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‘This work is not at the fringe’: What it was like to lead the White House Gender Policy Council
Jennifer Klein, head of the first-of-its-kind office, reflects on the wins and the challenges — most notably, the end of federal abortion rights.
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Intergenerational care benefits children and seniors. Why is it still so rare?
Intergenerational facilities — where elder care and child care operate at a shared site — are good for more than just photo ops.
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Trump gets no jail time, fines or probation in felony sentencing
The president-elect was sentenced in New York after being convicted in May of 34 felonies related to hiding from voters hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels.
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal reflects on building congressional progressives ‘into a real force’
Jayapal is stepping aside after six years leading the Congressional Progressive Caucus through political tumult and high-stakes legislative negotiations.
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Women firefighters with reproductive cancers are now eligible for federal help
The policy change came nearly three years after cancers typically impacting men got coverage.
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Abortion bans seem to be driving young people to move out of state
New research suggests that states could see huge economic implications.
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Jimmy Carter was a champion for women’s rights
“I can tell you without any equivocation that the number one abuse of human rights on Earth, strangely not addressed quite often, is the abuse of women and girls,” the former President said.
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'BadAss Grandmas' pushed for an ethics commission. Then their power was limited.
Led by a bipartisan group of women, North Dakotans voted to create an ethics oversight body six years ago. Since then, the group has received 81 complaints and has not substantiated a single one.
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The 19th Explains: Can trans rights survive in a Republican-controlled Congress?
Here’s what trans people should know about how a new Congress, and the first days of Trump’s presidency, could shape their lives.
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The 19th Explains: How Trump’s Cabinet nominees will get confirmed
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate has begun holding hearings on the people Trump has nominated to serve in key Cabinet posts. Here’s what you need to know.