Be like Stephen Colbert and support The 19th!

Congrats to one of the best @joanmeiners.bsky.social and the other best @abbyjohnston.bsky.social!

Congratulations to Joan for all of the great work she did on this, and to @jazzmyth.bsky.social for the excellent viz. I loved working on this collaboration with y'all!

Florida officials say they want to eliminate school vaccine mandates. It won’t be that simple. Many of the reversals will require action from lawmakers. Public health experts and educators warn that dropped mandates could worsen disease outbreaks and add to a teacher shortage

I saw a lot of headlines about Florida getting rid of all its vaccine mandates for schoolchildren. So @nadrakn.bsky.social and I wanted to add a little context and clarity about what that means and what might happen next. Our latest for @19thnews.org: 19thnews.org/2025/09/flor...

Unless I missed something in the audio, the on-court interviewer called Coco Gauff “Simone” as she spoke to her post-match. Simone Biles was in the U.S. Open audience to watch Gauff.

Opinion | ‘Motherhood Should Come With a Warning Label’

Grab tissues before you watch this, moms.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...

Nowhere in the world to run: The international law ripping children from their mothers The Hague Abduction Convention was meant to reunite mothers and children. Instead, it's often used by allegedly abusive fathers to tear them apart.

1/ As divorce rates soared in the late 1970s, there was a consensus, supported by limited data, that fathers who had lost custody of their children were kidnapping them and hiding them abroad, leaving mothers with no means of redress.

The international law ripping children from their mothers - Type Investigations

The Hague Abduction Convention was meant to reunite mothers and children. Instead, it's often used by allegedly abusive fathers to tear them apart. Olivia Gentile reports in partnership with @19thnews.org:

www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

Nowhere in the world to run: The international law ripping children from their mothers The Hague Abduction Convention was meant to reunite mothers and children. Instead, it's often used by allegedly abusive fathers to tear them apart.

So incredibly proud of @abbyjohnston.bsky.social for seeing this story to fruition. It was a massive undertaking — 16 months in the making, in partnership with Type Investigations. Such an important story that I am grateful @19thnews.org was able to tell.

19thnews.org/2025/06/hagu...

Nowhere in the world to run: The international law ripping children from their mothers The Hague Abduction Convention was meant to reunite mothers and children. Instead, it's often used by allegedly abusive fathers to tear them apart.

A vital new report that you must read:
19thnews.org/2025/06/hagu...

Coco Gauff quoted an edited version of Tyler the Creator in her speech: “I never had a doubt inside me. And if I told you I did, I was lying.”

The first American to win the French Open since Serena Williams in 2015.

White House Health Report Included Fake Citations

The New York Times has found at least two more fake citations in the MAHA report.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

A Texas bill to block abortion pills has died for now Senate Bill 2880, which supporters hoped could halt a key source of abortion, will likely not get a vote before the end of the session.

In a shocking turn of events, Texas' abortion medication bill is dead, @shefali.bsky.social reports. This is a big deal: The anti-abortion movement was looking at this as a potential blueprint for blocking an extremely common abortion method. 19thnews.org/2025/05/texa...

Meet Baby Quincy: making his debut after Olivia's viral labor It was the birth heard 'round the world this week, our own Olivia Jaquith anchoring the morning show while in labor, and now a look at the beautiful baby boy!

I do not find a woman going into labor and continuing to anchor the news cute. I shudder to think why she felt like she needed to do that. cbs6albany.com/news/local/b...

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

I'm looking for ideas for me as a journalist to do for a solutions story at @motherjones.com on how aging people (60+) are staying connected to each other through a cool activity (think slightly quirky). If you have any examples, please get in touch at jmetraux@motherjones.com

Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.

Send me, I’ll check it out. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...

Scooplet from @19thnews.org!

Parents are receiving mixed messages about measles from RFK Jr. Medical experts say that while Kennedy is showing more direct support for the measles vaccine, he’s also sharing information about debunked remedies.

Medical experts say that while the health secretary is showing more direct support for the measles vaccine following the death of a second unvaccinated child, he’s also sharing information about debunked remedies.

Trans folks, if any of these new orders are impacting your life, we at @19thnews.org want to know. DM me. Tell me if your medical appointments are canceled. If your documents are seized. Help us find the news

New York doctor indicted for prescribing abortion pill in Louisiana A New York doctor has been indicted by a Lousiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing an abortion pill online in the Deep South state, which has one of the strictest near-total abortion bans in the c...

These are the first criminal charges against a doctor for mailing abortion pills to a state with a ban.
apnews.com/article/abor...

Senators are trying — again — to make air travel easier for breastfeeding parents Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois is reintroducing the BABES Enhancement Act to clarify TSA guidance on flying with breast milk.

Yesterday, Sen. Tammy Duckworth reintroduced a bipartisan bill that aims to make air travel easier for breastfeeding parents. The BABES Enhancement Act passed the Senate by unanimous consent last Congress but wasn't taken up in the House 19thnews.org/2025/01/tsa-...

Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died Richards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.

Cecile Richards, one of the country's most prominent abortion rights activists, has died at 67. She and her mother were both taken from us way too soon. RIP. 19thnews.org/2025/01/ceci...

Every holiday is a firework holiday when you live in Texas.

House votes to ban trans girls from women’s sports in schools If passed into law, the legislation would change Title IX and revoke federal funding for schools that allow trans girls in women’s sports.

This bill, the first federal anti-trans law brought to a vote in a newly GOP-controlled Congress, is Democrats’ first test on whether they will fight an expected wave of proposed anti-trans laws under Trump.

Two House Democrats voted in favor: Texas Reps. Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez

How Democratic women senators are preparing to question Pete Hegseth The 19th spoke to all of the Democratic women senators on the Senate Armed Services Committee about how they plan to press Trump's defense secretary pick.

The @gracepanetta.bsky.social and Mariel Padilla spoke to all of the Dem women on the Senate Armed Services Committee about Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing. The hearing will spotlight allegations against him, and sexual assault and gender equity in the armed forces.
19thnews.org/2025/01/wome...

I will kindly ask the Longhorns to never, ever put me through something like that ever again. HOOK ‘EM.

I was just starting to get bummed out about how many college bowl games there are, and then I saw the annual Pop-Tart sacrifice and I am back on board.

Me for the next several hours: