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Join UsPiers Morgan jokes coronavirus was started by women
Cydney Yeates /
Metro UK
His Instagram post read: ‘I’ve worked out the Corona Virus!! [sic] IT’S BEEN CREATED BY WOMEN!! Think about it lads……
Megan Rapinoe wasn’t surprised by U.S. Soccer’s ‘unbelievable’ sentiments in legal filing
Cindy Boren /
The Washington Post
"I mean, it’s unbelievable to say that you believe that half of the people when it comes to soccer are just inherently less than the other half, to use that argument.”
Meet the Women Fighting America’s Border Battle
Nick Fouriezos /
OZY
There are only a handful of lawyers dealing with tens of thousands of asylum cases; they are part of a small, insanely overworked club of mostly women navigating the front line of America’s immigration debate, which is now concentrated in a handful of border towns teeming with migrants.
“We are trying to build a collection that tells a truthful history of American art. That cannot be told without the work of women and artists of color.”
These are the pioneering women of photojournalism
Kyle Almond /
CNN
Photo journalist Yunghi Kim felt that there was a "silent generation" of women photojournalists who are often overlooked. Maybe their work was never digitized. Maybe their work is sitting right now in the basements of newspapers, magazines and photo agencies, buried in an archive they can't access and may never be able to. So she took it upon herself to do something about it.
“The babies keep coming”: What the coronavirus pandemic means for people giving birth
Anna North /
VOX
From breastfeeding in masks to virtual doulas, Covid-19 is changing pregnancy and birth.
Norway’s PM Holds Coronavirus Press Conference For Kids, Says It’s OK To Be Scared
Jenna Amatulli /
Huffington Post
Prime Minister Erna Solberg explained the global pandemic to the nation’s children and answered questions they submitted about what to do.
A pandemic magnifies all existing inequalities. Working from home in a white-collar job is easier; employees with salaries and benefits will be better protected; self-isolation is less taxing in a spacious house than a cramped apartment. But one of the most striking effects of the coronavirus will be to send many couples back to the 1950s. Across the world, women’s independence will be a silent victim of the pandemic.