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Black Women Labor Leaders Sound The Alarm On The Workforce Of Tomorrow

At the Black Global Economic Forum’s session titled “Work, Wealth, and the Workforce of Tomorrow: Innovation, Unions, and Black Economic Mobility,” Ebony McMorris, AURN White House correspondent, guided a potent conversation featuring SEIU President April...

Donald Trump Rolls Back LGBTQ+ Discrimination Policy

Brian Dittmeier, director of LGBTQI+ equality at the National Women's Law Center (NWLC), said in a July 9 statement: "Fresh off cutting food assistance for millions of Americans, the Trump administration is finding new ways...

USDA reverses guidance protecting LGBTQ students against discrimination in school meals

The National Women's Law Center castigated the move. "The Trump administration is encouraging schools to turn the other way as marginalized youth face discrimination in the lunch line," Brian Dittmeier, NWLC's director of LGBTQI+ equality,...

The Latest: Trump administration rescinds policy against LGBTQ+ discrimination in school nutrition programs

The National Women’s Law Center said the administration is encouraging schools to look away from discrimination toward marginalized youth.

Mississippi ranks 7th for income inequality: report

Pay disparities also exist between men and women. According to the National Women’s Law Center, a woman working full-time in Mississippi makes 78 cents for every dollar a man makes. Among Asian women, that same...

Black Women Are The Only Demographic To See Rise In Unemployment In Recent Months

Jasmine Tucker, the vice president for research at the National Women’s Law Center, added that Black women are an essential demographic to the economy and the overall labor market. “Are we heading into a recession?...