More members and money — and more fractures: The uncertain future of Erika Kirk’s Turning Point USAThis story is part of Gen Z at the Ballot Box, a collaboration between States Newsroom and The 19th. It was the beginning of her junior year, and 20-year-old Mia Tedesco was setting up a table for the campus open house where more than 200 recognized student organizations were preparing to recruit new students. Tedesco […]The 19th2d agoWhole story →GovernmentEducation
Daycare strikes almost never happen. Here’s what drove these workers over the edge.The trouble at the Sprout School started when staff began to turn over faster than they could be replaced. Twenty-five full- and part-time teachers dwindled to 10, leaving behind empty spots on the bulletin board by the school entrance that was once full of smiling faces. “Teachers were disappearing and we weren’t understanding why,” said […]The 19th3d agoWhole story →EducationEconomy
Two states, two abortion ballot measures — and many challenges in reaching Gen Z votersThis story is part of Gen Z at the Ballot Box, a collaboration between States Newsroom and The 19th. Boise State University senior Cade Syvock opposes abortion. As president of the school’s chapter of the conservative group Turning Point USA, the organization founded by the late activist Charlie Kirk, Syvock helped coordinate anti-abortion protests on […]The 19th3d agoWhole story →EducationGovernment
