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According to the Economic Policy Institute, states with abortion restrictions have on average lower minimum wages, unionization levels and rates of Medicaid expansion.
Girl Security is one of the biggest players working to create pathways for young girls and women in the male-dominated national security workforce.
The NewsHour journalist talked about being the first Muslim Pakistani-American to occupy the anchor seat, and how her identity and parenthood shaped her career.
The pay gap persists across education levels and industries. Here’s why.
It takes almost a full additional year for Native American women to catch up to the earnings of non-Latino White men. Some are creating their own financial systems and communities of care.
Child poverty rates have crept back up since the program expired, leaving families struggling with food insecurity and insufficiency.
The government is investing $65 billion into expansion programs, including nearly two-thirds of that spending directed to equity efforts.
The historic and ongoing link between high menthol use among the most vulnerable populations is no coincidence, a new study highlights.
A national conference decades ago on hunger, nutrition and health led to the WIC program and expanded school meals. The Biden administration hopes to make similar leaps in policy five decades later.
Last year, the day was marked on August 3. Here’s why it’s so much later this year.