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By Ms. Editors | The Democratic National Convention runs this week, from Monday, Aug. 19, to Thursday, Aug. 22. In this live update article, expect real-time multimedia updates—can’t-miss quotes, pictures, breaking news—multiple times a day, capturing the narratives and voices shaping the future of U.S. politics. We’ll bring you direct reports, exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes perspectives from the convention floor and events closed to the public.

Explore: the best moments from the second night of the DNC, including a rollicking state-by-state roll call; the Obamas draw a contrast between Trump and Harris; the importance of a multiracial, multigenerational and pro-LGBTQ+ movement for the ERA; what women voters want; and more.

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A Harris-Walz rally at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, was attended by 12,000 supporters. (Joe Sohm / Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

By Genevieve Masci | A recent study found concentrations of 16 metals in 30 different varieties of tampons. Although there may be no need for immediate panic, consumers have every right to be angry. Where is corporate responsibility? Why so little transparency? How can the government step in?

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By Roxana Behdad | Advocates, medical students, faith leaders and physicians came together in Bowling Greens, Ky., to mark the two-year anniversary of the Kentucky Court of Appeals decision that allowed one of the nation’s most draconian state abortion bans to take effect. The near-total ban in Kentucky has no exception for abortion care in cases of incest or rape.

With a mobile billboard truck reading “Kentucky’s Abortion Ban Is Driving Away Doctors” as a backdrop, the press conference highlighted the devastating implications of Kentucky’s abortion ban—chief among them its power to drive doctors away.

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