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Thanks to your donations yesterday, we've unlocked our first matching donation! Our board and longtime members have pledged $2,700, so your donations go twice as far. Will you help us get to $5,400 — to raise all of our matching funds? donorbox.org/reclaim-tran...

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NEW: These families say they're leaving the U.S. because of its anti-transgender climate For @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...

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The 19th is off for a scheduled break Monday, June 2 through Friday, June 6. You can still read all our stories at 19thnews.org

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As summer draws near and more state legislative sessions come to an end, The 19th is tracking the emerging trends, firsts and surprises this year as statehouse Republicans brought a record-breaking number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills. 19thnews.org/2025/05/anti...

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As 2025 legislative sessions draw to a close, coverage in @19thnews.org (via @oriion.bsky.social) details new state laws that aim to regulate gender to allow discrimination, bathroom bans, and more. Read more from MAP's Director of Policy Research and view our maps. ⬇️ 19thnews.org/2025/05/anti...

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What does LGBTQ+ family life look like 10 years after Obergefell? Join us for an event all about what the future holds. 🟣 @queerfampod.bsky.social's Jaimie Kelton 🟣 Creator + dad José Rolón 🟣 @pewresearch.org’s Rachel Minkin 🟣 Moderated by @oriion.bsky.social 📍 June 26 | D.C. 🔗 RSVP:

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Here's a picture that a @kuow.org photographer took in Seattle yesterday, showing the ICE officers masked up in the hallways as they waited to arrest people coming out of their hearings.

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So much happening is awful. The opportunity to pay young people in Appalachia to write, report, & tell stories is good. If you know a young person in the region, tell them to pitch! We've worked with student journalists and freelancers and people who have never published before.

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They were once hopeful that outrage over Floyd's death would improve racial equity for Black Americans. Now they worry the federal government is taking the country in the opposite direction.

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@19thnews.org is looking for a full stack engineer. This team is the best, and you want this role. Check it out. 19thnews.org/full-stack-e...

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This bill would limit coverage of gender-affirming care as an essential benefit under Affordable Care Act plans and prohibit Medicaid & CHIP from covering the treatment. Earlier drafts limited this prohibition to care for minors; the approved bill extends it to care for all ages.

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The Trump admin has been trying to prohibit ACA coverage of gender-affirming care for awhile. I broke down this complicated topic here. If this goes through, insurers could drop coverage for trans people entirely or trans patients could see higher out-of-pocket costs; along with marketplace cuts

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1 in 5 trans adults are insured through Medicaid - and this is what happens when they can’t use that coverage for gender-affirming care 19thnews.org/2025/02/red-...

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Since Aug 2023, at least 31 women's and LGBTQ centers have shuttered across 23 college campuses, according to a comprehensive review conducted by our contributing reporter Annie Rupertus. She spoke to students + administrators abt the impact on their mental health www.teenvogue.com/story/colleg...

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🤖 Artificial intelligence is being used in newsrooms to publish error-ridden stories with no human oversight. But journalists are drawing the line. Guild members have won enforceable AI protections in over 35 union contracts — one of the only national frameworks for AI accountability.

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NEW: WIRED spoke with someone who applied for a job at DOGE -- details in here from @telliotter.bsky.social about the hiring process, the roles they're looking to fill, and more.

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This happened at a school that the Education Department is supposed to be monitoring. The latest from me and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/garr...

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ICE and the Tennessee Highway Patrol have been pulling over random Latino-looking motorists on manufactured traffic violations, then detaining those who are undocumented. www.nashvillescene.com/news/citylim...

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News you can use: here's how you can request the takedown of explicit images created or shared without permission, now that the bipartisan Take It Down Act will be signed into law An excellent resource from @jazzmyth.bsky.social

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News you can use: here's how you can request the takedown of explicit images created or shared without permission, now that the bipartisan Take It Down Act will be signed into law An excellent resource from @jazzmyth.bsky.social

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Accountability journalism has never been more important. At The 19th, we are working to keep the most accurate record possible of this moment, in service of women and LGBTQ+ people. Support our nonprofit newsroom with a donation today. 🫶

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Right now, my colleagues are reporting crucial windows into the people most affected by this administration. Here, a mother from El Salvador tries to hang onto the life she's built with her family in Milwaukee. It's a must-read. We are a nonprofit newsroom — this story is funded by you, the reader.

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We're getting closer to the end of our Spring Member Drive! Help us reach our goal by becoming a @19thnews.org member today! the19th.donorsupport.co/page/smd2025...

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“These are the plans of an authoritarian regime. They want to spend likely billions of taxpayer dollars to send asylum-seekers into war zones or to countries rife with human rights abuses,” @chrismurphyct.bsky.social told @theintercept.com

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NEW: I talked to Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) + fired federal scientists about RFK's bizarre insistence yesterday that he hasn't fired "any working scientists" -- after he's fired hundreds if not thousands of them. Alsobrooks flat-out said he lied. www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-fi...

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Yessenia Ruano has been in the U.S. for 14 years. She's had twins, become an integral part of the school where she works and her church, bought a home, and checked in with ICE 17 times. Now she has a one-way ticket to El Salvador that she's still hoping not to use. 19thnews.org/2025/05/upro...

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Three days only: Please support our Lightning Round campaign to get a copy of our Better Gun Violence Reporting Toolkit into the hands of 500 more journalists. fundrazr.com/12Y0Dd

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Yessenia Ruano worked to build a life in Milwaukee with her family, a teaching career and church community. Now she’s fighting to stop it from being uprooted.

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“I think people were harder on me as a Black woman,” Nunes told The 19th this month. “When I came in, it was the middle of COVID. I came in during a period of crisis for the organization, but it was no grace." @candicenorwood.bsky.social's exclusive. 19thnews.org/2025/05/nati...

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As millions adjust to these new rules, we want to know: How are student loan penalties impacting you? How are you planning for potential penalties? Reply and let us know. www.instagram.com/p/DJpZSOAv2Jg/

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A new generation of birth control skeptics leans right 19thnews.org/2025/05/birt... via @19thnews.org

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When a toxic waste disaster unfolded in the 1970s, a White housewife became the face of the movement. Down the street, Black mothers worked twice as hard to be heard.

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Pope Leo XIV, who is from Chicago, will now lead more than a billion Catholics around the world — including 53 million American Catholics.

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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

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“The Zeteo documentary, citing an anonymous source, said that U.S. officials had initially decided after a site visit that Ms. Abu Akleh had been deliberately targeted, before changing their conclusions in the final version of the report to avoid upsetting Israel.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/w...

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She’s devoted her life to teaching your kids — in a country that now wants to deport her. There are 15,000 immigrant educators who rely on temporary permission to live and work in the U.S. But they fear for their futures under Trump. Crucial report from @nadrakn.bsky.social

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The Trump administration is pulling back from enforcing long-established fair housing protections for transgender people — but federal law still protects us against discrimination.

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🚨NEWS: I've obtained a list of the Medicaid cuts in the Republican reconciliation package. The big one is that they're going to raise premiums and co-pays on beneficiaries at or above the federal poverty line ($15,650 for single people, $21,150 for a couple). That's what helps pay for the tax cuts.

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Had some thoughts on last night's #MetGala. Who were your winners and losers?

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A vocal and visible group of Catholic women are marrying faith with politics as they talk about their own brand of feminism — and Donald Trump. Fascinating read from @jennifergerson.bsky.social and Mariel Padilla

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