As child tax credit payments reach families, moms see a road out of poverty
Mothers told The 19th that the new monthly payments will help them preserve their basic human dignity.
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#MeToo exposed how forced arbitration protects harassers. A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to ban it.
Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson said it will be her ‘greatest achievement in life’ to see the law enacted.
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Women are poised to have historic representation on New York City council. Experts credit ranked-choice voting
Election results show at least 30 women candidates — most of them women of color — are leading in their primary races for the city's 51-member council.
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Progressive groups criticize DOJ for defending Trump defamation case related to sexual assault allegation
A letter to Biden cites Merrick Garland decision to continue representing former president in defamation lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll.
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Biden’s federal judicial picks are 77 percent women so far
The president is on track to shatter previous records as he aims to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court.
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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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Three states have killed the ‘tampon tax,' but advocates want more
Bans on taxing menstrual products are growing around the country. Advocates are cheering the victories, but they want legislatures to take faster action because of the ongoing effects of the pandemic.
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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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Justice Kagan warns Supreme Court has weakened voting protections at ‘perilous moment’
Her dissent is a civics lesson about voting in America when you’re not a White man.
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Nikole Hannah-Jones' delayed UNC tenure offer highlights political battle over critical race theory
Her 1619 Project is at the center of a debate about what public-school students can learn about race in America.