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BY KATIE FLEISCHER | The American Jobs Plan devotes billions of dollars towards transportation, clean energy and innovation. But—as is too often the case—the “controversial” funding is the provision that will help women recover from the disproportionate harm they faced during the pandemic.

BY NISSY NEW | Over the last year, our country has lost almost 550,000 people to COVID-19. America lost countless citizens to racism and experienced one of the largest spikes in hate crimes. We changed the way we loved, shopped, worked and lived. But the expectations for mothers did not change.

BY JULIA TALLANT | It is no coincidence one of the earliest and strongest supporters of gender quotas in politics is also the first major Latin American country to legalize abortion.