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Karen Hawkins

Karen Hawkins

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Story Editor, The 19th News

Chicago

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Total articles 162

  • Chicago Public Schools Has $3 Billion in 'Critical' Repairs

    By Mila Koumpilova Verified, Karen Hawkins Verified| Rebellious Magazine Verified This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newslettersSign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools. If Chicago Public Schools were to tackle all the building repairs and upgrade projects on its list, that would cost $14.4 billion. Just the ones the district considers “critical”? About $3 billion.

    By Mila Koumpilova Verified, Karen Hawkins Verified · Rebellious Magazine

    Apr. 09, 2025

  • Attorney General Raoul Challenges Trump Cuts to Public Health

    By Peter Hancock Verified, Karen Hawkins Verified| Rebellious Magazine Verified Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined another multistate lawsuit against the Trump administration, this time seeking to block the termination of nearly $12 billion worth of public health grants to states. Raoul was part of a coalition of 24 state attorneys general and governors who filed the lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., for terminating the grants.

    By Peter Hancock Verified, Karen Hawkins Verified · Rebellious Magazine

    Apr. 03, 2025

  • Chicago Public Schools Has $3 Billion in 'Critical' Repairs

    By Mila Koumpilova Verified, Karen Hawkins Verified| Rebellious Magazine Verified This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newslettersSign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools. If Chicago Public Schools were to tackle all the building repairs and upgrade projects on its list, that would cost $14.4 billion. Just the ones the district considers “critical”? About $3 billion.

    By Mila Koumpilova Verified, Karen Hawkins Verified · Rebellious Magazine

    Apr. 09, 2025

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The 19th News

The 19th is an independent, nonprofit news organization based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2020. It focuses on gender, politics, and policy, with a commitment to empowering women, women of color, and LGBTQ+ individuals. The organization is named after the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. The 19th provides news coverage that highlights issues affecting underrepresented communities, particularly through a gender-equity lens. It offers free access to all articles, ensuring that its content reaches historically underserved audiences. The organization actively recruits journalists from diverse backgrounds and collaborates with nonprofits and philanthropic organizations to further its mission. With a national reach and a digital-first approach, The 19th emphasizes intersectional reporting and aims to challenge systemic inequities in media representation.

Washington, D.C., United States, United States

+1 512-222-8973

Founded: 2020