Today at Ms. | July 2, 2021
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VP Kamala Harris Opens U.N. Gender Equality Summit: “Our World is Stronger When Everyone Participates” [[link removed]]
BY LILY SENDROFF | Vice President Kamala Harris led the virtual U.S. delegation in a speech during the opening ceremony of the U.N.’s Generation Equality Forum on Wednesday. Her main message: Gender equality is essential for legitimate and robust democracy. “Here is the truth,” said Harris. “Democracy is strongest when everyone participates and it is weaker when people are left out.”
Supreme Court Deals Dual Blows To Voting Rights, Election Transparency [[link removed]]
BY SARA SWANN | In its final two opinions of the term, the court upheld two restrictive voting laws in Arizona and struck down a nonprofit donor disclosure rule in California. In both decisions, the justices ruled 6-3, along ideological lines.
The Founding of the U.S. Excluded Women—and Our Leaders Are About To Do It Again [[link removed]]
BY SONJA SPOO and ANGELA COBIÁN | This country, including our physical infrastructure, was designed by and for white, able-bodied, cis-gendered men. Today’s infrastructure package without an investment in paid leave, health care, child care and support for families is not infrastructure.
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