Democrats are closer than ever to passing paid leave, but it hinges on what makes the cut in the reconciliation deal
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Consuelo Hernandez has been helping take care of her father since he fell off a roof while she was in high school. More than a decade later, her father remains in and out of the hospital — and she's still taking care of him.
Without any paid leave to take care of aging parents, she's already exhausting the time off she has and scared of what the future holds. "I know that the care he's going to need down the road is just going to get a lot bigger," Hernandez said.
The coronavirus pandemic also exacerbated long-term challenges, forcing Americans to make tough decisions about work, family and staying healthy. Many Democratic lawmakers are betting the pursuit of family-focused policies like paid leave will outweigh backlash over the cost of the reconciliation package. Their argument: America can't afford not to, and the pandemic forced this issue front-and-center.
Two climbers were waiting to be rescued near the peak of Denali, a colossal mountain that towers over miles of vast tundra in southern Alaska, officials said Wednesday. Originally part of a three-person team that became stranded near the top of the mountain, the climbers put out a distress call more than 30 hours earlier suggesting they were hypothermic and unable to descend on their own, according to the National Park Service.
There's no making up for what Olympic hurdler Lashinda Demus lost on the day she finished .07 seconds behind a Russian opponent who, everyone later learned, was doping. What the American 400-meter hurdles champion will finally receive is a great day under the Eiffel Tower where she'll be presented with the gold medal she was denied 12 years ago at the London Olympics.