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The application window is closing fast for early childhood educators who may qualify this year for $7,000 to $14,000 payments.
The economy is bigger for Republicans and democracy bigger for Democrats as a motivating factor in this year’s midterm elections.
Women may be reentering the work force, but the numbers are uneven, with more Black women leaving.
The Mississippi fund is the longest-running guaranteed income program in the United States.
Among incarcerated women, those who identified as heterosexual were more likely to have an optimistic outlook than those who identified as lesbian or bisexual.
In a profession dominated by men, solar training nonprofits and trade unions are providing networking opportunities, creating caregiving pilots and training men to be better allies against harassment.
Traveling out of state for an abortion was already unaffordable for many. But the end of federal abortion rights has come as inflation rates are pushing up prices for gas, hotels, plane tickets, medical supplies and food.
Addressing the shortages means overcoming not just disregard for people’s needs, but also the discomfort many Americans feel discussing menstruation and other issues affecting women and marginalized groups.
Sen. Maggie Hassan sent a letter to tampon manufacturers Monday seeking answers after reports of empty shelves started circulating last week. She wants tampons to be treated as an essential good.
Women of color took on the majority of new jobs created during the pandemic to do contact tracing, and to test and vaccinate Americans, experts said. But as sites ramp down, the future of that workforce is now uncertain.