Men also fared better than women, with median earnings for full-time, year-round workers increasing 3.7% for men, but staying roughly flat for women. That led to a decline in the female-to-male earnings ratio to 80.9%...
The bureau noted the initial decrease from 2022 to 2023 as "the first statistically significant annual decrease" since 2003. The backslide is worse for Black women, who in 2024 were paid 65 cents for every dollar paid to...
Since taking office, the Trump administration has threatened to cut millions of dollars in grants to domestic violence advocacy groups and required service providers to agree to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A lawsuit...
Kimi Chernoby from the National Women’s Law Center recognizes the tactical framework being deployed. “We are seeing the anti-abortion folks just repurpose their playbook,” she observed. The incremental approach begins with the most vulnerable populations...
300,000 Black women have been forced out of their jobs in the federal government and public sector, according to The Root. “Employment rates have remained somewhat steady for other groups of workers, except us,” said...
At the heart of this crisis lies caregiving, still largely a female responsibility. "Women still take on the lion's share of caregiving responsibilities,” notes Julie Vogtman, senior director at the National Women’s Law Center, as...
