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-...

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/...