A grand jury indicts one officer involved in the Breonna Taylor case
The announcement comes after a $12 million settlement for the family and months of Black Lives Matter protests.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s sex discrimination fight laid the foundation for LGBTQ+ legal wins
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is remembered for changing the game for women. But her work profoundly reshaped the legal landscape for queer people.
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Trump says his Supreme Court court pick will be a woman
The president made the commitment one day after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, leaving a vacancy on the court.
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‘An extraordinary force in the law:’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy on gender equity
Lawyers, scholars, and Lilly Ledbetter describe the impact the Supreme Court justice had on their lives and the law.
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Ginsburg’s death galvanizes liberal women across U.S. voting in key Senate races
“It’s going to bring people out of the woodwork,” said one Maine statehouse candidate as women opened their wallets.
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
Ginsburg reportedly died of complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas at her home in Washington, D.C., surrounded by her family. She was 87.
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Presidential town halls have neglected LGBTQ+ issues
Four presidential forums have aired since the conventions. All of them skipped over LGBTQ+ issues.
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Millennials ‘Can’t Even’ get ahead — they’re already too far behind
Anne Helen Petersen’s new book “Can’t Even” interrogates the lies millennials were told about having it all.
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Will Biden’s pledge to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court mobilize voters?
Demand Justice aims to keep the high court in the spotlight with a candidate shortlist and ‘She Will Rise’ campaign.
A whistleblower complaint alleging ‘high rate’ of hysterectomies in ICE detention centers parallels grim U.S. history
The allegations call to mind a history of sterilization laws in the United States dating back to the early 1900s that usually targeted the poor, disabled and women of color.
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69 cents
An analysis by The 19th of the 2020 median salaries in the Trump White House found a $33,300 chasm between the median salary for male staffers ($106,000) and the median salary for female staffers ($72,700). That means women make nearly 69 cents on the male $1 — worse than the national gender pay gap of 82 cents on the dollar.
Renee Montgomery on the WNBA’s history of protest
As the sports world strikes over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, The 19th talked to Montgomery, who took a year off of playing amid the racial reckoning to focus on voting initiatives.
Public sector job loss is coming. Women will be hit hardest
Women have already lost more than 800,000 public sector jobs. That number could grow as state and local governments face budget shortfalls.
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