How a government shutdown could impact federal workers and lower-income families The 19th explains what a looming shutdown could mean for health care, nutrition and early-education benefits for thousands of families.

The federal government is careening toward a shutdown. Here's our helpful explainer on how that could impact lower-income families and federal workers, by @amandabecker.bsky.social and @candicenorwood.bsky.social @19thnews.org
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Journalist Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation after US appeals court decision - Committee to Protect Journalists New York, September 19, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists and Free Press express outrage that journalist Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation back to his native El Salvador after the Board...

“Deportation without due process—that would be the new normal set by Mario Guevara’s removal from the US,” Benavidez explained.
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Why Tuesday’s special election in Arizona marks a milestone for Latinas in politics Adelita Grijalva is poised to step up amid concerns over reproductive and immigrant rights in a state where a Latina has never been elected to Congress.

One in four eligible voters in Arizona is Latino yet it's only this year that the state is poised to send its first Latina to Congress, Adelita Grijalva, who has pledged to defend reproductive and immigrant rights when both are under threat. Check out our story: 19thnews.org/2025/09/adel...

Want to stop political violence? Start by addressing hostile sexism. In her new book, an expert on violent extremism lays out evidence that gender-based bigotry fuels hate — so national security officials need to do something about it.

An insightful conversation with @milleridriss.bsky.social, an expert on violent extremism, about the ways that gender-based bigotry fuels hate — and how national security officials need to do something about it. By @jazzmyth.bsky.social @19thnews.org
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María Corina Machado on Leading the Venezuelan Opposition in Hiding After Venezuela quashed dissent, opposition leader María Corina Machado went underground. In a rare interview from hiding, she shares why she’s not giving up.

My main job is as managing editor of @19thnews.org, but once a writer, always a writer. Check out my profile for ELLE of María Corina Machado, Venezuela's opposition leader, who has been in hiding in her own country since Maduro's reelection.
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Kat Abughazaleh’s punk-rock House bid The 26-year-old Chicagoan is betting that empathy and righteous anger can remake Democratic politics.

This piece by @19thnews.org' @amandabecker.bsky.social captures the generational angst (anger?) around the presidential election results and how one 26yo woman chose to manage it:
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Travel canceled, TVs unplugged: How these Black women are facing Inauguration Day Those who supported Kamala Harris are reframing their January 20th plans with less celebration — but they’re holding on to the potential to believe in what’s next.

We also had this piece, by our Frances Ellen Watkins Harper fellows, HBCU graduates who wrote about the plans of three Black women on inauguration day: 19thnews.org/2025/01/blac...

Trump’s view of a ‘Golden Age’ is one full of restrictions Trump’s second inaugural address outlined an agenda that will take aim at racial equity efforts, transgender rights and undocumented immigrants.

Then we centered Trump's inauguration speech on the divisiveness that underlined it: 19thnews.org/2025/01/trum...

Trump signs executive order ending birthright citizenship The 14th Amendment has long been interpreted to establish birthright citzenship and the order was quickly challenged in court.

When we talked internally about birthright citizenship, a known target well before Trump signed his EO, we asked, as we always do, how do we approach it through a 19th lens? The answer was clear: Birthright citizenship impacts caregivers and children. Here's our story: 19thnews.org/2025/01/birt...

On day one, Trump pits his administration against transgender people His administration will likely run into legal trouble as it implements policies on federal identity documents and housing in federal prisons.

Quite an experience to lead the @19thnews.org newsroom on inauguration day and focus our expertise and unique sensibilities on the measures that most impact the communities at the center of our coverage. Here's one piece, on the actions against transgender people: 19thnews.org/2025/01/trum...

Day 2. 10 degrees in NYC. First post here. Hit the gym, had my coffee and now plotting our coverage at @19thnews.org. Bring it on!