The 78-year-old woman has filed a discrimination complaint in Maine. Advocates say this could be the first case of its kind in the United States.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand plans to invite Meghan to D.C. to have dinner with all the women senators and advocate for paid leave.
In a letter first shared with The 19th, they called the devices dangerous. Their use is the subject of a legal battle.
A paid-leave proposal is part of the White House’s proposed Build Back Better legislation.
A center in Tennessee has a model that could make child care sustainable in the long run — by taking the business side out of day cares.
Dozens held a 24-hour vigil, telling stories of disabled people, family members and professional caregivers as Congress considers legislation that could help make home care more accessible and provider better pay for workers.
Re-closeting is an issue in both home care and residential settings, experts say. But specialized care can help LGBTQ+ seniors age in a supportive environment.
More than 300,000 women left the labor force last month, the second time in the pandemic that the start of a new school year and loss of child care has caused a major drop-off of women from the workforce.
Domestic workers, many of them women and many people of color, have inherited a racist, sexist legacy of low pay and little job protections.
Spears’s case has brought unprecedented attention to the issue of conservatorship. Now disability rights advocates are wondering what comes next.