This story was originally reported by Shefali Luthra of The 19th. Meet Shefali and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. The family of a woman who died after she could not get an abortion in Texas is suing doctors and state officials including Attorney General Ken Paxton. It is the first […]
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Tasia Fortune: Suspect Arrested in Hanging Death in Mississippi
For more than a month, Tasia Fortune’s family has waited for answers after she was found hanging from a tree outside a vacant house in Jackson, Mississippi. This week, authorities arrested a suspect. Jackson Police Chief RaShall Brackney said at a news conference Friday that police had secured search and arrest warrants for Jarques Ratliff, […]
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Candace Owens Has Won the Trust These Women Refuse to Give Politicians
This story was originally reported by Mariel Padilla of The 19th. In 2016, Candace Owens emerged as a leading conservative voice, the rare Black woman backing then-candidate Donald Trump. In 2017, she was hired by Turning Point USA, a conservative nonprofit co-founded by Charlie Kirk. In 2020, she announced that she’d be joining The Daily […]
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Keshia Golden, Who Said She Killed Boyfriend in Self-Defense, Accepts Plea Deal
This story was originally reported by Jasmine Mithani of The 19th. Content warning: This story references incidents of domestic violence. Keshia Golden, a Black mother and survivor of domestic violence who says she accidentally killed her boyfriend in self-defense, accepted a plea deal for involuntary manslaughter that would allow her to avoid jail time. She […]
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Angie Nixon Notches an Upset Victory in Florida’s Democratic Senate Primary
This story was originally reported by Mel Leonor Barclay of The 19th. Florida Democrat Angie Nixon, a progressive who recently joined the Democratic Socialists of America, won Democrats’ nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in a stunning upset that gave progressives a win in a highly unlikely state. Nixon, a Florida state representative and community […]
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Cori Bush’s Primary Loss Further Hurts Black Women’s Chances for Representation in Congress
This story was originally reported by Mel Leonor Barclay of The 19th. Former Democratic Rep. Cori Bush will not be returning to Congress after failing to retake her old seat from Rep. Wesley Bell in the heated primary for Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, according to projections by Decision Desk HQ. Bush was first elected to […]
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How One Black Family Has Held Onto Their Land for Generations
It is early in the planting season for Elister Charleston and his family. And, as he has come to know in his eighty years of farming, before the faithful sun breaks into the sky, before he gets himself cleaned up and dresses in his blue jeans, shirt and cap, before he makes his black coffee […]
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A Mental Health Crisis, a Call for Help, and a Death in Police Custody
SIKESTON, Missouri — Not everyone at Lloyd Gilmore’s funeral knew him well. One woman, who had ironed her clothes two days in advance, said she just wanted to be there for his family. School-age children, guided by their parents, approached his open casket in the sanctuary of Cornerstone Baptist Church and peeked inside. Other people […]
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Pregnant Woman’s Roadside Death Triggers Push to Reopen Mississippi Delta Hospital
This story was originally published on Mississippi Today and KFF Health News. BELZONI, Mississippi — Harmony Ball-Stribling’s path to pregnancy had been turbulent, from an endometriosis diagnosis to an arduous in vitro fertilization process and sky-high blood pressure. But as her due date approached in the summer of 2021, her health improved and those storm clouds […]
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Black Families Breathed Toxic Air as Chemical Companies Blocked Monitoring
This story is from Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powers stalling climate action, in partnership with The Guardian and with contributions from The Louisiana Illuminator. Sign up for Floodlight’s newsletter here. Kimbrelle Kyereh lives just a few hundred feet from the massive chemical storage tanks in St. Rose, in southeastern Louisiana. Oily fumes […]
