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Jan 2020
28m 21s

Women in the workforce: ‘I’m back, baby!...

THE WASHINGTON POST
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Rachel Siegel reports women outnumber men in the U.S. workforce for just the second time. Moriah Balingit on how a book-burning at Georgia Southern ignited a conversation about race. And Arelis Hernández on the earthquakes rattling Puerto Rico. 
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