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What’s in the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package
The legislation has a number of measures that aim to incorporate racial and gender disparities as they address the coronavirus pandemic and economic struggles.
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Biden makes changes to PPP loans to better reach small businesses owned by women and people of color
The changes will allow sole proprietors, who are largely women, to get more aid.
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‘The beauty of cash’: The rise of guaranteed income programs could give low-wage women a crucial lifeline
An idea once touted by Martin Luther King Jr. is gaining momentum in cities across the nation, where pilot programs are already sending money to low-wage workers, many of them Black mothers.
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Katie Porter, one of Congress’ only single moms, has a plan to help caregivers
For National Caregivers Day, Rep. Katie Porter outlines the legislative solutions that could ease the burden on working parents.
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The nation's caregivers now face another hurdle: the vaccine
In a year that has spotlighted the crucial work that caregivers — both professional and not — perform, many are taking on new responsibilities as ambassadors for the vaccine.
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Vice President Kamala Harris meets with women leaders to talk priorities in Biden’s relief package
The vice president, members of Congress and advocates discussed the elements of President Joe Biden’s relief bill that most help women, with many advocating for a minimum-wage hike.
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The Labor Department’s first Black woman chief economist has a plan to center racial equity
Janelle Jones is taking her “Black women best” economic framework — the concept that economic policy isn’t working unless it’s helping Black women — to the Department of Labor.
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OMB nominee Tanden apologizes for tweets, talks about combating inequality
Senators on two committees asked the Biden nominee about past criticism of lawmakers of both parties.
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Two decades in the making, Rosa DeLauro’s plan to cut child poverty in half is on the brink of passing
Since 2003, Rep. Rosa DeLauro has been a voice — sometimes the lone one — in a push to expand the child tax credit to the nation’s poorest children. With President Joe Biden’s support, the plan is likely to pass.
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How has America’s first women's recession during COVID-19 impacted you?
Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the 2020 economic downturn, The 19th plans to tell the stories of the women who left the workforce — the mothers who were forced out or chose to leave it.