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The Supreme Court’s ruling on the ACA’s birth control mandate could cost women hundreds of dollars each year
The Supreme Court’s ruling on the ACA’s birth control mandate could cost women hundreds of dollars each year

The Supreme Court’s ruling on the ACA’s birth control mandate could cost women hundreds of dollars each year

By: Alicia Adamczyk Women who have access to legal contraception beginning at ages 18 to 21 earn an estimated 5% more per hour and 11% more per year by the time they’re 40 than those who [...]

July 8, 2020|Tags: Affordable Care Act, CNBC, Reproductive Rights|

Ending the extra $600 federal benefit will harm ‘vast majority’ of unemployed workers, especially women and people of color
Ending the extra $600 federal benefit will harm ‘vast majority’ of unemployed workers, especially women and people of color

Ending the extra $600 federal benefit will harm ‘vast majority’ of unemployed workers, especially women and people of color

By Alicia Adamczyk If Congress decides not to extend the extra $600 a week in federal unemployment benefits past its July 31 end date, the “vast majority” of unemployed workers will be “harmed” without it, according [...]

July 6, 2020|Tags: CNBC, COVID-19, Pandemic, Unemployment|

Women Were Making Historic Strides in the Workforce. Then the Pandemic Hit.
Women Were Making Historic Strides in the Workforce. Then the Pandemic Hit.

Women Were Making Historic Strides in the Workforce. Then the Pandemic Hit.

BY EMILY BARONE Women have been affected across the board, losing jobs at disproportionate rates in most industries and returning to the workforce slower than their male colleagues—even in sectors where employment levels have been essentially [...]

June 10, 2020|Tags: COVID-19, Pandemic, Time Magazine, Unemployment|

‘Historic and unprecedented’: Women have been hit hardest by coronavirus layoffs
‘Historic and unprecedented’: Women have been hit hardest by coronavirus layoffs

‘Historic and unprecedented’: Women have been hit hardest by coronavirus layoffs

By Leticia Miranda Women who work entered the year on a high note, with sky-high employment numbers thanks, in part, to the rapid expansion of industries such as health care and education. However, the impact of [...]

June 8, 2020|Tags: COVID-19, NBC News, Pandemic, Unemployment|

Why Aren’t We All Talking About Breonna Taylor?
Why Aren’t We All Talking About Breonna Taylor?

Why Aren’t We All Talking About Breonna Taylor?

By Alisha Haridasani Gupta Like George Floyd, she was also killed by the police, but her case remains largely disconnected from the broader narrative. For years, black women have faced a double bind of racial and [...]

June 4, 2020|Tags: Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Inequality, The New York Times NYT, Violence Against Women|

Millennials are facing the worst economic odds in history. It’s worse for women.
Millennials are facing the worst economic odds in history. It’s worse for women.

Millennials are facing the worst economic odds in history. It’s worse for women.

By Rachael Allen Their uncertain future is now defined not by dreams but by getting by Ana Hernández Kent, a policy analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, has also analyzed just how wide [...]

June 4, 2020|Tags: Millennials, The Lily, Unemployment|

The Supreme Court’s ruling on the ACA’s birth control mandate could cost women hundreds of dollars each year

Ending the extra $600 federal benefit will harm ‘vast majority’ of unemployed workers, especially women and people of color

Women Were Making Historic Strides in the Workforce. Then the Pandemic Hit.

‘Historic and unprecedented’: Women have been hit hardest by coronavirus layoffs

Why Aren’t We All Talking About Breonna Taylor?

Millennials are facing the worst economic odds in history. It’s worse for women.

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