For the first time, there is a federal minimum on the amount of care nursing home residents get every day. I talked to experts and workers about what that means and why it matters. 19thnews.org/2024/04/nursin…

The Biden administration finalized a rule to create a federal minimum staffing level for nursing homes. This is the biggest change to nursing home regulations since they were first established in the 1970s. bit.ly/3U8nKTS

The framing by Representative Summer Lee's opponents of her role as a first-term progressive member of Congress is at odds with her primary campaign. bit.ly/4djR2aS

Summer Lee's Democratic primary in PA-12 has been covered as a voter referendum on the Israel-Hamas war and the Squad's role in pushing for a ceasefire. My trip to the Pittsburgh-area district revealed different priorities on the ground, 🧵: 19thnews.org/2024/04/summer… via 19thnews

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Health care providers aren’t allowed to tell law enforcement about a patient’s abortion if they received the procedure in a state where it is legal, it is protected by federal law, or it is permitted by state law, the Biden administration said Monday. bit.ly/3WayIdT

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In former President Donald Trump's criminal trial, there's an inescapable spotlight on the effect of potential threats to those involved in the case. The ways in which women could face the brunt of it were particularly on display. My latest for 19thnews: 19thnews.org/2024/04/trump-…

With the start of Donald Trump’s criminal trial this week, there was an inescapable spotlight on the effect of potential threats to those involved in the case. But the ways in which women could face the brunt of it were particularly on display. bit.ly/3Qb7BvL

Natalie Fall, executive director of March For Our Lives ☮️🟧, said that school shootings have mobilized a generation of young people to take political action. bit.ly/3JqZIhK

The Department of Education has finalized new rules under Title IX, offering “comprehensive coverage” for LGBTQ+ students and sexual violence survivors.

Read Nadra Nittle's story for more.

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Is climate anxiety affecting whether people of color want to have kids? A new book seeks to find out.

My latest delves into what academic Jade Sasser calls the 'Kid Question' and the importance of broadening who we center in these conversations.

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The regulations from the Biden administration strengthen protections for sex discrimination, reversing Trump-era changes. bit.ly/3vVwbd3

I have seen a lot of writing about how the climate crisis is impacting (mostly) white people's decision to have kids.

But I have never seen one center race in that conversation, until now.

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Is climate anxiety affecting whether people of color want to have kids? A new book seeks to find out. Jessica Kutz talks with the author, Jade Sasser.

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Participation by 130 single caregivers in a guaranteed income program in Cambridge, Massachusetts, resulted in increased financial stability — but it also made space for parenting and quality time. bit.ly/3UniLjh

In “Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question,” Jade Sasser asks how race intersects with an increasingly difficult decision. bit.ly/3Q6X4ld

Some of the new data on Cambridge's guaranteed income program for single caregivers:
⬆️ Increase in FT employment
⬆️ Increase in savings
⬆️ Increase in time spent with their children
⬆️ Increase in educational outcomes
More here from Darreonna Davis (She/Her)
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