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View Online  As US men's and women's soccer teams reach equal pay agreement, other sports lag far behind in pay parity © The Associated Press/Alessandra Tarantino By Brooke Migdon The U.S. Soccer Federation on Wednesday announced it reached a pay equity agreement with the men's and women's soccer teams, making it the first American national governing body to promise to pay athletes equally. While the move is a step in the right direction in closing the gender pay gap, professional female athletes in other sports are still underpaid compared to their male counterparts.  Read the full story here AAPI community pushes for more Asian American history in school curricula © The Associated Press/Ben Gray By Shirin Ali Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) are pressing for their communities to be a larger part of school curricula, arguing the rise in violence targeting them is directly related to people not understanding their histories and placement in American life. Several states, including Connecticut, Illinois and New Jersey, have taken action by passing legislation requiring that AAPI studies be included in public school curricula.  Read the full story here The legal ages for buying a gun in the US © Getty Images By Shirin Ali Gun control laws vary around the country, with different age requirements tied to certain types of guns. And it's a controversial issue receiving renewed national attention after 10 people were killed in a racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y. Read the full story here Four-year college students drink more per week than their two-year colleagues: research © iStock By Adam Barnes A new study found college students at four-year institutions drink nearly twice as much alcohol as their peers who attend two-year schools. Four-year students consumed more than seven drinks per week compared to an average of three and a half weekly for two-year students.  Read the full story here   Feature of the Week: How Biden is taking action on the housing shortage © The Associated Press/Andrew Harnik By Adam Barnes The Biden administration has outlined a new plan to tackle a U.S. housing shortfall that is decades in the making, which includes expanding financing for development, encouraging development of low-income housing, combating rising rental costs and working with the private sector to alleviate supply chain issues. Here's what Biden's doing and why it's important.  Read the full story here   Sign up for Changing America email Manage Subscriptions | Sign Up for Other Newsletters | Unsubscribe    Copyright © 1998 - 2022 Nexstar Media Inc. | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use   To ensure you receive these emails in the future, please add thehill@email.thehill.com to your address book, contacts or safe senders list.