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Is This How You Treat Mom? Mothers Earn 28.4% Less Than Fathers in the United States

IW Staff Three in four American families with young children rely on a mother’s earnings for some to all of their income. Yet mothers as a group, married or single, earn substantially less than fathers, according to a new analysis from the Institute for Women's [...]

May 23, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|

Paid leave proposal will test Trump’s populist commitment

By Heidi M Przybyla  The paid leave proposal exemplifies how the promise of Trump’s populism is bumping up against a conservative Republican Congress that supports few new domestic expenditures of any kind. The White House is promising the plan won’t add to the deficit as Trump [...]

May 23, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|

The US may (finally) get paid parental leave under Trump’s new proposal

By Nicole Dow Money reports the U.S. is the only developed nation not to have paid parental leave, and the amount of paid time Trump is proposing pales in comparison to others. Amongst 40 other countries, the least amount of paid time given is two [...]

May 22, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|

Trump reportedly to propose 6 weeks paid family leave for biological mothers, fathers, and adoptive parents

A detailed budget proposal coming from the Trump administration next week is expected to offer not just paid maternity leave for biological mothers after the birth of a child, but six weeks of paid family leave for fathers and adoptive parents as well, The Washington [...]

May 19, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|

Campus child care made it possible for this young parent to graduate college. Now Trump wants to ax the program.

By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel Child Care Access Means Parents in School is one of several higher education programs that President Trump is proposing be eliminated in his first full budget, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post. The $15 million program provides colleges and universities [...]

May 18, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|