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Biden to announce his $1.9 trillion economic plan. Much of it will help women.
In what he’s calling his “Rescue” plan, President-elect Joe Biden laid out his economic proposal to get aid to families, child care centers, schools and those hardest hit by the pandemic. The plan would need support from Congress to pass.
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About 700,000 parents with young kids left the workforce in 2020. For many, loss of child care was to blame.
Only about half of child care jobs lost at the start of the pandemic have returned, leading to a 144 percent increase in the number of parents who have missed work to care for children, according to new data analysis.
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The women who saved the boxes of electoral votes during a riot in the Capitol
A Senate aide directed staff to protect the three mahogany boxes containing the certified electoral college votes while rioters stormed the Capitol Wednesday afternoon.
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In 2020, women gained back less than half the jobs they lost at the worst of the pandemic
Women, who endured the first female recession in the nation’s history, have still only regained 44.6 percent of the 12.1 million jobs they lost between February and April.
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Biden taps women to serve as commerce secretary and lead the Small Business Administration
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has been nominated to be commerce secretary, while Isabel Guzman will lead the Small Business Administration.
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Americans were told to stay home. Black women are most at risk of losing theirs.
Despite federal eviction moratoriums, Black women are most at risk of losing their housing during the pandemic.
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Flight attendants are ‘hurting’ as busy holiday travel season looms
Flight attendants, most of whom are women, prepare to redouble safety efforts in what is expected to be the peak period of air travel since the pandemic began.
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Majority of voters support Biden’s plan for child care and at-home care, new poll finds
About 88 percent of voters said they support the 10-year proposal that introduces free pre-kindergarten for 3- and 4-year-olds, boosts pay for care workers and adds an estimated 3 million care jobs.
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In a pandemic holiday, women still do it all
The load of invisible labor is especially high for women during the holidays. Will the pandemic exacerbate it — or finally liberate them from it?
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Of course women of color were among the first to get vaccinated
Black and Latina women have been on the frontlines of fighting COVID-19. Across the country, they are now the first to be inoculated against it.