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Ahead of early voting for the runoff races, 80 percent of Black women said they “care a good deal about who wins” and that their vote has “a lot of power” to affect what happens in their community.https://bit.ly/3m6Xje4 

What’s exactly at stake for Georgia and the nation at-large? First, health care. Any sweeping policy reforms related to the Affordable Care Act or reproductive health will be an uphill battle made more difficult if the Republicans control the Senate.https://bit.ly/3pNInUy 

Second, a follow-up to December’s coronavirus relief bill. While this bill tackled paid leave, child care and food insecurity, experts say it’s not enough to undo much of the damage the pandemic dealt to women.https://bit.ly/38Ic2aL 

Women — already the most vulnerable to job loss, the most likely to be sole heads of households, the ones who are most often the sole providers for their children — are also the most likely to be evicted from their homes during the pandemic.https://bit.ly/3rljdhz 

Black women are twice as likely as White men and women to say they are behind on rent during the pandemic.https://bit.ly/3rljdhz 

Third, Biden’s proposed $775 billion caregiving plan, which introduces universal pre-K, boosts pay for care workers and adds an estimated 3 million care jobs. Passage of the plan could be contingent on which party controls the Senate.https://bit.ly/34voF7P