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), ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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When the U.S. Naval Academy stripped 381 books tied to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) from its library, retired Commander William Marks saw more than censorship — he saw a threat to the Navy’s ...

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After three years and 1.3 million texts and phone calls, the national LGBTQ+ suicide prevention hotline is shutting down. The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it was ending LGBTQ+ services ...

Editor’s note: This article has been updated throughout. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he had removed every member of an independent panel key to vaccine policy and access in ...

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