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Jupiter Jetson is leading an effort to unionize sex workers. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

AI brings new fears for sex workers

Kate Reynolds - The 19th
Luann de Lesseps attends Frederick Anderson Fall 2026 Collection Fashion Show on February 11, 2026. (Photo by Paul Bruinooge/Getty Images)

Real Housewives fight for HIV care

Orion Rummler - The 19th
Student loan borrowers gather near The White House to tell President Biden to cancel student debt on May 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images)

Student debt crisis falls hard on women

Nadra Nittle - The 19th
Jeffrey Epstein in 2004. (Photo by Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images)

Epstein emails reveal misogyny in STEM

Jessica Kutz - The 19th
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Senior Advisor to the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Cait Conley speaks to Politico Cybersecurity reporter Maggie Miller during Politico's annual AI and Tech Summit on September 17, 2024 in Washington, DC. During her remarks Conley spoke about the recent second assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump and how her agency is working to protect the upcoming U.S. elections. ((Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images))

Meet the Hell Cats

Mariel Padilla - The 19th
A pro-LGBTQ+ demonstrator holds a sign outside a Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) Board of Education meeting on June 20, 2023 in Glendale, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Suburban women flipped school boards

Nadra Nittle - The 19th
Jeffrey Epstein in 2004. (Photo by Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images)

Epstein offered advice to men of #MeToo

Grace Panetta - The 19th
Demonstrators march during the nationwide "Stop ICE Terror" rally through downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 20, 2026 in protest against US President Donald Trump's policies. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP / Getty Images)

Minn. mothers help families split by ICE

Chabeli Carrazana - The 19th
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Federal agents stand in tear gas and face protesters on Nicollet Avenue near West 26th St. in Minneapolis, Minn. on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. Federal agents fatally shot a man during an arrest in the morning (Photo by Alex Kormann/Getty Images)

What are your rights in ICE encounters?

Louis Jacobson - The 19th
U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) speaks during the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on the west front of the U.S. Capitol on December 03, 2024 in Washington, DC. This year's tree is an 80-foot Sitka spruce from the Wrangell District Region in Alaska's Tongass National Forest. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Can Mary Peltola flip Alaska?

Grace Panetta - The 19th
ANKARA, TURKIYE - NOVEMBER 7: In this photo illustration, Elon Musk's photo is displayed in front of Grok logo on a phone screen, in Ankara, Turkiye on November 7, 2023. (Photo by Muhammed Selim Korkutata/Anadolu via Getty Images)

AI is undressing women, children

Mariel Padilla - The 19th
Trump insurrectionists cheer as more of the crowd gains access to the U.S. Capitol on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Shay Horse/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

J6 rioters have a recidivism problem

Mariel Padilla - The 19th
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Micki Witthoeft, mother of Ashli Babbitt, holds a photograph of her late daughter who was killed in the January 6 insurrection, while talking on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The making of a MAGA martyr

Jennifer Gerson - The 19th
Zohran Mamdani campaigns for mayor of New York City on an affordability platform (Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

GOP meets Mamdani's 9/11 story with hate

Shefali Luthra - The 19th
The Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Ga. (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

ICE keeps detaining pregnant people

Shefali Luthra, Mel Leonor Barclay - The 19th
(ICE handout via Getty Images)

D.C. childcare workers hide from ICE

Chabeli Carrazana - The 19th
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