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La brecha salarial de las latinas en Estados Unidos se enquista

Estancamiento para las latinas. El largo y penoso avance hacia la paridad salarial se ha parado y la brecha salarial con respecto a los hombres blancos se mantiene en el mismo lugar que el año pasado,...

Texas Latinas lose $1.7 million in lifetime earnings due to pay gap

Latinas in Texas lose an average of $1.7 million in lifetime earnings due to the state's wage gap — among the nation's worst, per the National Women's Law Center (NWLC). Nationally, Latinas earn 58 cents for every dollar...

Analyzing The Monthly Jobs Report Through A Latino Lens

According to a 2023 report by the National Women’s Law Center, Latinas make up 8.25% of the overall workforce. However, they are overrepresented in low-wage jobs and underrepresented in high-paying positions. Specifically, Hispanic women constitute 16.2%...

Trump’s vision for childhood vaccines could hurt working moms the most

“If you are working paycheck to paycheck, even just taking one day off without pay could be enough to cut into your grocery budget, affect your ability to pay rent and affect your ability to...

The Economic Impact Of The Wage Gap Growing Two Years In A Row

​“We saw a widening of the wage gap that was particularly bad for Black women in 2023, and we saw that penny slide back for women overall,” says Jasmine Tucker, vice president for research at...

How to Address the Crisis for Working Moms

Fatima Goss Graves President and CEO, National Women’s Law Center Working women take on the vast majority of caregiving responsibilities and study after study shows they suffer a penalty at work as a result. They...