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A new study found hunger will cause an estimated 10,000 additional children to die each month during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Young children are especially vulnerable because malnutrition at an early age heightens the risk of death and hinders physical and cognitive development.
After months of anticipation and speculation, Democratic nominee Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that his running mate for the 2020 election will be Kamala Harris.
Kamala Harris has become only the second Democratic woman to become a vice presidential nominee, and the first woman of color to be nominated. Conventional wisdom tends to argue that a nominee’s vice presidential pick doesn’t do much to budge the outcome of the presidential election either way. But this year it might be different.
In every issue of Ms., we track research on our progress in the fight for equality, catalogue can’t-miss quotes from feminist voices and keep tabs on the feminist movement’s many milestones. We’re Keeping Score online, too—in in this biweekly round-up.
This week: Kamala Harris has become the second Democratic woman to become a vice presidential nominee; the late John Lewis challenges us to love; U.S. District Judge Esther Salas on the tragedy that left her son murdered; the Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2020, which would repeal the Helms Amendment, is introduced in Congress; 35 percent of women respondents report that they cannot survive a month without the federal $600 per week unemployment aid; and more.
For over nine months, 26-year-old Chelsea Becker has been sitting in jail, under a $2 million bail, for giving birth to a stillborn baby.
Becker is one of hundreds of women who have been arrested and prosecuted nationwide after experiencing miscarriages or stillbirths on a range of charges, including fetal assault, child abuse and chemical endangerment.
A new Pew Research study shows a clear majority of women, across all ages and education levels, identify as feminists. Overall, 61 percent of female respondents said “feminist” describes them “very” or “somewhat well.”
In California, The Health and Safety for All Workers Act seeks to provide housekeeping and domestic workers with the same protections as most other workers. Importantly, it could compel more states, and even the federal government, to do the same.
Federal appeals judges used Chief Justice John Roberts’s opinion in June Medical v. Russo—the Supreme Court’s recent decision protecting abortion access—to allow several Arkansas abortion restrictions to go back into effect.
In the absence of a new coronavirus relief bill from Congress, President Trump signed new executive orders. On their face, the orders seem promising—enhanced unemployment benefits, a payroll tax deferral, housing benefits and a pause on student loans. However, a deeper dive shows the orders are in no way enough to provide substantive relief to Americans during this economic crisis.
In preparation for the inevitable media frenzy surrounding Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick, a group of powerful women activists and leaders has a warning for media covering this “historic moment”: Avoid sexist and racist stereotypes.
When Biden announces his VP pick—likely this week—will the media heed this warning and “have her back”? Only time will tell.
