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Four hours in line to vote. It wasn’t supposed to be this way.
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“The moment was supposed to be a bright spot in an otherwise chaotic and uncertain year,” wrote Errin Haines, the 19th’s editor at large.
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Boston Children’s Hospital will no longer perform two types of intersex surgery on children | The 19th
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The decision comes a few months after Lurie Children’s Hospital announced it would suspend intersex surgeries.
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The country needs poll workers. Young women are stepping up
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As the pandemic keeps older poll workers from volunteering, younger women continue a legacy of being on the front lines of elections.
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The spread of conspiracies and disinformation by women on social media
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More and more Instagram users, more than half of which are women, have been unintentionally spreading QAnon conspiracies.
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Democrats call statehouse races ‘the last line of defense’ for abortion rights
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Ahead of Amy Coney Barrett’s likely confirmation to the Supreme Court, Democrats and abortion rights groups are now turning their attention down-ballot.
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Amy Coney Barrett has ties to an anti-LGBTQ+ organization. Why do advocates claim it's a hate group?
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ADF wants to litigate LGBTQ+ people out of existence, say advocates.
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Health care is on the line for women voters — and they want to hear more
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Women health care voters fueled Democrats' gains in 2018. They want to hear how candidates would change a system they say isn't working.
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Inside the COVID unit at the world’s largest women’s prison
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The Central California Women’s Facility quarantined prisoners with COVID-19 with those who never tested positive for the virus.
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Latinas had the highest unemployment rate this year — and it’s driving them to vote
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In April, one in five Latinas were jobless. In November, unemployment will be on their minds.
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Kamala Harris shows up ‘prepared’ and ‘poised’ at debate with Mike Pence
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The vice presidential debate was calm, civil and focused on policy — at least compared to the first Trump-Biden face-off.