Today at Ms. | June 23, 2021

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Lack of Child Care Infrastructure Costs U.S. Billions of Dollars Each Year [[link removed]]

BY CARRIE N. BAKER | The United States has never prioritized child care as an investment. The U.S. child care crisis costs the nation $57 billion a year in lost earnings, productivity and revenue. With Biden’s American Families Plan on the table, politicians and pundits are debating the cost of child care—whether and how much we can afford to invest in child care and early childhood education.

Women’s Health Protection Act: Congress Has a Moral and Legal Obligation to Protect Abortion Access [[link removed]]

BY MICHELE GOODWIN | Dr. Michele Goodwin testified powerfully in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution on the urgency of the Women’s Health Protection Act in addressing racial, gender, legal and health disparities. “Reproductive justice requires every individual to have the right to make their own decisions about having children regardless of their circumstances and without interference and discrimination.”

Keeping Score: Paycheck Fairness Act Blocked by Senate Republicans; Biden’s Record Number of Women Judges; DOJ Defends Trans Rights [[link removed]]

BY SOPHIE DORF-KAMIENNY | In this biweekly round-up, 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. This week in Keeping Score: activists and the DOJ defend trans rights; the Senate recognizes Juneteenth as a federal holiday; New York will offer gender-neutral IDs; Biden's judicial nominees include a record number of women; and more.

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The Pointer Sisters celebrate Juneteenth and unpack their award-winning memoir, Fairytale: The Pointer Sisters’ Family Story.

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