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Weakening of Child Labor Laws

“Federal and state entities should be working together to increase accountability and ramp up enforcement — not make it easier to illegally hire children to do what are often dangerous jobs. No child should be working in dangerous workplaces in this country, full stop.–Labor Solicitor Seema Nanda

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Pew Research: Majority of Americans Say Medication Abortion Should Be Legal

A recent survey conducted by Pew Research Center found that more Americans believe medication abortion should be legal than illegal in their state, as the future of abortion pills faces legal uncertainties. The survey, conducted before conflicting court rulings on medication abortion in Texas and Washington state, revealed that 53% of adults believe medication abortion should be legal, while only 22% think it should be illegal, with 24% being unsure.

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Pew Research Survey: Few Women Leading UN Member States

According to a Pew Research Center analysis, women are currently serving as the head of government in only 13 out of the 193 member states of the United Nations, and less than a third of UN countries have ever had a woman leader. Among the 13 countries with current women leaders, nine have their first-ever female head of government, including Peru, Italy, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, whose female leaders took office within the past year. Europe is home to seven out of 13 of the current women leaders.

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Dwight Eisenhower quote on book banning

“Don't join the book burners. Don't think you are going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book, as long as that document does not offend our own ideas of decency. That should be the only censorship.”

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UN Climate Change Report

On Monday, the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published a report indicating that the world is on track to fall short of its most ambitious climate goal of restricting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels within the next ten years.

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UN Chief Warns that Gender Equality is 300 Years Away

Amid the celebrations of Women's History Month, Margaret Brennan, the host of Face the Nation, highlighted the reversal of women's rights around the world. Brennan reported on the United Nations session that occurred last Monday, where UN Secretary General António Guterres discussed the global crisis facing women and girls:

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PEW RESEARCH: Gender Pay Gap has not Changed 20 years

The gender pay gap in the US has not changed much in the past two decades, with women earning 82% of what men earned in 2022, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center. The study found that the wage gap was smaller for workers aged 25 to 34, with women earning 92 cents for every dollar earned by a man in the same age group. The gap among all workers in 2022 was 18 cents, down from 35 cents in 1982.

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REMEMBER WHEN: McCarthyism and the Red Scare in the 1950s

The United States experienced two periods of the Red Scare - after the Bolsheviks took power in Russia (1917-1920) and during World War II. One example of this was the Palmer Raids, a series of violent law-enforcement raids ordered by US Attorney General Alexander Mitchell Palmer that targeted and arrested leftists and anarchists. The period became known as the "Red Summer."

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Women's History Month

Women's History Month is dedicated to reflect on the often-overlooked contributions of women to the history of the United States. Women such as Abigail Adams, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, and Rosa Parks have left a significant impact on women's history that dates back to the founding of the nation. It has since become an international celebration, with countries around the world recognizing and celebrating the accomplishments and contributions of women.

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Update on the Child Separation Crisis

Columnist Philip Bump with the Washington Post released a report this week on the reunification of families at the border that was implemented by the Trump Administration in 2018. The policy called for separating children from their parents at the US-Mexico border as a deterrent to illegal immigration. Children were taken from their parents and placed in detention centers while their parents were prosecuted for illegal entry. Consequently, the policy was widely criticized and condemned by domestic and international communities, as it caused significant harm and trauma to children and their families. It was rescinded in June 2018.

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