Dozens of senators signed a letter on Monday urging the Biden administration to move faster on evacuations.
'All of these men of the world in power are destroying something that we’ve worked so hard for.'
“It is so critical we take action now to address how this pandemic and other challenges are undermining women’s financial futures,” said Sen. Patty Murray, co-sponsor of a bill being reintroduced this week.
In the 1960s, Funk was part of Mercury 13 — a program to train women astronauts that was ultimately canceled. On Tuesday, she became the oldest person to launch into space.
Mounting costs from the pandemic have made a system's shortcomings untenable, leaving residents, workers and families in a precarious position.
The 19th reached out to Fortune 500 companies helmed by women to see how they’ve followed through on last year’s financial promises towards racial equity.
Researchers identified at least 18 schools across five states that state certification boards suspected of forcing their students into the sex industry.
The Biden administration’s latest interpretation of Title IX sends a new message: “Transgender youth know definitively that it is illegal for schools to discriminate against them."
In an exclusive interview with The 19th, the co-chair of the White House Gender Policy Council speaks about improving gender equity as the country recovers from COVID-19 and the women’s recession.
For the first time, 41 women — including two Black women — helm some of the country’s most powerful companies. Yet they only account for 8 percent of the Fortune 500 chief executives.