Legal fights leave question marks over ballot access in presidential battleground states
A ballot drop box in Madison, Wisconsin, that has been put out of commission. Since 2020, drop boxes have become a target for many on the right, who argue that…
More than half of states sue to block Biden Title IX rule protecting LGBTQ+ students
More than half of states, all with Republican attorneys general, have sued to block a recent U.S. Department of Education final rule seeking to protect LGBTQ+ students from discrimination. (Getty…
You’ve covered your copayment; now brace yourself for the ‘facility fee’
(Photo by Getty Images) Even if you have health insurance, you might expect to be charged a copayment for some routine care, like office-based exams and consultations. But you probably…
70 years later, schools — and moms — are still fighting segregation
Pasadena High School (Stella Kalinna for The 19th) PASADENA, Calif. — After starting elementary school in the late 1960s, Naomi Hirahara and three other girls formed a clique called the…
Abortion ballot measures could lift Dems in U.S. House races, campaign chief says
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Suzan DelBene speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 19, 2023. DelBene spoke to reporters Friday, May 17, 2024, about how…
Lessons from Riley Gaines on participation trophies and main character syndrome
Riley Gaines, the ex-Kentucky swimmer on Feb. 15, 2023 at the Kansas Statehouse | Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector Women’s sports rarely get the respect they deserve and very few female athletes…
Brown v Board: Progress but still an unfulfilled promise
A white teenage boy puts his fingers in his ears as students demonstrate for civil rights during the desegregation of Little Rock’s Central High School in 1957. (Photo by Paul…
As states loosen childhood vaccine requirements, health experts’ worries grow
An infant in Fayetteville, Ga., receives one of several routine vaccinations typically required for children entering K-12 schools. On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic and with growing skepticism around…
In Charlotte, fencers find their Yoda in Viveka Fox
Viveka Fox, right, spars during a practice session of the Vermont Fencing Alliance in Charlotte. Photo by Catherine Morrissey Noah Diedrich is a reporter with Community News Service, part of…
Young Writers Project: ‘My mother: the Earth’
“Florida Fisherman,” by Elise Ryan, YWP Media Library Young Writers Project is a creative online community of teen writers, photographers and artists, which has been based in Vermont since 2006.…