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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.
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Stacey Abrams group activating tool for Georgia voters to check if they are about to be purged
Fair Fight Action is helping voters verify if they are on the list of the more than 100,000 voters whose registration could be canceled.
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Meet some of the women behind the walkout over Texas voting bill
Two women lawmakers share what happened behind the scenes when they helped lead Democrats off the floor of the Texas House.
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Black activists take voting rights battle to Joe Manchin's backyard
The Black Voters Matter bus tour headed through West Virginia to urge him to take action.
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Fate of infrastructure deal hinges on approving Biden’s plan for working women
Pelosi says House will not vote on infrastructure until Senate also approves plan for paid leave, pre-kindergarten and other proposals to support families.
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Sweeping voting rights bill stalls in U.S. Senate
Vice President Kamala Harris vows "the fight is not over" to pass the For the People Act.
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Kamala Harris to step into global spotlight with UN Generation Equality Forum speech
The vice president will take the international stage and say that "achieving gender equality will require a global effort."
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The Pentagon Papers rewrote history. Linda Amster waited decades to receive acclaim for her role.
Amster was the only researcher on The New York Times Pentagon Papers project. But when the report ran, the editors left her name off.