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Last-minute shoppers at this time of year are often face-to-face with workers reeling from their dizzying holiday hours. Meanwhile some workers face a different problem altogether: excess rigidity. Fortunately, lawmakers are beginning to see both as problems.
Women of color and those earning low wages are least likely to be accommodated during their pregnancies. It’s also acute for women in traditionally male-dominated industries. “I wanted to work,” says a music conductor who asked for a stool while she worked under hot lights.
Vaulted ceilings are all around Washington, well-stocked with information about our forefathers. What about our foremothers? Allison Stevens gives a shout out for Meryl Streep and bricks and mortar for the National Women’s History Museum.
The parents in the TV show “Up All Night” struggle to balance a newborn, a babyish boss and each other. Their house is too perfect, along with their grooming, but Allison Stevens says the show comes closer to reality than anything else going.