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Federal documents don’t provide enough checkboxes for all AAPI ethnicities. That may be about to change.
AAPI researchers are celebrating the federal government’s new standards for collecting more detailed race and ethnicity data, in which respondents are able to report their country of origin.
Missouri abortion ballot measure moves ahead — despite many attempts to thwart it
Organizers in Missouri submitted over 380,000 signatures for a measure to restore abortion rights, overcoming legal challenges, delays and vigorous “decline to sign” efforts led by anti-abortion groups.
She created a global movement to honor trans people — and even she’s still trying to get accurate IDs
Gwen Smith founded Transgender Day of Remembrance in 1998. Three years before that, she started updating her identity documents to reflect her gender, and she’s still working on it.
How does a school shooting test a marriage? Short film explores Columbine’s toll on a heroic teacher.
The documentary “Columbine 2024: 25 Years of Trauma” tells the stories of life after school shootings occur — from emotional trauma to impacts on personal relationships.
Fernanda Santos joins The 19th as our new managing editor
The 19th is excited to announce that veteran journalist Fernanda Santos is joining as managing editor to help shape our coverage during this crucial election year and beyond. Fernanda has spent her career elevating the stories of underrepresented and misrepresented communities, working as a staff writer for The New York Times, contributing columnist for The Washington Post, editorial director at Futuro Media and professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. She is a writing coach in the Poynter Institute’s Power of Diverse Voices program, which lifts up the voices of journalists of...
The overturning of Harvey Weinstein’s conviction is ‘a sad reminder’ for his accusers
People who have been involved in cases against the former Hollywood mogul say the ruling points to a disconnect between what it takes for survivors of sexual violence to be believed and what the legal system demands.
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