It’s the latest opportunity to challenge notions about what power looks like, as well as a reminder that a woman has never held the country’s top elected office.
Advocates want more from the Biden administration on LGBTQ+ rights. The White House says it’s prepared to deliver.
She’s Biden’s No. 2, out selling major legislation and encouraging people to get vaccinated. The administration’s success or failure on the pandemic and economic crisis will determine how they both are viewed.
Biden’s proposed American Families Plan includes historic investments in the child care industry, the country’s first universal paid family and medical leave program, and its first universal preschool program.
The federal government has collected vaccination data by race, sex and age, but it hasn’t analyzed those together, making it impossible to tell if Biden has delivered on a key promise of his first 100 days.
Republican Sen. Lora Reinbold is now one of several hundred people that Alaska Airlines has banned for not following mask rules.
That investment, far more than what Biden has indicated he will seek, has support from other progressive lawmakers, per a letter shared first with The 19th.
The work of the two lawmakers resulted in a rare vote that was overwhelmingly bipartisan.
For too long, pregnant workers have had to “grin and bear it” in the workplace. Abbie Kamin wants to change that.
Biden climate adviser Gina McCarthy sat down with The 19th ahead of Earth Day to discuss the administration’s early efforts to address climate change in the infrastructure package, dubbed the American Jobs Plan.