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Mariel Padilla
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Shalanda Young, a working mom, is the first woman of color to take charge of America’s budget
Young, the new director of the Office of Management and Budget, is one of more than 300 political appointees to be confirmed thus far.
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Exclusive: A new bill could help frontline workers access mental health care through their insurance
The bill would guarantee more health coverage for firefighters, police officers, public school teachers and city and state workers, legislators told The 19th in an exclusive.
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The only all-Black women’s unit sent to Europe during WWII is awarded a Congressional medal
Nearly eight decades after the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion served overseas, surviving members will receive the highest honor in Congress.
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In Mississippi, another push to ease restrictions on divorce
The change would make things easier for someone trying to end a marriage against their partner’s wishes in Mississippi.
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‘You leave everything behind’: As bases end housing, Afghan women detail life as refugees in the United States
Since August, the U.S. has helped more than 76,000 Afghan refugees resettle across the country. Now, many are turning their focus toward rebuilding their lives.
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North Carolina no longer requires a doctor's prescription for birth control. But who can afford it?
The state joined more than a dozen other states in allowing pharmacists to prescribe contraceptives, but access still depends in part on whether insurance companies will cover the cost.
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Democrats ask Pentagon to end birth control costs for military families
While active service members receive full contraceptive coverage, more than 700,000 military spouses and dependents of reproductive age still have copays for pills, implants, IUDs and other preventive measures.
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As hospitals face blood shortage, senators seek new donor rules for gay and bisexual men
Nearly two dozen lawmakers urged the FDA to update “its discriminatory blood donor deferral policies for men who have sex with men.”
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Maggy Krell, who took down Backpage.com, talks about human trafficking
In her new book, the former prosecutor describes what modern-day human trafficking looks like, who it impacts and how law enforcement should respond.
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‘We almost lost our democracy’: How 38 women in Congress want you to remember January 6
As efforts to hold people accountable continue in courts and in a congressional investigation, lawmakers are concerned about the tensions that remain and the stress on American democracy.