The Pentagon remains a battlefield for women
President-elect Joe Biden’s historic pick for Secretary of Defense dashed hopes for another first: a female head of the Pentagon.
Pandemic crushes global supply chains, workers at both ends
The lives—and livelihoods—of two women some 10,000 miles away from each other have become linked by a global pandemic that has not only crushed one of the world’s supply chains but economies, and millions of…
‘Binary’ Choice for Detained Mothers During COVID: Family Separation or Indefinite Detention
Parents detained at an immigration center in Texas face what advocates call a “binary” choice: let the children be released alone or remain detained together and bear the threat of catching a deadly disease.
‘Whatever It Takes’: How Black Women Fought to Mobilize America’s Voters
Democrats have long pointed to Black voters, more specifically, Black women, as a crucial voting bloc. But this November, successfully flipping the southern, Republican-led state of Georgia to the Democrats for the first time in…
The Loneliness of the Black Female Republican
Despite a record number of Republican women on ballots this year, every single Black woman is a long shot in the GOP field for Congress—why?
They Survived Intimate Partner Violence—Now They Can’t Vote Safely
Combined with the barriers to voting that Native Americans already encounter, those who are domestic violence survivors face unique obstacles to casting ballots.
Left Without School or Daycare, Farmworkers Are Bringing Their Kids to Work
Every day after the sun rises in Limestone, Tenn., a 27-year-old Mexican farmworker walks into the barn where she washes and packs yellow squash and zucchini, her three young children carrying their backpacks next to…
Ohio’s Appalachian Region Was Already Losing Child Care Providers. Then the Pandemic Hit
CHESAPEAKE, Ohio — The children at Stephanie Geneseo’s home-based child care center dart around in astronaut helmets while they battle green googly-eyed COVID alien germs, using play to learn about hand washing in a pandemic that…
‘I’m So Scared’: California Nail Salon Workers Face Ruin as Pandemic Wears On
When the coronavirus forced the closure of the nail salon where Tracy Tran works in Los Gatos, she was immediately robbed of two things she held dear: work and sleep. Ever since arriving in the…
Black Childcare Providers Hit Hard by COVID-19
Kimberly Speller is still getting used to the quiet. Before the pandemic, on a typical day, she’d welcome a dozen or so boisterous 3 and 4-year-olds onto her porch and into her home in West…
“You’re Basically Trying to Pick Your Poison”: Persistent Inequality Weighs on Black Mothers During COVID-19
On a bright Sunday afternoon in late August, 37-year-old Adrianne Williams tucked her son Josiah into his car seat. The energetic three-year-old was talkative that afternoon, excited for the weekly hour drive. Josiah’s latest obsession,…
With Less Money and More Risk, Waves of Child-Care Providers Call it Quits
OAKLAND — Kirsten Hove and her mom have been taking care of kids in San Francisco for decades. Hove’s mother opened a day-care program in her home in the city’s Marina neighborhood more than 30 years ago.…
COVID-19 Evictions Could Leave More Women Without a Vote
(Cleveland) – Lynn Rodemann walked up the driveway, a mask fixed tightly to her face. A mother of five welcomed her into the backyard, where she was cleaning up the colorful, damp decorations from a…
100 Years On, Black Women Are Still Fighting For Voting Rights
On a hot summer day in June, Jennifer Lumpkin and dozens of other organizers and volunteers rode through the streets of Cleveland, Ohio in a caravan of brightly colored Jeeps, handing out cloth masks and…
Coronavirus child care pinch in U.S. poses threat to economic gains of working women
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Most days, Zora Pannell works from her dining room table, sitting in front of her computer, turning off the video on Zoom calls to nurse her one-year-old daughter, Savannah. Pannell has balanced…
Inmates Witnessed a Suicide Attempt. They Received Coloring Pages Instead of Counseling
CHINO, Calif. — On a morning in mid-May, Anna “C.J.” Rugg, a 38-year-old transgender man who had tested positive for the coronavirus at the California Institution for Women, set his room in the medical isolation…
Public Comment Ends for Proposed Changes that Eliminate Gender-Based Asylum
Trump Administration’s proposed asylum changes could end protection for women and girls fleeing domestic violence. The public comment period ends today. As the United States was busy battling the invisible enemy of the coronavirus, the Trump…
The Pathologist: She Confronts the Virus From Inside Nursing Homes
“I said: ‘We are from Baghdad. We know how to handle difficult situations.’” Lubab al-Quraishi, a pathology assistant in New Jersey A few days a week, Lubab al-Quraishi, 47, wakes up before sunrise and drives…