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The most vulnerable families are eligible for the money for the first time, but they will need to take extra steps to get it.
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.
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.
Without a full return of summer programs this year, working moms face months of uncertainty that could further splinter their relationship with the workforce.
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.
The persisting wage gap has set Black women — and the American economy as a whole — back for the past six decades, according to a report by financial services firm S&P Global.
Women gained 314,000 net jobs in May as the economic recovery continued. Unemployment rates for women dropped across all racial categories, though Black women and Latinas continue to see the highest rates.
For the first time, 41 women — including two Black women — helm some of the country’s most powerful companies. Yet they only account for 8 percent of the Fortune 500 chief executives.
The historic expansion of the child tax credit this year could slash child poverty in half, but only if the poorest families can access it. Reaching them is a massive task the country has never taken on.
Biden’s American Rescue Plan allocated $39 billion for child care — a historic infusion. But states are relying on small staffs, old systems and a short timeline to get the money out equitably.