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Lauren Nutall is an investigative journalist from Dallas, TX. She graduated from Howard University in May 2025, where she received her Bachelor's in Journalism with a minor in International Affairs. She was a 2025-2026 Reporting Fellow at The 19th. Currently, she is completing a 10-week fellowship at Inside Climate News.

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The 19th • 07/02/2026

From the chatroom to the classroom, these women professors face the manosphere in real life

Julie Shayne has spent the better part of her teaching career navigating campus politics made complicated by being a woman.

The 19th • 09/08/2026

A town 14 miles from Dallas has no clean drinking water. She’s trying to fill the gap.

SAND BRANCH, TEXAS — Days after a large grassfire ripped through four acres of land in Sand Branch, Christina Parks is exhausted.

The 19th • 04/06/2026

Is fracking in Texas endangering a day care's children?

ARLINGTON, TEXAS — In early December, drilling resumed near Mother’s Heart Learning Center. Newly installed gas wells dot property at 2020 S. Watson Road, less than one mile from the day care. One day in December, the sound of fracking machinery was so cacophonous that children couldn’t play outdoors.

The 19th • 04/01/2026

Who gets to lead the church? Women and LGBTQ+ pastors are forcing an answer.

For many Christian women, a woman’s role in the church’s ecosystem has long been fixed. But Beth Allison Barr, a historian and the wife of a pastor, felt compelled to challenge the prevailing narrative surrounding women in North American Christianity using history.

Dallas News • 02/18/2026

(PDF) They moved out of their apartment. And then came a year-long fight over disputed charges

When Victoria Post first moved into Lakeside Urban Center Apartments in August 2023, she didn’t know what to expect. Neither the 28 year-old nor her roommate had ever lived in an apartment.

Dallas News • 02/18/2026

(PDF) Cedar Hill fired a teacher after an investigation. D-FW schools continued to hire him.

In 2020, a North Texas high school teacher and football coach was terminated from Cedar Hill High School for violating the Educator’s Code of Conduct, resulting in a public sanction on his teaching certificate. He has since worked at three different schools.

The 19th • 02/17/2026

New student loan limits could threaten diversity in nursing and public health programs

Shawnie Allen traces her choice to study public health to a moment inside a hospital room in 2023. At 20 years old, she was a junior at Nova Southeastern University when she found out she was six weeks pregnant.

Abortion was still legal until 15 weeks of pregnancy, and Allen asked her presiding nurse about options for termination. The nurse’s expression, Allen noted, shifted.

“I could just tell she obviously did not like that I was going toward abortion,” she said.

Alle...

The 19th • 01/16/2026

‘We’re asking for very basic things’: 15,000 nurses are on strike in New York City

The largest nurse walkout in New York City history has entered its fifth day, with no signs of ending quickly as negotiations continue. The nurses union began striking at three private hospital systems after months of unsuccessful talks surrounding health care benefits and staffing shortages.

The strike, which the nurses union said involved 15,000 nurses, illuminates a growing divide between health practitioners and hospitals as the industry faces major upheaval amid federal administrative ch...

The 19th • 01/09/2026

Head Start can still use words like 'race' and 'women' for federal funding, judge says

A federal judge has blocked efforts by the Trump administration to curb diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives within Head Start early child care programs, which included attempts to revoke funding from providers who use words like “women” and “race” on grant applications.

Wednesday’s temporary injunction, which also prevented mass layoffs for the program, is the latest development in a legal battle between Head Start programs and the Trump administration, as the president continu...