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Philadelphia is experimenting with guaranteed income pilots for pregnant people and housing insecure families
Philly Joy Bank and PHLHousing+ are guaranteed basic income pilots in Philadelphia offering familie…
Allie Kelly
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CEO of baby apparel brand Kyte Baby apologizes after denying employee's remote work request while newborn was in NICU
A contentious remote work issue between Kyte Baby's founder and her employee went viral — sparking …
Lakshmi Varanasi
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Meet the last 20-something millennials: They're twice as wealthy as their geriatric peers were and are carving creative paths to homeownership
Millennials are saying goodbye to their 20s with twice as much wealth as their Great Recession-blig…
Hillary Hoffower
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Over 100 basic-income pilots have run in US cities. Now states are getting creative to fund no-strings-attached cash payments.
The success of over 100 local GBI pilots in the US provides insight into future state-level policy.
Allie Kelly
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I moved from Denmark to the US. I prefer the US, but there are some things the Danish do better.
This Danish business owner moved to Utah after swearing he'd never live in the US. He shares why he…
Michelle Mastro
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Americans have between 4 and 6 hours of leisure time daily. We just have no idea how to use it.
Americans are overworked, overstressed, and generally awful at unplugging from work. But that only …
Erin Snodgrass
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The unsung warriors of 'The Price Is Right'
How the models known as "Barker's Beauties" brought down the legendary host of "The Price Is Right"…
David Kushner
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Mass layoffs including workers who are pregnant or on parental leave may seem unfair, but it's not illegal in the US — here's why
A US worker on parental leave "doesn't have a greater right to benefits or employment than somebody…
Grace Dean
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ITDP introduces 'Bike Ambulance' in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli
With an aim to provide primary health care to everyone in the state, Institute for Transportation a…
ANI
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A married couple with a 4-month-old baby were both laid off by Google, while one of them was on parental leave
Allie was around halfway through her maternity leave when Google laid her off. She and her husband …
Grace Dean
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Subtle signs of workplace pregnancy discrimination and how the law protects you, according to attorneys
Under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, employers can't treat you unfairly due to pregnancy. Here's…
Erin Heger
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Childcare is unaffordable almost everywhere across the country — and where it's even pricier, fewer women are employed
Childcare is eating up, at minimum, 8% of families' incomes, and households under the poverty line …
Juliana Kaplan,Jason Lalljee,…
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Results: Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood defeats Republican Scott Gryder in Illinois' 14th Congressional District election
Polls closed in the state at 7 p.m. local time, or 8 p.m. EST.
Hanna Kang
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Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood faces off against Republican Scott Gryder in Illinois' 14th Congressional District election
Underwood, the first Black millennial woman to ever represent the majority-white district, faces Re…
Hanna Kang
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I'm a pediatrician and had no paid parental leave. At 8 days postpartum, I was in the ICU and had a medical bill of over $400,000.
Dr. Mona Amin shares how after a traumatic birth, she realized how broken the system is for new par…
Dr. Mona Amin
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In a post-Roe world, women of color continue a return to midwives and traditional forms of postpartum care
As racial disparities in maternal healthcare persist, some pregnant women of color say they feel sa…
Yusra Farzan
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Laid-off Google workers say the impersonal way the company let them go shows it's 'just as cutthroat corporate as anybody else'
"It feels very much like they are just as cutthroat corporate as anybody else," one laid-off employ…
Grace Dean
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A youth mental-health crisis is crushing working parents — and employers need to pay attention
About 40% of US parents say they're worried that their children might struggle with anxiety or depr…
Rebecca Knight
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WNBA superstars like Brittney Griner, Breanna Stewart, and Candace Parker are signing for less than market value. Here's why.
The top players in women's basketball are choosing between earning maximum salaries and competing f…
Meredith Cash
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I expect to retire, but as an African American woman, the numbers make me wonder if I should plan for a funeral instead
Planning for retirement is different when years of data show that Black Americans are statistically…