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These women want careers as truck drivers. They say they can’t get a job because of their gender.

Same-sex training policies were initially put in place to protect women from sexual harassment or hostility in the male-dominated workplace. Female drivers do report high rates of harassment — in one poll, a third of...

This Is What Happens When Childcare Is Free

New Mexico is part of a massive new trend: During the pandemic, half of U.S. states waived co-payments and made childcare free for all families who received subsidies, something that had never been done outside...

Billions in federal child care relief just expired. Costs are already skyrocketing.

Despite the price tag for parents, many center owners are in debt. The national median worker made just $13 an hour last year. According to a recent analysis by the National Women’s Law Center, pay...

Why don’t we talk more about revenue when we talk about the U.S. budget deficit?

“Every dollar spent auditing these high-income tax individuals would collect more than $12 in additional tax revenue,” said Amy Matsui, the director of income security at the National Women’s Law Center. The IRS has started cracking down...

The 19th Explains: The groundwork for a Supreme Court case on gender-affirming care is being laid now

Anya Marino, director of LGBTQI equality at the National Women’s Law Center, worries that public speculation about how the Supreme Court will address trans rights may incite panic among trans people during a time of...

This Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, Black Female Workers Say Enough is Enough!

On average, Black women working full-time make just 67 cents for every dollar paid to white non-Hispanic men, according to the National Women’s Law Center. The implications of this pay gap are enormous, says Gaylynn Burroughs,...