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September 17, 2025
Monica Potts
Trump Is Making It Harder for Women to Work in Construction
For the past few years, valuable government programs have helped women gain access to well-paying jobs traditionally held by men. That all changed when this administration took over.
April 7, 2025
Casey Quinlan
Will Trump Usher in a New Wave of Pregnancy Discrimination?
Pregnant and postpartum workers typically enjoy federal laws that provide workplace protection. But the White House’s draconian approach to governing puts all of that in grave doubt.
September 15, 2021
Natalie Shure
The Fatal Elitism of the Time’s Up Charity
The organization was too bound by political allegiances ever to deliver justice to sexually exploited workers.
July 27, 2017
Moira Donegan
Jeff Sessions wants to make sure that you can be fired for being gay.
October 2, 2014
Bryce Covert
Secret Service Director Julia Pierson Was a Victim of the "Glass Cliff"
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