During the annual Commission on the Status of Women, advocates urged the United States and others responsible for high carbon emissions to pay for its role in the climate crisis.
Part-time professors, more likely to be women and people of color, are a permanent underclass in academia, they said.
With negotiations on the bill stalled in the Senate, lawmakers call on the White House to use executive authority ahead of the midterm elections.
They’re navigating decisions familiar to many parents with children too young to be vaccinated, worrying about risk as guidance on how to deal with the pandemic changes.
Reports of anti-AAPI incidents are on the rise — and advocates are urging policymakers to do more to help.
They just got a boost from Vice President Kamala Harris, after she announced the EPA would distribute $17 million to convert diesel school buses to electric and low emission buses.
Young, the new director of the Office of Management and Budget, is one of more than 300 political appointees to be confirmed thus far.
Tuesday is Equal Pay Day, the first in a series of reminders of how persistent the pay gap has been. More states and cities hope laws requiring employers to share pay minimums and maximums on job postings will shrink this gap.
Paralympian sportscaster Lauren Steadman spoke with The 19th about representation and why it’s OK to stare.
Between pay gaps, the pandemic, growing class sizes and legislative directives, “the pressure on teachers right now is so formidable,” one expert said.