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Free morning-after pills handed out at Olivia Rodrigo concert in Missouri
The Missouri Abortion Fund distributed the morning-after pill and condoms to concertgoers during Olivia Rodrigo’s GUTS tour.
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The 19th Explains: How Parent PLUS loans are helping families send their kids to college
The loans assist parents in financing their children's education, but they come with higher interest rates and financial risks. Here’s what families should know.
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Whistleblowing while Black: How truth-telling changes the careers of Black women in tech
Black women whistleblowers not only jeopardize their professional prospects, experts say, but often face more intense backlash.
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The Amendment: The Oscars are Political with Wesley Morris
In this episode of The Amendment, Wesley Morris, The New York Times’ Critic at Large, joins the show to discuss this year’s standout nominees and what their roles revealed about our culture and our politics.
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For teens in Texas, getting birth control without parental consent just got even tougher
State law requires minors to obtain parental approval before receiving contraception. But some federal clinics were exempt from that requirement — until now.
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HIV is no longer a death sentence. But states still have laws targeting people who live with it.
Over the years, critics say, these laws have become another tool to criminalize Black people, LGBTQ+ people and sex workers.
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It’s Equal Pay Day — and even the White House has a gender pay gap
The disparity in Biden’s White House is slightly smaller than it was in Trump’s, but women still earn less. The biggest difference, though, is in their policies.
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Biden calls for an unprecedented investment in education, including free preschool
His budget proposal addresses the most pressing post-pandemic education issues, like better mental health care for students and staff and making college affordable and attainable.
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'It's time to go home': Marcia Fudge, Biden's housing secretary, is leaving her post
Expanding homeownership opportunities and reducing barriers for Black homeowners was one of the Housing and Urban Development agency’s top priorities under Fudge.
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New coalition aims to defend ‘Squad’ and other progressives targeted by AIPAC
The ‘Reject AIPAC’ coalition, which includes Justice Democrats and the Working Families Party, is planning a seven-figure campaign to protect some members of Congress.