Incomplete data on Asian and Pacific Islander women has failed to capture the nuance of the economic disparities within that community. The Biden administration may change that.
If the national vaccination campaign does not prioritize racial equity, experts worry, "we will not be able to stop this pandemic."
The unemployment rate for Black women in February was 8.9 percent, and for Latinas it was 8.5 percent. For White women, it was 5.2 percent.
Hayley Arceneaux, a 29-year-old physician assistant, was the first person selected to go on the first all-civilian spaceflight mission later this year.
A provision to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour is in the House bill but is unlikely to make it through the Senate.
The legislation has a number of measures that aim to incorporate racial and gender disparities as they address the coronavirus pandemic and economic struggles.
The changes will allow sole proprietors, who are largely women, to get more aid.
An idea once touted by Martin Luther King Jr. is gaining momentum in cities across the nation, where pilot programs are already sending money to low-wage workers, many of them Black mothers.
For National Caregivers Day, Rep. Katie Porter outlines the legislative solutions that could ease the burden on working parents.
In a year that has spotlighted the crucial work that caregivers — both professional and not — perform, many are taking on new responsibilities as ambassadors for the vaccine.