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Today at Ms. | April 6, 2023
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In Wisconsin Supreme Court Election, Abortion Rights Prove Decisive [[link removed]]
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Abortion rights supporters rally at the Bigger Than Roe national march in Capitol in Madison, Wis., on Jan. 22, 2022. (Sara Stathas for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
BY CARRIE N. BAKER | If the fall elections weren’t enough to prove that abortion rights are driving elections, the Wisconsin supreme court election this week is yet more evidence that American voters will show up at the polls to defend abortion rights. Janet Protasiewicz’s victory gives Democrats a chance to re-establish not only reproductive rights, but also labor rights and fair elections devastated by over a decade of Republican domination in the state.
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Bipartisan Momentum Builds Against Guns and in Defense of U.S. Children [[link removed]]
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Students rally against guns after the Covenant School shooting at the State Capitol Building in Nashville, on March 30, 2023. Johnnie Izquierdo for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
BY ROB OKUN | When a conservative former Republican member of Congress and governor, like John Kasich, urges citizens take to the streets to force politicians to pass gun laws with teeth, you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind’s blowing.
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Why the Wage Gap Differs Among Asian American Women [[link removed]]
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A fruit stand in Chinatown, Lower Manhattan. AAPI women work disproportionately in healthcare, service and retail jobs, salon and nail tech positions and as personal care aides, including as hairdressers and childcare workers. In those jobs, they typically earn less than their white male counterparts. (Jeffrey Greenberg / Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
BY CHABELI CARRAZANA and JASMINE MITHANI | Sparse economic data on Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women has painted an inaccurate reality of economic well-being and hampered communities’ efforts to address disparities. It’s an issue that Wednesday’s AAPI Women’s Equal Pay Day—April 5, 2023—attempts to spotlight.
On average, AAPI women earn 80 cents for every $1 earned by white men when looking at both full- and part-time workers, more than any other racial group of women. But that figure obscures the harsher realities faced by Southeast Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women, who see some of the largest wage gaps in the country. The 80 cent average captures an enormous range: Taiwanese women earn more than white men, about $1.08 for every white man’s $1, while Nepalese women earn 48 cents on the dollar.
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