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Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on the fight to pass care infrastructure: “It has to happen.”
Gina Raimondo came to the Biden administration in part to pass policies that support working women. In an exclusive interview with The 19th, Raimondo discusses the work she’s doing to make good on that promise.
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2 years later, legal protections for Black people's hair are still gaining momentum
Advocates of the CROWN Act reflect on its impact and the many remaining challenges on changing beauty standards.
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Jobs are coming back in hospitality and child care. Women are benefiting
June was the most robust month of job growth so far this year. About 40 percent of the jobs added were in the women-dominated hospitality industry.
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Women in the Biden White House earn 99 cents for every $1 earned by men
The Biden White House has the narrowest wage gap since the country started tracking it in 1995, according to salary data released Thursday.
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The government has fallen short on contracts with woman-owned businesses for decades
Historic barriers have blocked women-owned small businesses from winning federal contracts, according to a new report.
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The 19th Explains: Everything you need to know to get the child tax credit
The most vulnerable families are eligible for the money for the first time, but they will need to take extra steps to get it.
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On LGBTQ+ Equal Pay Day, the U.S. still doesn't know the size of the wage gap
The United States has never captured how many cents on the White male dollar LGBTQ+ people earn on average, a decision that has prevented meaningful policy to address disparities.
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The Paycheck Fairness Act to close the gender wage gap failed in Congress. What comes next?
Advocates thought this might be the time, in light of the women’s recession, that a 24-year effort to pass additional protections for women in the workforce would pass. It failed to gain support from Republicans.
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Summer camps haven't fully recovered. That could hurt working moms.
Without a full return of summer programs this year, working moms face months of uncertainty that could further splinter their relationship with the workforce.
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‘Women really are our core’: Jennifer Klein on easing the caregiving crisis
In an exclusive interview with The 19th, the co-chair of the White House Gender Policy Council speaks about improving gender equity as the country recovers from COVID-19 and the women’s recession.