19thnews.org - kbin.social

At this student encampment, Deaf protesters built a model for accessibility (19thnews.org)

AAPI researchers celebrate new standards for collecting race, ethnicity data (19thnews.org)

Incarcerated trans women won sweeping prison reforms in Colorado. It could be a model for other states. (19thnews.org)

Archived at web.archive.org/…/colorado-transgender-women-pris…

Law enforcement keeps making women remove hijabs for mugshots (19thnews.org)

When Tamera Hutcherson was arrested on January 8 in Dallas, she says, she was ordered by a woman officer to remove her hijab and lift up her shirt with the instruction: “Lift up your top like it’s Girls Gone Wild.” When she did, her waist beads — worn as part of a deeply-held spiritual belief — were revealed, and the...

Biden just signed the largest executive order focused on women's health (19thnews.org)

Judge says Texas school district can punish Black student for his hairstyle (19thnews.org)

After a short trial, a Texas judge ruled that Barbers Hill school officials are not violating a new state law prohibiting hair discrimination....

Trans people in Florida can no longer update their driver’s licenses: A new state rule may expose trans people to criminal or civil penalties if they try to update their documentation. (19thnews.org)

Archived at web.archive.org/…/florida-trans-drivers-license-u…

The three genders, per one GOP super PAC: Male, working woman and homemaker (19thnews.org)

Those are the categories given in a survey sent out to Montanans on behalf of the super PAC More Jobs, Less Government, which is supporting Montana GOP Senate candidate Tim Sheehy. The full online survey tested various messages and a yet-to-be-aired TV ad attacking Rep. Matt Rosendale, Sheehy’s potential opponent in the...

Missouri advocates launch campaign to restore abortion access in the state (19thnews.org)

'There is still work to be done': Voters with disabilities face unaddressed barriers to the ballot (19thnews.org)

As maternal care in Wyoming dwindles, tribal clinics are building up resources for support (19thnews.org)

As maternal care in Wyoming dwindles, tribal clinics are building up resources for support (19thnews.org)

Many LGBTQ+ people are religious. Why don’t we have more data about them? (19thnews.org)

Disability advocates breathe a sigh of relief at Supreme Court’s Acheson decision (19thnews.org)

Indigenous land trust empowers women to reclaim and restore ancestral land (19thnews.org)

They were prosecuted for using drugs while pregnant. But it may not have been a crime. (19thnews.org)

Dozens of women in Mississippi have faced child abuse crimes that, based on existing state law, they may not have committed.

Backlash to affirmative action hits pioneering maternal health program for Black women (19thnews.org)

Conservative groups have sued to shut down the Abundant Birth Project, part of a national backlash against affirmative action in health care.

Backlash to affirmative action hits pioneering maternal health program for Black women (19thnews.org)

Conservative groups have sued to shut down the Abundant Birth Project, part of a national backlash against affirmative action in health care.

We asked every member of Congress about child care policy. Only 5 Republicans answered. (19thnews.org)

The Women’s Bureau has spent 100 years improving work for women — but the House wants to eliminate it (19thnews.org)

For the first time in at least a decade, the House has put forward a funding bill that includes no money for the only federal agency to “represent the needs and interests of working women.”