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To close the racial gap in maternal health, some states take aim at implicit bias

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Originally published by The 19th Countless times, Kenda Sutton-El, a Virginia doula, has witnessed her Black pregnant clients being dismissed or ignored by clinicians. One woman was told by doctors that swelling, pain and warmth in her leg was normal, despite warning the clinicians that she had a history of blood clots. Sutton-El urged her […]

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Lincoln University alumni object to president’s return following administrator’s suicide

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Originally published by The 19th Lincoln University’s national alumni association is objecting to the school’s decision to keep John Moseley as president after a Black woman administrator who accused him of bullying took her own life earlier this year. The alumni association said in a letter that it was issuing a statement of “no-confidence” in

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How the imagery of White women victims is being used to stoke anti-immigrant fear

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Originally published by The 19th Republicans who are pushing for more restrictive immigration policy ahead of a pivotal election year continue to lean on an old strategy in their appeal to voters: broadly framing immigrant men as dangerous next to imagery of young White women victims. In 2015 it was Kate Steinle, a 32-year-old woman

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Barbara Lee takes another stand

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Amanda Becker | Originally published by The 19th OAKLAND & SAN FRANCISCO — When Barbara Lee was a student at the all-women Mills College in the early 1970s working toward a psychology degree, a class assignment presented her with a dilemma.  The course required students to get involved in a 1972 presidential primary campaign. Lee

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Senate Democrats challenge Republicans with Wednesday vote to protect IVF

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Amanda Becker, Darreonna Davis | Originally published by The 19th Senate Democrats on Tuesday highlighted their plan to protect IVF, warning their Republican colleagues they will need to decide by Wednesday whether to block a bill that would preserve access to assisted reproductive technologies.  “I warned that red states would come for IVF — and

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Biden is forgiving another $1.2 billion in student loan debt starting today

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Nadra Nittle | Originally published by The 19th President Joe Biden is slated to announce Wednesday during his fundraising trip to Los Angeles that his administration will cancel another $1.2 billion in student loan debt — this time for about 153,000 borrowers. All of them have been approved for the shortened repayment period benefit under

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