Women are at the table: Biden nominates a record number of women for his Cabinet
Biden has nominated 12 women to his Cabinet — eight of them women of color. There is still a push for diversity across all levels of government.
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How Biden’s women-led communications team plans to rebuild trust with the American people
In a conversation with The 19th, members of the presidential press office spoke about uniting a country faced with a pandemic, a crippled economy, climate change and racial inequality.
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What Vice President Harris means to women at HBCUs
Harris, the first HBCU graduate in the White House, centered her alma mater on Inauguration Day. Students, professors and alumnae noticed and matched her pride.
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Paid sick leave expired in December. Could the Biden administration reignite a nationwide push?
With nominees to lead the Treasury, Labor and Commerce departments who are committed to paid sick leave, President Joe Biden’s administration is poised to perhaps move the needle toward a national policy.
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In the ‘battle for the soul of America,’ women are on the front lines
President Joe Biden’s inauguration, urging unity, doesn’t end the fight. How will women join it?
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Biden administration could have record number of Indian Americans — more than half women
The Biden-Harris administration has named or nominated the most Indian Americans for positions in the administration in American history.
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Inauguration Day is here. So are mixed emotions for 19th readers.
We asked our readers how they feel about the Biden-Harris inauguration — if you’re feeling anything from worried to hopeful, you’re not alone.
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Medical experts worry about fallout from Supreme Court abortion ruling
The January ruling holds that people seeking medication abortions must pick up the pill in person — going against an emerging medical consensus.
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Trump wielded toxic masculinity as a weapon. It hurt America.
His gendered attacks unleashed a poison in U.S. politics that culminated in the violent insurrection that will define his presidency.
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A new report says 40 percent of Trump’s judicial appointments are anti-LGBTQ+. Nearly a third of the country’s circuit court judges, all lifetime appointments, are Trump selections.
Getting women workers the COVID vaccine could pose a complex challenge, experts warn
Barriers such as paid time off, transportation and child care make frontline workers — who are disproportionately women — particularly tough to reach.
‘It’s never too late’: The entrepreneurial spirit of older women
When asked why they wanted to set up a business later in life, twice as many women than men said they wanted to realize a long-held ambition.
During the pandemic, teachers’ mental health is suffering in ways they’ve never experienced
The burden is most acute for teachers who are mothers, and steering both their students and their own children through online learning.
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