.” 19thnews.org/2025/09/chil...

This is what she lives with every day now: “The fear of leaving your family and letting them know, ‘If I don’t return, it’s not because I am abandoning you.’” Powerful story by @chabeli.bsky.social for @19thnews.org.

You may have seen our story about the impact the detention of a child care worker had on her Seattle community. She recently told me what happened to her & her family in detention. “In those detention centers, there are many families who are innocent. We were innocent.” 19thnews.org/2025/09/fami...

They were soon handcuffed, stripped of their belongings and shuffled to the back of the building. Orozco Forero said she showed an ICE officer a letter from Juan David’s doctors approving a biopsy; the officer tore it apart, she said. “This no longer works,” the officer told her.

In the absence of a federal universal child care system, some states have worked to build their own systems, and New Mexico has been a leader in that effort over the past several years. It will now be the first to make child care free for all. 19thnews.org/2025/09/new-...

Women who turned to Etsy to build their small businesses are facing the prospect of closing or downsizing bc of tariffs. "I just want to make a decent living doing something I feel deeply passionate about —that’s my American dream. It just feels like it’s slipping away” 19thnews.org/2025/09/etsy...

It's pretty undeniable. Black women (and men) are being hit particularly hard by job loss. Just look at that climb. Black women's unemployment rate in August (6.7%) is the highest in four years. We noticed this trend in July: 19thnews.org/2025/07/blac...

Last night I sweated through my pajamas so bad I could almost wring them out. 6,000 people enter menopause every day. Yet the experience is under-covered. @19thnews.org' latest newsletter is here — a space for real talk about middle age. Sign up early (for FREE!) 19thnews.org/newsletters/...

Join @19thnews.org 09/18 in Austin for our inaugural Ronya Kozmetsky Salon for women and LGBTQ+ people in business. @chabeli.bsky.social will interview entrepreneurs Janice Omadeke and Alejandra Aguirre then stick around for conversation and community. www.eventbrite.com/e/minding-ou...

The juggle of finding summer child care is even more challenging & costly for Black families. How parents did it this summer & why it matters: “Being able to be in spaces where you are understood, feel seen...is so important.” Excellent story via @alexiswray.bsky.social 19thnews.org/2025/08/blac...

Head Start is under threat. It survived total elimination & a funding freeze this year — but now the Trump administration is asking providers to stop serving undocumented kids. Head Start has operated with little controversy for 60 yrs. But now politics is at its door. 19thnews.org/2025/08/head...

Nobel Prize-winning economist Claudia Goldin's new research shows us why the pronatalist argument of returning to traditional roles of men as providers and women as homemakers would actually cause the birthrate to drop even further. 19thnews.org/2025/08/fert...

"Women weren’t just victims of the storm, they were also the ones coming up with solutions." @jkutzie.bsky.social explores the effort post-Katrina to employ women in the trades — and how the Trump admin is now rolling it back. Fascinating story worth a read: 19thnews.org/2025/08/hurr...

“Even though the major factor in the decline of fertility is increased women’s agency, the real downside or obstacle is the need for husbands and fathers to reliably demonstrate their commitment,” Goldin wrote. @chabeli.bsky.social's latest for @19thnews.org.

Join @19thnews.org in Austin on September 18 for "Minding Our Business" — the inaugural Ronya Kozmetsky Salon for Women in Business. Great speakers followed by conversation and community! Bonus: @chabeli.bsky.social will moderate! www.eventbrite.com/e/minding-ou...

AUSTIN! We're coming! Join us Sept. 18 for Minding Our Business: The Ronya Kozmetsky Salon for Women in Business. Entrepreneurs Janice Omadeke & Alejandra Aguirre will chat w/ me about their careers, navigating work amidst the DEI backlash & creating opportunity www.eventbrite.com/e/minding-ou...

NEW: A Senate investigation led by Sen. Jon Ossoff found more than 500 credible reports of abuses in ICE custody, including alleged mistreatment of pregnant women and children. @dell.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/senate...

As always, so proud to work @19thnews.org, where we're growing with intention to both serve our readers and our staff. Here's our new strategic plan, a three-year guide on how we're growing and where we're focusing: 19thnews.org/strategic-pl...

We're hiring! We're looking for an audience growth manager to collaborate across departments and develop and execute a growth strategy to help us reach the women and LGBTQ+ people we aim to serve. 💰: $100,000 – $120,000 📌: Remote (U.S. only) 📆: Apply by Sept. 8

Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggested a pause of the monthly employment reports, the only timely economic measure of how women of color are faring in the economy. 19thnews.org/2025/08/susp...

If you open TikTok, you'll see *dozens* of videos of moms and teachers complaining about school supplies. But "the issue here is not teachers vs parents. The real problem is the slashing of education budgets and the rising costs.” 19thnews.org/2025/08/scho...

Medicaid cuts are set to decimate hospital labor and delivery options — forcing patients to travel hundreds of miles for essential health care, and likely yielding worse outcomes for pregnant people and their kids 19thnews.org/2025/08/preg...

New report: Even short-term cash assistance payments can have significant benefits for formerly incarcerated people. 80% of incarcerated women are mothers — several who received payments told @candicenorwood.bsky.social the cash helped them reconnect with their kids. 19thnews.org/2025/07/cash...

👋🏼👀 curious about how back-to-school shopping is going? Did you do anything different this year to save money?