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In rural, low-income parts of the country, how do you find baby formula when there is nowhere to look?
Low-income parents who receive government assistance to buy baby formula, known as WIC, must purchase it in stores. But amid a national shortage, families in rural areas are left with few places to look.
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New York’s nail salon workers have spent years feeling silenced. They’re ready to fight back.
Nail salon workers are still fighting to get paid minimum wage, and that may mean banding together to overhaul the entire industry.
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Low-income families can still get the child tax credit through a new filing portal. Here’s how.
The portal, which will be available until November, is now open for families with children who do not file taxes and who have still not received the child tax credit.
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Corporate America has little, if anything, to say about abortion
Days since it was revealed the Supreme Court will likely overturn Roe v. Wade, few companies have spoken out on the issue at all.
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito argued abortion isn’t an economic issue. But is that true?
Some of the elements Alito describes in the opinion are still a work in progress. In other cases, they are leaving out some of the most vulnerable Americans, experts say.
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Inflation is hurting women at the grocery store. Some are eating less in order to feed their families.
As grocery prices rise, women have few places to turn. Some report skipping meals, federal food benefits have not kept up and food pantries are also starting to feel the impact.
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In almost every state, over half of all women of color earn less than a living wage
In almost every state, at least one out of every two women of color is working a low-wage job, according to a new analysis by Oxfam.
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Can making employers share pay in job postings help fix the gender pay gap?
Tuesday is Equal Pay Day, the first in a series of reminders of how persistent the pay gap has been. More states and cities hope laws requiring employers to share pay minimums and maximums on job postings will shrink this gap.
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Moving in with other adults has become a lifeline for single moms hit ‘tenfold’ by the pandemic
Single mothers, who have lost jobs at a higher rate than married parents, are turning to cohabitation as a way to get through the pandemic, get child care support and weather rising rents. Many are moving in with family, friends or other single moms.
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February was a strong month for the U.S. economy, but it’s still unequal for women
More than half of the net job growth in February went to women, but Black women’s unemployment rate rose as thousands left the workforce.