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?

From this weekend's @huffpost.com Must Reads: What happens to the women ICE detains? www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-de...

We have new Jobs numbers out today and unemployment for Black women remains high. It's now 6.3% — the highest for any group of women. Last couple of months: March: 5.1% April: 6.1% May: 6.2% June: 5.8% July: 6.3% Last time it was this high was fall 2021. 19thnews.org/2025/07/blac...

If you're short on hope and joy lately, I have just the thing. This story from our amazing fellow Eden Turner on the nonprofit Black Women Build, which is helping women purchase homes & build wealth, is beautiful. (It also features a monstera named Big Birtha 🥰) 19thnews.org/2025/07/blac...

Queer women will be hit especially hard by the incoming Medicaid cuts and restrictions in Trump's tax law. That includes Sara Habein, a mother of two living in northern Montana, who recently learned that she has cysts in her brain. Read her story in the latest from me and @chabeli.bsky.social

“Day cares can be a terrible place to have a measles outbreak,” said president of Infectious Diseases Society of America. “There’s going to be babies there that are too young to receive a measles vaccine. And they are at very high risk to get a severe case.” @bcrodriguez.bsky.social @19thnews.org

The majority of the people receiving food assistance in Puerto Rico are women, who detail the deep level of precision and strategy they use to make their money go as far as it can in a system that already doesn't cover their needs — and could get worse. 19thnews.org/2025/07/puer...

LGBTQ+ adults are twice as likely to use Medicaid as their main insurance — and Trump’s new tax law will make it even harder to get care. Widespread loss of health care, coupled with rising discrimination and fewer workplace protections, creates a worst-case scenario for LGBTQ+ rights, experts say.

Really devastated to share we have a sad update on this one. We heard last night the family was in fact deported. We've updated the story with what we know: 19thnews.org/2025/07/chil...

“It’s not a game. It’s people’s lives. Many people don’t come here because they just want to be here. They come with the same belief and expectations of a better life... for their families.” Brilliant piece by @candicenorwood.bsky.social on women immigration attorneys 19thnews.org/2025/07/wome...

Sharing a story that is very close to my heart. Nicolle Orozco Forero is one of the thousands of immigrant women who provide child care for American kids — she cared for children w/ disabilities. Now, she and her seriously ill son have been detained by ICE. Her story: 19thnews.org/2025/07/chil...

Important new piece on Black women's unemployment from @chabeli.bsky.social: 19thnews.org/2025/07/blac.... As we noted, this increasing unemployment -- accompanied by decreasing employment to participation ratios -- is really concerning...

We get into all the nitty gritty details here. Who qualifies, who doesn't, how much do you get, how much do you need to qualify for the full amount, how to file. Most notably, an estimated 2.7M American children will not get it bc their parents aren't citizens 19thnews.org/2025/07/chil...

Pregnant workers are speaking out about egregious mistreatment at Amazon — glad to see Hollywood actors backing them up. Employers must comply with laws like the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act or be held accountable. @warehouselife.bsky.social @chabeli.bsky.social 19thnews.org/2025/06/holl...

Totally gutting. 19thnews.org/2025/07/camp...

Good morning, it's Jobs Day. Reports today will likely focus on the modest job growth we saw in June and a fairly low unemployment rate. But I want to once again *turn your attention to Black women,* where the story is very different. 19thnews.org/2025/07/blac...

Women like the prominent 20th-century writer and activist Marjory Stoneman Douglas fought half a century ago to protect the Florida Everglades. Now, a new generation of women environmental leaders is trying to halt a new immigrant detention center there. 19thnews.org/2025/07/wome...

A heartbreaking, critical piece of journalism Mel Leonor Barclay who followed the story of Yessenia Ruano for months. Here for 14 yrs, 2 daughters born in the US, no criminal record & working as an assistant teacher. Ruano was deported w/ her family last month Her story: 19thnews.org/2025/07/upro...

Young women are now working at higher rates than ever, pursuing careers and financial stability, while young men are staying home and taking on a greater share of caregiving, according to new research from ‪@laurenhlb.bsky.social‬ at @hamiltonproject.org: 19thnews.org/2025/07/wome...

In a letter sent to Amazon, Jane Fonda and other actors urged the company to address claims it’s endangering pregnant workers — some of whom say they have miscarried or been fired. 19thnews.org/2025/06/holl...

Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of some immigrants could go into effect next month in at least some states, following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that weakened the power of lower courts to issue nationwide injunctions. 19thnews.org/2025/06/supr...

10 years after winning marriage equality, Jim Obergefell wants to aim higher 19thnews.org/2025/06/jim-... via @19thnews.org