In some states, it’s a lot worse. For a married couple with an infant in center-based care, the most expensive states by share of median income are Hawaii (17.9 percent), California (16.3 percent), ...

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Black mothers are more likely to face eviction and housing discrimination, which has lasting impacts on their mental and physical health — as well as that of their neighbors, a new report says.. A ...

Ten years after the Supreme Court’s landmark Obergefell v. Hodges decision legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, what does life look like for LGBTQ+ families in America? On June 26, The 19th invites ...

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Only White women hold fewer legislative seats this year in 2025 than they did in 2024. The rise in the number of Latinas serving in state houses, in particular, follows an important political trend in ...

Amanda Hunter, executive director of the Barbara Lee Family Foundation, calls it an “imagination barrier.”The foundation has studied the roadblocks women face in being elected governors, such as the ...

After more than a decade of fighting for higher pay, the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders have scored a major win. Season two of Netflix’s blockbuster series “America’s Sweethearts,” which premiered ...

Jawando has held a variety of positions at this intersection: She began her career as a third-generation civil rights attorney before going on to hold executive roles at Google, lead initiatives for ...

Kearse was born in 1937 in the predominantly Black town of Vauxhall, New Jersey, about 20 miles outside of New York City. She rarely speaks to the press — Kearse declined to be interviewed for this ...

Your trusted source for contextualizing Election 2024 news. Sign up for our daily newsletter.. About a month before Arizona’s July primary, Pima County Recorder Gabriella Cázares-Kelly and her older ...

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