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Build Back Better Framework Outlined by President Biden is a Down Payment on Fairer, More Equitable Economy that Works for Everyone

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 28, 2021 Contact: William Lutz | lutz@iwpr.org | (202) 684-7534 Washington, D.C. — President Biden today announced a framework for his Build Back Better plan and it includes an historic investment in child care, children’s education, care for our aging [...]

October 28, 2021|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: , , |

How to best serve the full range of issues faced by survivors of domestic violence

The Boston Globe By Deborah Collins-Gousby It has been well documented that the pandemic — and its ensuing and persistent economic impacts — have had a devastating impact on low-income communities and particularly on communities of color. Loss of income, the reduced availability of affordable child [...]

October 25, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: , |

Meghan Markle Gets Political With an Open Letter Advocating for Paid Family Leave

The Root By Maiysha Kai Meghan, the mom of two has entered the chat. The Duchess of Sussex—best known to us commoners as Meghan Markle—took yet another departure from royal protocol this week, penning an open letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority [...]

October 25, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: , |

Women and People of Color Lose Thousands Because of Pay Gap

Governing Magazine (TNS) — California women and people of color are still getting paid substantially less than white men despite new state laws and policies designed to promote equal wages, according to recent analyses of data. On average, full-time female workers in California earned 87.6 [...]

October 25, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: , |

Today is Latina Equal Pay Day, or the day Latina workers finally earn what non-Hispanic white men made in just 2020

Business Insider By Madison Hoff October 21 is Latina Equal Pay Day, or the approximate day it would take for Latinas to earn what non-Hispanic white men made in just 2020. This means that Latinas had to work almost 22 months, or nearly 10 extra [...]

October 25, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: , |

Latinas can’t wait the 200 years it will take to close the wage gap

Detroit Free Press By JoAnn Chavez and Monica Reyes October 21 is considered Latina Equal Pay Day. It’s not exactly an honor. Latina Equal Pay Day is the last of several commemorative days marking the ongoing wage gaps for women in the United States — and [...]

October 22, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: , |