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Biden’s climate plan emphasizes environmental justice
Executive orders direct federal agencies to invest in communities that have seen disproportionate environmental harm.
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State legislatures in 2021: What to expect on trans rights, abortion rights, voting rights and more
Republicans expanded their statehouse majorities in the 2020 election. We’re looking at major issues they’re considering now.
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Equality Act would fill key gaps in civil rights law for women, people of color, the faithful
A new report finds that a landmark bill that would grant LGBTQ+ Americans non-discrimination protections would also expand rights for people of color, religious groups, immigrants and women.
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'The ground has shifted': Biden issues executive orders designed to tackle racial inequities
Activists and organizers see the order on housing, criminal justice, relations with Native Americans and xenophobia toward Asian Americans as a key first step.
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‘If the system is still the same, do we really have justice?’: Bernice King on poverty, race and accountability
The CEO of the King Center speaks to The 19th before launching a new initiative aimed at addressing hate and inequality.
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Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill: Biden administration says it’s resuming the effort
The Obama-era redesign of the currency was delayed during the Trump administration.
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Women are at the table: Biden nominates a record number of women for his Cabinet
Biden has nominated 12 women to his Cabinet — eight of them women of color. There is still a push for diversity across all levels of government.
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LGBTQ+ Americans greet the Biden-Harris era with hope, hesitancy
To many, the moment marks a new dawn, the end of deeply distressing four years. Others are simply exhausted.
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How Biden’s women-led communications team plans to rebuild trust with the American people
In a conversation with The 19th, members of the presidential press office spoke about uniting a country faced with a pandemic, a crippled economy, climate change and racial inequality.
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In the ‘battle for the soul of America,’ women are on the front lines
President Joe Biden’s inauguration, urging unity, doesn’t end the fight. How will women join it?