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BY KYLIE CHEUNG | Raising the minimum wage for all American workers—especially the essential workers who have put their lives on the line during the pandemic—is an important first step toward addressing racial and economic inequities.

BY NAOMI ZEWDE | Now is the time to make progress in women’s access to health care—not just to hold on to the last decade’s achievements. The ACA gets us some of the way—but there is still much more we must do.

BY CARRIE N. BAKER | Forty-eight years after Title IX prohibited sex discrimination in federally-funded schools, women and girls still don’t have equality in sports. Now, many athletic directors are using the pandemic as an excuse to cut women’s teams, fueling a growing gender gap in athletic opportunities for college students.