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State legislatures in 2021: What to expect on trans rights, abortion rights, voting rights and more
Republicans expanded their statehouse majorities in the 2020 election. We’re looking at major issues they’re considering now.
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Biden will not use private federal prisons. Prison reform advocates want him to do more.
No private federal prisons house women. Advocates for incarcerated women, LGBTQ+ people hope this is just the start to big reform.
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Gina Raimondo’s focus as commerce secretary: inequality, jobs and climate change
Commerce secretary nominee Gina Raimondo, the governor of Rhode Island, said in her Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday that she will focus on job creation with an eye on climate change and workers.
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Equality Act would fill key gaps in civil rights law for women, people of color, the faithful
A new report finds that a landmark bill that would grant LGBTQ+ Americans non-discrimination protections would also expand rights for people of color, religious groups, immigrants and women.
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'The ground has shifted': Biden issues executive orders designed to tackle racial inequities
Activists and organizers see the order on housing, criminal justice, relations with Native Americans and xenophobia toward Asian Americans as a key first step.
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Undocumented women are among the most vulnerable to COVID. Vaccinating them will be difficult.
Undocumented frontline workers, and particularly women, are next in line to get vaccinated, but they face a host of barriers in accessing the coronavirus vaccine.
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‘If the system is still the same, do we really have justice?’: Bernice King on poverty, race and accountability
The CEO of the King Center speaks to The 19th before launching a new initiative aimed at addressing hate and inequality.
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When protective orders don’t protect
Rosemarie Reilly knew her ex might hurt her. But when she sought a restraining order, a judge allowed him to keep his guns.
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Janet Yellen becomes the first woman to serve as Treasury secretary
A well-respected economist, Yellen has previously served as chair of the Federal Reserve and chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors.
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Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill: Biden administration says it’s resuming the effort
The Obama-era redesign of the currency was delayed during the Trump administration.