Girls emerge as leaders of student walkouts over COVID concerns
Girls’ activism has become more visible in recent years — and also tends to come with specific types of harassment and dismissal.
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Did Biden uphold his promises to LGBTQ+ Americans in his first year?
Biden made seven major commitments to LGBTQ+ voters, many of them aimed at rolling back policies made by the Trump administration seen as anti-LGBTQ+. Has he delivered?
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LGBTQ+ advocates ask NCAA not to cut nondiscrimination protections for athletes
As the NCAA votes on change to its constitution, LGBTQ+ advocates are calling on the organization to keep nondiscrimination language that they say protects queer athletes in a moment where they are particularly vulnerable.
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LGBTQ+ people of color are at risk from rising voter restrictions as federal protections falter in the Senate, advocates say
Groups are paying attention as more states introduce voting restrictions that could disproportionately harm LGBTQ+ people of color and those with disabilities.
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Remote instruction is back, but the digital divide continues
School districts have stocked up on computers but broadband access remains a problem as a COVID surge sends some systems remote.
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Abortion rights groups tie their fight to voting rights
NARAL said Tuesday that it will back only candidates who work to pass voting rights, and Emily’s List says it won’t support Sen. Kyrsten Sinema if she doesn’t get behind changing Senate rules.
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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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The 19th Explains: How milk banks work, and why they need help now
Milk banks across the country have reported that they are running low on donations, many of which go to the most vulnerable babies.
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Black women in Martin Luther King Jr.’s neighborhood will soon receive monthly cash payments
A new guaranteed income program will send $850 monthly payments to Black women over two years, beginning in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward, where King popularized the idea of direct cash payments half a century ago.
A positive coronavirus test for a kid too young to get vaccinated can mean unpaid time off for parents — often while they are also sick — and days or weeks without child care.
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Build Back Better isn’t dead, but talks have moved behind the scenes
The starting point is a package with previously proposed climate provisions, and subsidized child care and universal pre-K that would be funded for a longer period of time.
Monthly child tax credit payments have ended. The future of the program now hangs in the balance
This month will be the first time since July that parents won’t be able to rely on the child tax credit. Parents will have to claim the remainder of the credit in their taxes, a challenge that is likely to hit the most vulnerable families, as Congress debates the policy’s future.
Lawsuits, complaints and protests are upending sexist school dress codes
Students and activists, many of them in the South, are challenging rigid dress codes that often target girls, students of color and LGBTQ+ youth.
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