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As Biden vows to have transgender kids’ backs, advocates want more concrete actions
Demands for more from Biden come as anti-trans bills pass in statehouses and the Equality Act remains in Congressional limbo.
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‘Never being American enough:’ Asian women on living in a country that feels increasingly unsafe
Days before May 1, the beginning of AAPI Heritage Month, a study found that more than half of Asian American women had personally encountered racism during the pandemic.
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Advocates ask Biden administration to reverse Trump restrictions on asylum for domestic violence survivors
President Joe Biden has committed to restoring protections for people fleeing gender-based violence, but he has not yet reversed those policies.
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‘Get your free money, girl!’ Six tips to improve your financial health
Student loans. Investing. Home ownership. These are big financial issues that Mandi Woodruff and Tiffany Aliche, hosts of the podcast Brown Ambition, addressed during a recent Live with The 19th event.
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Flora Peir is The 19th's first news editor
Flora brings nearly two decades of experience at The New York Times to The 19th's breaking news operation.
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Exclusive: Study finds pregnancy-related health care coverage varies widely from state to state
Despite an Affordable Care Act regulation that deems pregnancy-related care essential for many private insurance plans to cover, it really depends on where you live.
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'There isn’t a sense of this slowing down': 2021 could be the year of abortion restrictions
Statehouses are on track to pass an unprecedented level of abortion restrictions this year, with 28 signed into law this past week.
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As America's first working first lady, Jill Biden redefines the role
The longtime educator is leaning on her experience to inform the administration’s thinking.
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Women are underrepresented in local government, too, new data shows
Women hold fewer than one-third of seats in municipal governments nationwide, comparable to their presence in state and federal offices.