The 19th is hiring! And we’re looking for our next vice president. Here are some of the benefits:

💰: $225,000 – $260,000
🟣: 20 vacation days
🟣: Six months of parental leave

Learn more about the position and apply here: bit.ly/4d5uAlv

Experts say state legislators are better equipped to address maternal health than their federal counterparts because of the rate at which legislation moves at the state level. bit.ly/44jPold

So honored and excited to help lead The 19thnews!

I could not be more excited that Fernanda Santos is 19thnews' new managing editor! Please join me in welcoming her!

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The 19th is excited to announce that veteran journalist @Byfernandas is joining as managing editor to help shape our coverage during this crucial election year and beyond. bit.ly/3UiI0BZ

Colorado signed a legal agreement meant to make prisons safer for transgender women, who are often the targets of violence and harassment. bit.ly/3U70rtu

The Maryland county executive is betting that her experience, both professional and personal, will resonate with voters as she faces one of Congress’ millionaires in a heated Democratic Senate primary. bit.ly/3UyIlSw

In Alsobrooks, the Senate would gain the voice of a mother a decade younger than the Senate average, and a local government official who won’t be among the roughly-two thirds of senators who are millionaires. 19thnews.org/2024/04/angela… via 19thnews

The state’s highest court ruled that prosecutors erred when they allowed testimony that described other crimes that Weinstein wasn’t charged with. bit.ly/49Rl42H

The Arizona House of Representatives has voted to repeal a near-total abortion ban that was written in 1864 after the state Supreme Court earlier this month ruled that it could be enforced. From Arizona Mirror || bsky @azmirror.com: bit.ly/3UuOa3u

Judy Singer was known as “the mother of neurodiversity,” but new archival research by autistic academics alleges she is mistakenly taking credit and using her “platform to cause harm.” bit.ly/3wilwsS

The Supreme Court appeared split Wednesday in a case over whether a federal law requiring hospitals to provide appropriate stabilizing medical treatment for patients could in some cases overrule a state’s abortion ban. bit.ly/49Qdh5k

I really enjoyed talking with 19thnews gender and climate reporter Jessica Kutz about how her distinctive approach to her beat helps distinguish our coverage on one of the most important issues of our time:

On this episode of The Amendment, Jawn Staley 🐴🤠🇺🇸🍑 talks with Jessica Kutz — The 19th’s gender, climate & sustainability reporter — about the links between reproductive justice and climate.

Listen via Amazon Music, Apple, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts. bit.ly/4d9fYSh

States had until 2018 to come into compliance with strict background checks for child care workers. Many states are still failing to fully comply.

Via 19thnews

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Four Texas advocacy groups announced Monday that they’re joining a lawsuit against the state’s Department of Criminal Justice. They claim the department is failing to address life-threatening temperatures inside its prisons. bit.ly/3JB8MAR

Rep. Summer Lee just won her primary in the Pitsburgh area. She was the first 'Squad' member up amid an effort to unseat members of the group. Find out how she kept her focus on her district: 19thnews.org/2024/04/summer… via 19thnews

The American Climate Corps program aims to recruit a diverse workforce. But it will face challenges including low pay, the need for child care, and historic discrimination against women in the trades. bit.ly/3UsScJF

More than a century after the 19th Amendment — which gave some, but not all, women the right to vote — was ratified, gender barriers to participation in our democracy persist.

Join us in D.C. on May 15 to learn how leaders are still breaking them down. 19thne.ws/dctw

Support once afforded to LGBTQ+ foster kids has vanished and a culture of silence has blanketed the agency tasked with raising children growing up in the system.

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