Jessica Kutz for The 19th

News

Women firefighters with reproductive cancers are now eligible for federal help

The Puerta la Cruz female inmate firefighter crew clears vegetation near homes in Dry Creek Canyon to try to save them as the Partrick Fire approaches west of Napa, Calif.

Government

How a Native elections official is breaking down voting barriers in Arizona

Gabriella Cázares-Kelly, Pima County Recorder, poses for a portrait in Tucson, Arizona.

Environment

Extreme heat is making schools hotter — and learning harder

Different colored water bottles sit on yellow desks in a classroom.

News

Under increasing pressure to migrate, more women are dying at the US-Mexico border

View of woman and child from behind on Ciudad Juarez side of border with border agents visible across the river.

News

Four lost pregnancies. Five weeks of IVF injections. One storm.

Self portrait of Kirsti and Justin Mahon from the neck down, holding a sign that says "Making Baby Mahon."

Environment

These are the climate grannies. They'll do whatever it takes to protect their grandchildren.

Pennie Opal Plant and Hazel Chandler

Lifestyle

The Stanley craze: How a reusable cup became the latest symbol of overconsumption

photo illustration depicting piles of Stanley tumblers in different colors