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Women are still less than one-third of Congress and state legislatures, even after two big election cycles
A Republican rebound drove overall gains in 2020, but women are still underrepresented at all legislative levels, according to a new analysis by Rutgers University’s Center for Women and Politics.
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Exclusive: Ohio’s Nina Turner picks up Ocasio-Cortez endorsement in U.S. House race
Turner is emerging as the progressive favorite to succeed HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge.
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'From bad to worse': How COVID-19 could undo gender equity efforts across the globe
The United States anticipates immunizing most adults by summer. But vaccines are far less available in other countries.
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‘WAP’ and the politics of Black women’s bodies
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s hit song and Grammy performance mirrors how millennial Black women are challenging respectability politics, says hip-hop scholar Aria S. Halliday.
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Wyoming's flood of anti-abortion bills reveal what's happening across the country, experts say
Wyoming has filed eight anti-abortion bills this session, a record number in recent history for the state legislature.
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Xavier Becerra confirmed as nation's first Latinx health secretary
Becerra, most recently California's attorney general, won support from reproductive rights groups and organizers for transgender equality.
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Trans youth sports debate consumes Equality Act Senate hearing
The hearing was convened to address inequalities facing LGBTQ+ people, but opponents remained fixed on trans girls and athletics.
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‘We keep it alive in our culture’: The legacy of U.S. policy, violence against Asian American women
Scholar Catherine Lee on how the gendered origins of immigration law in the United States, the over-sexualization of Asian women and white supremacy live on today.
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‘A disservice to the policymaking’: Most interns in Congress are White, report finds
Rep. Ayanna Pressley says a congressional internship “changed the trajectory” of her life, and she and other advocates say a lack of intern diversity causes pipeline problems.
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The Biden administration has a lot more work to do to tackle xenophobia against Asian Americans, advocates say
Less than two months after the president signed an executive order to address racism against the AAPI community, a man killed six Asian American women in Atlanta.