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What happens when nurses are hired like Ubers
“You basically just hope that nothing goes wrong,” a nurse said about a shift with the app Clipboard.
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Black women wouldn’t let Newsom forget his promise
When California’s governor had another Senate appointment to make, Black women mobilized.
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Latinas are paid less than all other women. Could starting their own businesses be the answer?
This year, Latinas will earn 52 cents for every $1 earned by White men. For many, the answer to closing that gap lies in entrepreneurship.
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Despite anti-LGBTQ+ bills, queer Republicans are standing by their party
Lady Maga USA and other LGBTQ+ conservatives are leaning into the Republican agenda, especially bans for gender-affirming care for minors.
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Parents of color can’t see if medical providers have a history of mistreatment. Why not?
Many people, especially Black people, have reported discrimination in maternity care, but expectant parents lack tools to see where this happens.
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LGBTQ+ students on what they’ve learned — and what they can teach schools — about supporting queer kids
The students from Texas, California and Alabama have served as Youth Voices ambassadors for It Gets Better, a nonprofit that works toward the empowerment of LGBTQ+ youth worldwide.
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Even Antarctica was unsafe: Women scientists want to make fieldwork less hostile
New trainings aim to promote inclusivity for women and LGBTQ+ people while equipping researchers with strategies to intervene in harassment and assault in the field.
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The 19th Explains: The Supreme Court case that could gut the Americans with Disabilities Act
The court will examine whether a disabled advocate can sue hotels without being a guest. Advocates say independent civil rights testers are vital to ADA enforcement.
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‘They just tried to scare us’: How anti-abortion centers teach sex ed inside public schools
The groups work in dozens of school districts across Texas, but some public health experts say their curricula are misleading and biased.
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Laphonza Butler tapped to fill Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat
California Gov. Gavin Newsom picked the leader of EMILY’s List for the seat, fulfilling a promise to name a Black woman to the Senate.