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Authors of a new book on poverty point to how decades-old factors have turned parts of rural America into the country’s poorest places, where women are often the most disadvantaged.

The new law contains a couple of significant differences from the measure voters rebuffed last fall.

Miguel Cardona is wading into the fray in the wake of GOP attacks of public education and Supreme Court rulings that impact higher education.

The ruling overturns a 33-year-old zoning ordinance, standing in the way of a proposed grain export terminal. Now, one sister is running for parish council.

Many states with abortion bans are experiencing broiling summers — and the heat could damage supplies such as emergency contraception and condoms.

Advocates are sounding the alarm about the high number of attacks against gender-affirming care, marriage protections and discrimination prevention.

In “Don’t Let Them Bury My Story,” Viola Fletcher recalls the horrific night in 1921 when America’s “Black Wall Street” was burned to the ground.

Women veterans are less likely to go to Veterans Affairs hospitals for health care due to harassment, stigma and a lack of resources and services.

The temporary injunction also would allow the procedure for fatal fetal anomalies and protects doctors from prosecution in such cases. But the state appealed the decision, blocking it from taking effect.