Terri Rupar

Terri Rupar

@terri.bsky.social

Editorial director at The 19th, formerly at The Washington Post. Tar Heel. Posting about gender and politics and also dogs.

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Melissa Deckman
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@terri.bsky.social at the @19thnews.org did a great job on this piece about Gen Z women being the most pessimistic group in America, using analysis @prri.org provided from our recent survey on American identity and patriotism. Check it out! 19thnews.org/2026/07/gen-...

19thnews.orgGen Z women are the most pessimistic about the American dreamA new analysis of polling data from PRRI also shows they’re the only group in which fewer than half agree there’s no place they’d rather live than the United States.
Terri Rupar
@terri.bsky.social

Rubio and Bondi have both worked to combat human trafficking over the course of their political careers. But now, the administration is pulling back on work it had been doing 19thnews.org/2025/07/trum...

19thnews.orgTrump administration pulls back on work combating human trafficking, long a top GOP priorityAs Republicans reel from the fallout surrounding Jeffrey Epstein, advocates working on human trafficking issues say the administration has abandoned promises to prioritize the issue.
Terri Rupar
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Puerto Rico doesn't get SNAP; instead, people rely on a block grant, which provides less money in a place where food is much pricier and people can't buy much in bulk to stock a freezer because of the blackouts that hit at a moment's notice 19thnews.org/2025/07/puer...

19thnews.orgHigh prices, blackouts and half the money: Inside Puerto Rico’s stagnant food aid systemPuerto Rico’s block grant food assistance program already doesn’t stretch enough to meet the needs of its recipients. Congress just froze one way to boost it.
Terri Rupar
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The administration wants to deport a lot of people — so it needs to look beyond the criminals it's said it is focused on. Yessenia Ruano hoped the fact that her visa application for victims of human trafficking was processing would help her stay. ICE told her to leave. 19thnews.org/2025/07/upro...

19thnews.org‘Adiós, Milwaukee’: A family uprooted, a hole left behindYessenia Ruano's long fight against deportation, fueled by her Milwaukee community, ended last month under orders from ICE.

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Emily Ramshaw
@eramshaw.bsky.social

A 16-month investigation into the Hague Abduction Convention by @19thnews.org and ‪@typeinvestigations.org‬. Meant to reunite mothers and children. Instead, it's often used by allegedly abusive fathers to tear them apart. 19thnews.org/2025/06/hagu...

19thnews.orgNowhere in the world to run: The international law ripping children from their mothersThe Hague Abduction Convention was meant to reunite mothers and children. Instead, it's often used by allegedly abusive fathers to tear them apart.
Terri Rupar
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The National Women’s Law Center sued the Trump administration, arguing that restrictions on domestic violence and sexual assault grants are illegal and conflict with requirements laid out in the Violence Against Women Act 19thnews.org/2025/06/dome...

19thnews.orgDomestic violence nonprofits sue over Trump administration’s anti-DEI funding rulesDomestic violence grant restrictions conflict with requirements in the Violence Against Women Act, the lawsuit argues.

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Errin Haines
@errinhaines.bsky.social

In this week's episode of Trump’s reality show presidency, strength and power are defined from Los Angeles to Washington by a public and excessive show of force, where pageantry is a means of reinforcing control. My latest column for The Amendment: 19thnews.org/2025/06/trum...

19thnews.orgOn two coasts, a show of force — and a test of oursAnalysis | In Trump’s reality show presidency, strength and power are defined by a public and excessive show of force and pageantry is a means of reinforcing control.

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Amanda Becker
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The USDA program changes are coming at what Vince Hall, the head of government relations for Feeding America, the nationwide foodbank network, called an already “very precarious moment for food banks because there’s no resiliency left in the system.” 19thnews.org/2025/05/usda... via @19thnews.org

19thnews.orgTheir small farms helped stock food pantries. That program is going away.The Trump administration is ending a USDA assistance initiative as the country’s food pantries are “stretched to the breaking point" and a hunger crisis looms.
Terri Rupar
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Trump is set to sign the Take It Down Act today; @jazzmyth.bsky.social breaks down what it means for people impacted by the sharing of nonconsensual intimate images 19thnews.org/2025/05/take...

19thnews.orgHere’s how you can use the Take It Down Act after it’s signed todayThe 19th explains how the new law on nonconsensual intimate imagery will be implemented — and how you can request the takedown of explicit images created or shared without permission.
Terri Rupar
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Yessenia Ruano has been in the U.S. for 14 years. She's had twins, become an integral part of the school where she works and her church, bought a home, and checked in with ICE 17 times. Now she has a one-way ticket to El Salvador that she's still hoping not to use. 19thnews.org/2025/05/upro...

19thnews.orgFourteen years in America. A one-way ticket to El Salvador.Yessenia Ruano worked to build a life in Milwaukee with her family, a teaching career and church community. Now she’s fighting to stop it from being uprooted.
Terri Rupar
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The founder of Build-a-Bear Workshop is matching all new gifts to @19thnews.org now. Help us continue to build on the work we've done covering gender and politics — and make that gift go twice as far! 19thne.ws/springdrive

19thne.wsSpring Member DriveThe 19th's Spring Member Drive is happening now through May 16. Our newsroom has reported on some of our country’s most pivotal moments since 2020. Now, as we cover President Donald Trump’s second ter...
Terri Rupar
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In February, the DOJ's Office on Violence Against Women removed all of its notices of funding opportunities and told grantees not to work on any applications that were in progress. Last week, they put up new ones — here's what's different, via @jazzmyth.bsky.social 19thnews.org/2025/05/revi...

19thnews.orgFederal grants to assist domestic violence survivors are back — with more strings attachedRevised funding opportunities for victim services organizations ban any activities characterizing domestic violence as a social justice issue.
Terri Rupar
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*Right now,* donations are being matched in @19thnews.org's Spring Member Drive. It's a great time to give as we continue to dig in and do reporting at the intersection of gender, politics and policy the19th.donorsupport.co/page/SMD2025

the19th.donorsupport.coSpring Member DriveThe 19th's Spring Member Drive is happening now through May 16. Our newsroom has reported on some of our country’s most pivotal moments since 2020. Now, as we cover President Donald Trump’s second ter...

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jasmine mithani
@jazzmyth.bsky.social

Efforts to address the missing and murdered Indigenous people epidemic — specifically with a focus on Native American women, girls and two-spirit folks — have historically been bipartisan. Both Biden and Trump signed executive orders aimed as addressing the crisis #MMIWG 19thnews.org/2025/05/indi...

19thnews.orgKey reports addressing violence against Indigenous women are gone from federal sitesThe removals came ahead of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s Day of Awareness.

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Emily Ramshaw
@eramshaw.bsky.social

“It is estimated parents spend over $20,000 in the first year of a baby’s life,” the letter said. “A $5,000 baby bonus could help families—but mothers deserve support to care for their families, not pressure to grow them.” 19thnews.org/2025/04/trum...

19thnews.orgDemocratic women don’t want the White House talking about raising birth ratesSome programs aimed at supporting women have taken a hit from the Trump administration and could face more as Congress considers and tax and spending bill.

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jasmine mithani
@jazzmyth.bsky.social

According to the latest @19thnews.org/@surveymonkey.com poll: - 49% of Americans think politicians should not focus on trans issues at all - 29% think they should focus on protecting trans rights - 17% think they should focus on restricting trans rights 19thnews.org/2025/04/amer...

19thnews.orgNearly half of Americans don’t want politicians focusing on trans issuesA new 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll shows a disconnect between Trump’s aggressive anti-trans policies and what Americans want from their politicians.
Terri Rupar
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The White House has “weaponized” an accusation of domestic violence against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Alliance for Immigrant Survivors says 19thnews.org/2025/04/whit...

19thnews.orgAdvocates for immigrant victims of domestic violence condemn White House ‘political theater’The way the White House aired an accusation of domestic violence in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case has sent his wife and her children into hiding, and could discourage victims from seeking help, they s...
Terri Rupar
@terri.bsky.social

The Take It Down Act, which seems on track to pass the House, is supposed to empower the FTC to get nonconsensual intimate imagery removed from the internet. But the FTC is down two commissioners + staff 19thnews.org/2025/04/trum...

19thnews.orgTrump backed a bill on nonconsensual intimate images — but he fired its enforcersThe Take It Down Act, championed by the first lady, would hand regulation to the FTC. The new administration has ousted two commissioners and at least a dozen staff members.