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Vice President Kamala Harris meets with women leaders to talk priorities in Biden’s relief package
The vice president, members of Congress and advocates discussed the elements of President Joe Biden’s relief bill that most help women, with many advocating for a minimum-wage hike.
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South Carolina governor signs near-total abortion ban into law
The ban was temporarily blocked by a federal judge. Abortion-rights advocates say the legislation is the first major abortion restriction passed out of a statehouse in 2021.
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The Labor Department’s first Black woman chief economist has a plan to center racial equity
Janelle Jones is taking her “Black women best” economic framework — the concept that economic policy isn’t working unless it’s helping Black women — to the Department of Labor.
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How Rush Limbaugh helped turn feminism into an urgent threat to the Republican Party
Professor Christina Wolbrecht on the impact of the conservative radio host’s sexist attacks.
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House restarts conversation about reparations for Black Americans
The discussion of payments from the federal government comes as the administration focuses on racial equity.
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What does ‘reopening schools’ mean? Here’s what the Biden administration has said.
The president’s powers to reopen schools during the pandemic are limited, but Biden has said it is a priority.
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Judge dismisses charge against woman who called police on a Black man in Central Park
Amy Cooper, a White woman, made headlines in May after a viral video captured her telling police that a birdwatcher was “threatening my life.”
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Some Lincoln Project founders knew about sexual harassment allegations as early as March
The revelation comes as the political group’s domestic and international associates cut ties, including an Israeli prime ministerial hopeful.
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Courts asked to analyze ‘undue burden’ of Florida’s felony disenfranchisement law on Black women
New filings in the nation’s sole 19th Amendment felony disenfranchisement suit seek acknowledgement of historical and economic factors that impact Black women in particular.
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Inside the Lincoln Project’s ‘toxic’ workplace
Interviews with nearly two dozen people with knowledge of the group’s workings reveal a culture of infighting, sexist language and disparate treatment.