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Women Are Being Shut Out of the Workforce Like Never Before

Jasmine Tucker, vice president for research at NWLC, attributed these shocking figures to government policies that have made it more difficult for women to balance paid labor with caregiving responsibilities. “The Trump administration spent 2025...

How the Minnesota fraud scandal could upend American child care

“Having disruptions like this is really counterproductive for children, for parents who are trying to go to work, and for the really underpaid, and stressed, and strained child care workforce,” said Amy Matsui, vice president...

Department of Veterans Affairs quietly implements abortion ban

“The Trump administration is confirming what we’ve always known: its promise to leave abortion to the states was a lie. No one is safe from their anti-abortion crusade, not even our nation’s veterans,” said Fatima...

Aetna to cover IVF treatments for same-sex couples in national settlement

Under the settlement, Aetna will also pay at least $2 million in damages to California-based members who qualify. Those who may be eligible must submit a claim by June 29, 2026. “I truly hope that this...

What Trump’s anti-DEI push means for college women

“Having 65 percent women in a college does not mean we’re going to have equity when it comes to who are the CEOs or in top executive positions or partners at law firms or school...

RFK Jr. Could Defund Your Hospital if He Doesn’t Get His Way on Trans Health Care

“The Trump administration’s attempt to carve out gender dysphoria from disability nondiscrimination protection is harmful, baseless, and cruel,” National Women’s Law Center senior counsel Ma’ayan Anafi told Mother Jones. “As numerous courts have recognized, laws like...