Advocates pressure Congress on child care investments
Their message to Democrats: ‘This is not the time for Band-Aids.’
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Senate Democrats take fight to protect voting rights to Georgia
Sen. Amy Klobuchar told The 19th her panel is holding the historic hearing because its legislature passed the ‘most egregious’ voting law in the country.
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Texas Democrats to U.S. Senate: ‘Save our state, save our country’
The state legislators came to Washington to block a restrictive voting bill and deliver a message: ‘We’re passing the baton to you.’
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Only 1 in 4 nursing homes are confident they can survive a year
Mounting costs from the pandemic have made a system's shortcomings untenable, leaving residents, workers and families in a precarious position.
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Ahead of Olympics, women athletes challenge perceptions about sports and parenthood
They're talking more openly about the realities of child care needs, outdated industry expectations and unfair rules for nursing parents.
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This nursing mom's journey to figure out how much vaccinated breast milk is enough to shield her baby from COVID-19
Breast milk from vaccinated parents protects babies. But how much is needed?
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Britney Spears’ story underscores how courts can enable family abuse
Experts say the legal system often weaponizes women’s emotions to keep them locked in the very systems they are trying to escape.
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As child tax credit payments reach families, moms see a road out of poverty
Mothers told The 19th that the new monthly payments will help them preserve their basic human dignity.
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Before Zaila Avant-garde, these Black spellers made headlines
Avant-garde’s win follows a longer history of Black girls reaching the highest level of spelling competitions, and facing discrimination when they got to the top.
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How safe is summer camp? Depends on their COVID-19 precautions
Directors talk about a difficult year of planning and how vaccines, early testing and quarantine helped some of them safely lift mask restrictions altogether.