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President Joe Biden, left, and Vice President Kamala Harris, right, applaud as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson delivers remarks after the Senate’s historic, bipartisan confirmation of Jackson to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court, on April 8, 2022. (Bill O’Leary / The Washington Post via Getty Images)

BY KAYCIE GORAL| Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson just officially took her seat on the Supreme Court, making her the first-ever Black woman to serve as a justice in the Court’s 233-year history. 

Just 65 out of the 175 active judges on the federal circuit courts are female, and just 37 percent of state Supreme Court seats. Only 14 states have gender-balanced Supreme Courts. Out of the 115 justices that have served on the highest court of the United States, just six were women—four of whom are currently on the bench, including Jackson. In the face of recent events regarding the overturning of Roe v. Wade, we must change the face of justice in America through intentional actions and data-backed best practices to elect and appoint more women to judicial offices.

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BY DR. BIFTU MENGESHA | As healthcare workers, we all have a professional and ethical duty to step up in response to the U.S. abortion crisis, whether we’ve thought of ourselves as participating in abortion care before or not.  Every healthcare worker must be prepared for the impending fallout to care for women and patients comprehensively and holistically. It is our professional and ethical duty.

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BY KATIE FLEISCHER | Many anti-poverty groups agree that strategically targeted guaranteed income, not universal basic income, is the best path forward to ending poverty, advancing gender and racial equity and supporting low-income Americans.

That’s why guaranteed income programs like the Magnolia Mother’s Trust (MMT) focus on low-income Black women to address the deeply entrenched economic inequities caused by systemic racism and sexism. MMT moms have used their monthly payments to go back to school, find stable housing, escape predatory cycles of debt and start their own businesses.

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The Supreme Court has finally ruled, in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson, to overturn Roe v. Wade and roll back abortion rights across the U.S. For the first time, the Court has taken away a fundamental right that so many depend on. How can we move forward and secure the rights of those most impacted by this devastating ruling? And how can we center those most vulnerable among us, and ensure they’re included in the promise of our constitution?

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