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  • California banned bilingual education for almost 20 years. It still hasn’t recovered.
    This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In 1953, Bárbara Flores entered kindergarten at Washington Elementary School in Madera, California, a small city in the Central Valley surrounded by farm fields. Her mother and grandmother had talked it up: You’re going to learn a lot. You’re going to like it. […] The post California banned... Read more
    Source: The 19th News Published on: 2024-12-09
  • Why aren’t Black women in the conversation to lead the Democratic Party?
    The Democratic Party has been wringing its hands and debating a course for its future. It also needs a new leader.  Current Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison isn’t seeking another term, and the party is preparing to select his replacement. In the month since Democrats lost the 2024 election, several names have emerged as […] The post Why aren’t... Read more
    Source: The 19th News Published on: 2024-12-06
  • LGBTQ+ parents are rushing to adopt their children before Trump is sworn in
    After three rounds of fertility treatments, Haley Swenson and her wife, Alieza Durana, had a baby boy in March 2023. Because Swenson carried their baby and was the biological mother, only she was seen as the parent in the eyes of the law. Durana would have to adopt her own son. That process is expensive […] The post LGBTQ+ parents... Read more
    Source: The 19th News Published on: 2024-12-06
  • Hegseth is the wrong leader for women in the military, warn women veterans and lawmakers
    WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Pete Hegseth tries to persuade senators to support him to lead the Department of Defense in the Trump administration, several lawmakers, women veterans and military advocates warn that his confirmation could be detrimental to women in the military and reverse progress in combating sexual assault in the Armed Forces. Hegseth, a […] The post Hegseth is... Read more
    Source: The 19th News Published on: 2024-12-05
  • Trans activists stage bathroom sit-in at Capitol Hill
    Transgender activists staged a sit-in on Thursday inside the congressional bathroom closest to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office on Capitol Hill, to protest Republican-led efforts to keep transgender people from using restrooms that match their gender identity. The protest marked a shift in some LGBTQ+ activists’ approach to calling for change ahead of a second Trump […] The post Trans activists... Read more
    Source: The 19th News Published on: 2024-12-05
  • Inside the military’s LGBTQ+ witch hunts
    This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. On weekends, Staff Sgt. Todd VanCantfort, an armed forces police officer in San Antonio, Texas, targeted gay bars in search of anyone in the military. One time, at the direction of his […] The post Inside the... Read more
    Source: The 19th News Published on: 2024-12-05