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Roe’s reversal has put Brown v. Board in focus. Women played key roles in that case, too.
Cheryl Brown Henderson discusses the potential impact of Roe’s reversal on her family’s case and highlights the role women have traditionally played in the civil rights movement.
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Women are at the center of the Jan. 6 hearings — and it's not a coincidence, Cheney says
U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney on Thursday emphasized the role of women who have testified during the hearings, while drawing a stark contrast with the “50, 60 and 70-year men who hide themselves behind executive privilege.”
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Kamala Harris wants to be seen — and let voters know she sees them. Can it work?
Analysis | The vice president has been getting out of Washington more, making a direct pitch to voters for the administration’s agenda.
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New Senate bill aims to provide veterans with a ‘private, hygienic place to nurse their children’
Only half of VA medical facilities currently provide designated nursing rooms, and those that exist are only for employees — not for veterans or their partners receiving care.
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The national teacher shortage is growing. In Florida, controversial laws are making it worse.
Advocates say low pay and a hostile climate toward educators, particularly around LGBTQ+ issues and race, are pushing people out of the profession in droves.
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‘There are a lot of people who don’t want to know the truth’: Why an Arizona election official is leaving her job
Leslie Hoffman is a Republican who helps run elections in an Arizona county. She has seen momentum grow for lies about 2020.
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Abortion is directly on the ballot in at least five states this year
Michigan is expected to join that list after abortion rights activists submitted signatures to enshrine access in the state constitution.
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Vice President Kamala Harris talks abortion, voting rights in midterm-focused Florida trip
The vice president's remarks were part of a daylong trip to Florida, where she brought the Democrats’ case for the 2022 midterms to state lawmakers and Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority sisters.
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Sex ed was in trouble before Roe v. Wade’s reversal. Now the curriculum matters even more.
Proposals to restrict sex ed coincide with abortion restrictions at the national and state levels and a movement to stop educators from discussing gender and sexual orientation.
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Americans support extending child support payments to pregnancy, survey finds
“If we’re thinking of a fetus as an actual person with rights, then a whole bunch of other stuff has to change,” said Chris Ellis, the co-director of the Bucknell Institute for Public Policy.