In order to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, it is vital for the country to nix the idea of criminality altogether.

At a time when our government is denying the existence of trans people, erasing trans rights, and generally undoing the ...

An offering of inspiration from Mexico, Lebanon, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Thailand to help people in the U.S. navigate these difficult times.

Abortion in a world where reproductive justice is realized means allowing each person full autonomy over their pregnancy decision.

is a freelance photographer and photojournalist based on unceded Ohlone land in Oakland, CA. Her most recent work can be found in YES! Magazine, Teen Vogue, and In These Times. She covers social ...

is an editorial fellow. Before joining The 19th, she covered education and Covid-19 data for The Daily Memphian. Her previous experience includes The Wall Street Journal, Cronkite News and Cronkite ...

(any) is a queer, gender-expansive writer who has written for AFAR, Fodor’s, Condé Nast Traveler, Longreads, and Eater.

is a professor of English at Central Michigan University, the Los Angeles Review of Books’ associate editor in charge of horror, the founder and president of the Society for the Study of the American ...

is an independent journalist covering science, health and travel. She has reported from Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Israel, and written travel articles and guidebooks on California, the Czech Republic, ...

is an associate professor of psychology at Hope College and a mother of two. She researches character development among parents of young children (in a Zulu South African community) and in elementary ...

is a freelance journalist based in Atlanta, Georgia. His writing has appeared in a variety of publications, including newspapers (Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Seattle Times, Atlanta ...

is a cultural anthropologist whose research interests focus on the cultural politics of resource wars in Latin America and the US. Her dissertation work and recent publications have centered on the ...