In the final days of the Trump administration, a key civil rights agency published a controversial new rule to help employers sidestep and delay discrimination lawsuits. Because Donald Trump stacked the agency with Republicans whose terms outlasted his own, the policy was set to remain in place through 2022, if not longer. On Wednesday, however, Senate Democrats voted to repeal the Trump rule by a 50–48 vote using the obscure and powerful Congressional Review Act, all but ensuring the rule’s demise. The Senate’s vote marks a defeat for one of the Trump administration’s most sweeping attacks on workers’ rights.
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While overall unemployment has skyrocketed during COVID-19, the rate for women has been higher than for men. Experts say the pandemic may also worsen the gender pay gap, which is even greater for women of color. How could the health crisis affect progress toward workforce and wage equity for women in America?