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Even in Death, Breonna Taylor Is Being Disrespected
Even in Death, Breonna Taylor Is Being Disrespected

Even in Death, Breonna Taylor Is Being Disrespected

Salau’s tragic story also underscores the extremely complicated relationship that Black women have with policing and criminalization. According to the American Psychological Association, one in four Black girls will be the victim of sexual assault by [...]

July 9, 2020|Tags: Bitch Media, Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Inequality, Violence Against Women|

I felt like I had to go part-time when my kids were young. This shouldn’t be the norm.
I felt like I had to go part-time when my kids were young. This shouldn’t be the norm.

I felt like I had to go part-time when my kids were young. This shouldn’t be the norm.

Mothers engage in 300 more hours of paid work per year than they did 40 years ago By: C. Nicole Mason My email read as follows: Dear Mr. C, My apologies for Charli and Parker [...]

July 9, 2020|Tags: Breadwinner Mothers, Child Care, The Lily, Working Mothers|

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|

Even in Death, Breonna Taylor Is Being Disrespected

I felt like I had to go part-time when my kids were young. This shouldn’t be the norm.

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

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