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NWLC In The Press

The gender pay gap is getting wider, reversing progress

  • Axios
What to watch: There are signs that the labor market for women is worse this year — particularly for Black women who are seeing a spike in unemployment, in the wake of federal layoffs and the DEI...

Median income barely rose during the Biden administration

  • CNN
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%...

How big is the gender wage gap now? What new Census data shows.

  • USA Today
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...

Survivors speak out after Trump dismisses domestic violence crimes: ‘Deeply disturbing’

  • The Independent
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...

Project 2025 August 20th Update

  • Global Project Against Hate and Extremism
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...

Why Are Black Women Being Pushed Out of the Workforce?

  • Sandra Rose
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...