Latest from Chabeli Carrazana
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In confirmation hearings, Treasury nominee Janet Yellen specifies who she’s fighting for: Women and people of color
If confirmed, Yellen’s top priority as the country’s first woman Treasury secretary would be to put in place programs that help those most affected by the pandemic recession.
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Andrea M. Hall, who will recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the inauguration, knows what it’s like to be a “first”
She carved a path for Black women firefighters in Georgia, and now, she will represent those essential workers at Wednesday’s inauguration.
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Biden to announce his $1.9 trillion economic plan. Much of it will help women.
In what he’s calling his “Rescue” plan, President-elect Joe Biden laid out his economic proposal to get aid to families, child care centers, schools and those hardest hit by the pandemic. The plan would need support from Congress to pass.
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About 700,000 parents with young kids left the workforce in 2020. For many, loss of child care was to blame.
Only about half of child care jobs lost at the start of the pandemic have returned, leading to a 144 percent increase in the number of parents who have missed work to care for children, according to new data analysis.
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The women who saved the boxes of electoral votes during a riot in the Capitol
A Senate aide directed staff to protect the three mahogany boxes containing the certified electoral college votes while rioters stormed the Capitol Wednesday afternoon.
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In 2020, women gained back less than half the jobs they lost at the worst of the pandemic
Women, who endured the first female recession in the nation’s history, have still only regained 44.6 percent of the 12.1 million jobs they lost between February and April.
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Biden taps women to serve as commerce secretary and lead the Small Business Administration
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has been nominated to be commerce secretary, while Isabel Guzman will lead the Small Business Administration.
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Americans were told to stay home. Black women are most at risk of losing theirs.
Despite federal eviction moratoriums, Black women are most at risk of losing their housing during the pandemic.
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Flight attendants are ‘hurting’ as busy holiday travel season looms
Flight attendants, most of whom are women, prepare to redouble safety efforts in what is expected to be the peak period of air travel since the pandemic began.
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Majority of voters support Biden’s plan for child care and at-home care, new poll finds
About 88 percent of voters said they support the 10-year proposal that introduces free pre-kindergarten for 3- and 4-year-olds, boosts pay for care workers and adds an estimated 3 million care jobs.