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Mariel Padilla
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Nashville shooting suspect’s gender sets attack apart from most mass shootings
Several conservative and far-right media figures are using the shooter’s reported transgender identity to shift the conversation away from gun control.
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Meg Cabot talks book bans, the rise of YA and 'The Quarantine Princess Diaries'
Eight years after the last Princess Diaries book, the author is again showing her longtime readers how they might navigate adulthood, power and responsibility, all while lurching from one crisis to the next.
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Nearly 300,000 women served during the Iraq War. Two decades later, they remain ‘the invisible veterans.’
The increase in women soldiers, and the visibility of their service, led to policy changes over the next 20 years.
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In a first, child care must be provided for microchip manufacturers to qualify for this federal grant
Employers seeking CHIPS Act funding must provide child care that is within reach for low- and medium-income households and located at a convenient location with hours that meet workers’ needs.
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‘It doesn’t have to be this way’: California introduces bill addressing harassment on public transit
Introduced by Sen. Dave Min in partnership with Stop AAPI Hate, the bill would address systemic safety issues on public transit systems across the state.
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Biden said 107 words on abortion and LGBTQ+ issues in the State of the Union. Here’s why that matters.
The annual address always covers myriad issues — and how much the president talks about each one signals priorities.
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From ballroom dancing to bloodshed, the older AAPI community grapples with gun control
Most of the shooting victims in Monterey Park, California, were AAPI seniors, ranging in age from late 50s to late 70s.
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States with abortion bans are also ‘economically disempowering’ people, report says
According to the Economic Policy Institute, states with abortion restrictions have on average lower minimum wages, unionization levels and rates of Medicaid expansion.
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‘Our world will be more secure’: Young women weigh in on the future of national security
Girl Security is one of the biggest players working to create pathways for young girls and women in the male-dominated national security workforce.
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Election workers, an officer and a state official: Here are the women being honored for their role in January 6
Two years after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to block the certification of the 2020 election, President Joe Biden is awarding 12 people with one of the nation’s highest civilian honors.