A day of 'profound power': Biden declares Juneteenth a federal holiday
The country's first new federal holiday since 1983 is the fruit of a decades-long push to acknowledge the importance of emancipation.
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Suicide attempts among teen girls were already high. The pandemic might have made it worse.
Data from the CDC showed teenage girls’ hospitalizations for suspected suicide attempts shot up last year. It’s only one piece of a mental health crisis affecting young people.
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Meet Ketanji Brown Jackson, a likely contender for the Supreme Court
Jackson was named by President Joe Biden to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, a position regarded as a stepping stone to some of the highest legal positions in the government.
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For transgender people, finding mental health services that meet their needs is difficult
Even in cities known for providing transgender services, trans people overwhelmingly report myriad barriers in getting mental health services, experts say.
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Barack Obama: Women have found themselves 'in an impossible situation'
The former president says government can help relieve the gendered pressures of the pandemic.
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Darnella Frazier, the teen who filmed George Floyd’s murder, wins honorary Pulitzer
Frazier was honored with a special citation for her video, which “spurred protests against police brutality around the world.”
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Minnesota offers conditional release so that incarcerated mothers can be with their newborns
In a country that typically separates incarcerated people from their newborns, the eight states with prison nurseries seemed groundbreaking. Minnesota introduced an entirely new solution.
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New York poised to become 21st state to get gender-neutral IDs
After a bill passed Thursday, trans and nonbinary New Yorkers will likely be able to update their IDs with "X" gender markers.
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How women in Maryland are trying to stop gun violence
They are lawmakers, community organizers and relatives of victims. And they’re a microcosm of the gun violence prevention efforts playing out in statehouses across the nation — amid congressional gridlock and daily shootings.
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Instagram, other online resources are helping address Black women's mental health
Black women face a disproportionate amount of mental health concerns, which have been exacerbated by the pandemic, experts say. Online resources are helping to combat that.