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Black electoral advocates lean on past movements to build power ‘from the grassroots up’
In 1972 Shirley Chisholm ran for president and thousands attended the National Black Political Convention. Can 2020 harness that energy?
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The Trump campaign is touting its anti-abortion record. It could preview what a second term could bring.
Trump once publicly supported the right to have an abortion. But as president, he’s made limiting access a signature issue.
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New federal rules could make it harder for parents to take paid leave
New guidelines from the Department of Labor on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act say parents whose children have access to in-person learning are no longer eligible for paid leave.
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Could the parents of LGBTQ+ kids decide the presidential election? Advocates are putting money on it.
Field organizers are hitting the ground in swing states to target millions of "equality voters."
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If the Justice Department intervenes for Trump in his defamation lawsuit, the case would ‘just end there’
Constitutional law expert Leah Litman explains the latest twist in E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit against the president.
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This state auditor is leading a national effort to improve COVID-19 data tracking
Kathy McGuiness, Delaware’s first woman state auditor, has launched a multi-state initiative to collect better data about the coronavirus pandemic. Will it work? She sees no downside in trying.
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Landscape for women U.S. Congress candidates changed little by New Hampshire and Rhode Island primaries
Rhode Island is the only state in 2020 to have no women candidates, while in New Hampshire, two incumbents move ahead.
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Pregnancy-related death is a national crisis. Medicaid expansion could help address that.
A new study found that when states expanded Medicaid eligibility, pregnant people were less likely to lose health insurance postpartum. That's a big deal, experts said.
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Labor union president Mary Kay Henry on the reckoning and resolve for 'essential' workers
A Q&A with the Service Employees International Union president.
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Biden surrogates hit campaign trail with a focus on safely reopening schools
Teachers are ‘scared they’re going to have to stand in front of kids and make promises they cannot keep,’ Biden surrogate Rep. Jahana Hayes told The 19th.