Chabeli Carrazana | The 19th

A proposed $450 billion investment in child care and preschool could fundamentally change the nation’s approach to early learning — but getting the right money to the right people is complicated.

Brenda Berkman, who sued the city of New York to ensure that women could become firefighters, has fought to raise awareness of the women first responders on the frontlines during 9/11.

After 17 months of compounding trauma, the same people who have been most affected by the pandemic — women, people of color and LGBTQ people — are taking on one last burden: the vaccination effort.

Data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on how Americans split their time last year shows moms of young kids spent about eight hours a day on child care while spending six hours on average working.