A Key Senate Democrat Says Passing Universal Paid Parental Leave This Fall Is A Top Priority – Buzzfeed News
‘It’s a Moral Issue’: Virginia Families Need Affordable Child Care and Paid Leave – Dogwood
Doulas Hope to Regain Momentum as Covid Restrictions Ease – New York Times
Melinda French Gates, Alexis Ohanian and others call on Congress to pass paid family leave – CNBC
Business Leaders Join Together to Call for Paid Family and Medical Leave in New Video
Six-Figure Advertising Campaign to Accompany Launch of Video
Suit against NYC nonprofit alleges discrimination during, after pregnancy – HR Dive
The Pandemic Stopped Time, But For 30-Something Women, The Clock Kept Ticking – Elle
D.C. Workers Deserve Stronger Paid Leave
Black and brown people in D.C. have seen some of the worst racial disparities in COVID-19 deaths and vaccinations in the country. At the same time, the national economic fallout of the pandemic hit communities of color the hardest: people of color, particularly women, disproportionately worked in industries hit by pandemic-related closures, layoffs and reduced hours. And that is on top of the longstanding health and economic racial disparities that already existed before the pandemic.
Tensions Await Julie Su in Shaping Role as Labor’s Deputy – Bloomberg Tax
The Necessity of Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees: “Paid Leave Is Not a ‘Perk'” – Ms. Magazine
Women in the Workplace – CR Press
Witnesses Testify in Support of the Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act – Just The Real News
Telethon for Documenting Black Birth Experiences Slated for June 25 – Black Enterprise
Lack of Child Care Infrastructure Costs U.S. Billions of Dollars Each Year – Ms.
The Necessity of Paid Leave for All – Newsweek
Rep. Colin Allred, after birth of second child, advocates for more fathers to take paternity leave – The Washington Post
National Women’s Law Center and the National Partnership Respond to the Supreme Court’s Affordable Care Act Decision
Today, in Texas v. California, the Supreme Court ruled that the Plaintiffs, who sought to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA), did not demonstrate sufficient harm to challenge the provisions. This means that the ACA is upheld and millions of people still have...
Erika Moritsugu, Biden’s new liaison to Asian Americans, fights for influence in the White House – Washington Post