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Advocates pressure Congress on child care investments
Their message to Democrats: ‘This is not the time for Band-Aids.’
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Senate Democrats take fight to protect voting rights to Georgia
Sen. Amy Klobuchar told The 19th her panel is holding the historic hearing because its legislature passed the ‘most egregious’ voting law in the country.
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Texas Democrats to U.S. Senate: ‘Save our state, save our country’
The state legislators came to Washington to block a restrictive voting bill and deliver a message: ‘We’re passing the baton to you.’
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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.