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Women have always loved baseball. Now they're calling it, too.
On Tuesday, history will be made in the MLB. But why does it lag behind other professional sports in its inclusion of women?
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Wally Funk finally gets her moment in space
In the 1960s, Funk was part of Mercury 13 — a program to train women astronauts that was ultimately canceled. On Tuesday, she became the oldest person to launch into space.
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Mental health support in preschool may help lower sky-high expulsion rates
Kids in child care are expelled at three times the rate of older kids. Mental health consultants could help lower the rate — and stabilize the industry.
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Advocates pressure Congress on child care investments
Their message to Democrats: ‘This is not the time for Band-Aids.’
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Senate Democrats take fight to protect voting rights to Georgia
Sen. Amy Klobuchar told The 19th her panel is holding the historic hearing because its legislature passed the ‘most egregious’ voting law in the country.
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Texas Democrats to U.S. Senate: ‘Save our state, save our country’
The state legislators came to Washington to block a restrictive voting bill and deliver a message: ‘We’re passing the baton to you.’
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Only 1 in 4 nursing homes are confident they can survive a year
Mounting costs from the pandemic have made a system's shortcomings untenable, leaving residents, workers and families in a precarious position.
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Ahead of Olympics, women athletes challenge perceptions about sports and parenthood
They're talking more openly about the realities of child care needs, outdated industry expectations and unfair rules for nursing parents.
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This nursing mom's journey to figure out how much vaccinated breast milk is enough to shield her baby from COVID-19
Breast milk from vaccinated parents protects babies. But how much is needed?
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Britney Spears’ story underscores how courts can enable family abuse
Experts say the legal system often weaponizes women’s emotions to keep them locked in the very systems they are trying to escape.