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The Period Project: Period Poverty and the Fight for Menstrual Equity

Access to affordable menstrual products remains a persistent issue. That’s why we’re launching the Period Project—which uses original research to develop “Period Project Report Cards,” assigning each state and the District of Columbia a grade on an A–F scale to evaluate their progress toward menstrual equity.

(This article is the first in a three-part series introducing the Period Project, which examines the scope and consequences of period poverty and assesses state progress toward achieving menstrual equity through legislation.)

Congress Must Take This Critical Step to Protect Immigrant Survivors

Michele Ko

Congress Has the Opportunity To Take a Critical Step Towards Protecting Immigrant Survivors

For years, the U.S. has failed immigrant survivors by limiting their access to critical assistance programs. The LIFT the BAR Act is an opportunity for Congress to take real steps towards protecting immigrant survivors and getting them the resources they need.

The LIFT the BAR Act restores access to federal assistance programs like Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), by removing the five-year bar and other barriers that deny critical care and aid to people who are lawfully present.

‘You Have to See It to Be It’: Missing Female Role Models and What We Can Do About It

Amy Diehl

The way history is written and taught, it almost seems as if there were no women involved in any major developments. This is nothing but a myth produced by a failure of history to tell women’s stories. Here is how we got to this point and what we can do to start highlighting women’s stories.

Many People With Disabilities Are Paid Just Pennies. Build Back Better Could Help End That

Chabeli Carrazana, The 19th

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A little-known provision in the Build Back Better Act being negotiated in Congress could help catalyze the full federal repeal of the subminimum wage for people with disabilities.

Pennsylvania Medicaid Abortion Coverage Ban Challenged Under State ERA: “Sex Discrimination, Pure and Simple”

Carrie N. Baker

Pennsylvania-based abortion providers and reproductive rights lawyers filed their brief in a lawsuit—Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services—asking the state’s Supreme Court to strike down the Pennsylvania ban on Medicaid funding for abortion as a violation of the Equal Rights Amendment and equal protection provisions of the Pennsylvania Constitution.

Mississippi Abortion Clinic at the Center of the Dobbs v. Jackson Case Closes Its Doors

Anoa Changa

The fate of Mississippi’s last clinic—and, quite possibly, abortion access nationwide—rests in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court.

As Unemployment Benefits End in 26 States, the Movement for Economic Justice Shifts to Long-Term Solutions

Katie Fleischer

Black Mothers Defy GOP Narratives on Unemployment: “I’m Not Lazy”

Only through universal policies like increased unemployment benefits and guaranteed income will women, low-income people and people of color be able to recover from the pandemic and reach their full potential.

The Bipartisan ‘Hard’ Infrastructure Bill Has Passed. Next Up: Democrats Invest in ‘Human’ Infrastructure

Lily Sendroff

Beyond Bridges and Roads: Congressional Democrats' Call for Human Infrastructure

For Democrats in both the Senate and House, the bipartisan infrastructure bill—focused on so-called “traditional” infrastructure such as water systems, roads, bridges, clean power sources and broadband—is just the first step.

“Human infrastructure is intertwined with our physical infrastructure,” said President Biden.

It’s Time for a Whole-of-Government Approach to Address Period Poverty in the U.S.

Rep. Grace Meng, Chelsea VonChaz and Jennifer Weiss-Wolf

Period poverty is one of America’s alarming—and often hidden—inequities.

As a member of Congress and as advocates, we share the belief that there is power in leveraging the law to help make healthy, dignified, stigma-free menstruation a reality for all.

Half of U.S. States are Leaving Women Workers Behind

Andrew Stettner, Ellie Kaverman and Julie Kashen

After a year that has put parents—especially women—through unimaginable strain as they’ve struggled to keep a roof over their families’ heads and care for their children, governors in 24 states now want to rip out the rug from under them by ending state participation in federal pandemic unemployment programs.

Emergency unemployment aid is doing what it is meant to do: serving as a temporary lifeline while workers search for and return to work.

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