'These are tough times.' We've all heard the phrase time and time again -- especially now during the fierce battles over public spending -- to justify...
Today, April 12, 2011, is Equal Pay Day -- the day into 2011 that a woman has to work, on average, to make the same as a man did in just 2010 alone.
With women making up roughly 46% of the US working population, it's a wonder why women earn less. We have come a long way, but still have got a long way to go to equal a man's paycheck.
It is time to recognize that the women's movement is stalled. We have spent the last decade fighting to protect the hard fought gains of my mother's generation. This is not good enough.
Although the government will ultimately have to decide to enforce pay equity, we can make sure our support and the impact of pay inequity are known now. And one way to do that is by dancing.
More needs to be done to ensure that our policies address persistent discriminatory employment practices, including unequal pay, so that college graduates entering today's workforce have the pay they deserve.
Judging by allegations in the class action suit being brought by their female employees, Wal-Mart executives and managers seem to have "dog ears." You...
The ideological assault against programs that benefit women in House GOP spending bills and similar attacks from many GOP governors will give a powerful boost to Democrats in 2012.
I started keeping a running list of some notable years when certain gender barriers were broken, and when I looked back I found that the list itself provided a fascinating snapshot of our country.
A decision for Wal-Mart would have far-ranging effects on women employees in general by making it more difficult to challenge gender-based pay discrimination.
Last week not a single Senate Republican voted for a bill ensuring equal pay for women. So we asked 1,000 Republicans why they're against wage equality for women.
The Senate had the opportunity make a real difference in the lives of millions of American women by voting to support the Paycheck Fairness Act, but instead the bill became a victim of partisan gridlock.
Earlier today, the Senate failed to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act. I am disappointed, but remain committed to the fight to ensure women are not treated as second-class citizens by employers who refuse to compensate them in a fair manner.
Today, women earn 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man. Over 40 years, a woman in the United States will lose an average of $431,000 in pay.
There is no doubt that we need to strengthen equal pay laws, which have been weakened over time in the courts, and to require the federal government to be more proactive in preventing and battling wage discrimination.
Recently, Lilly Ledbetter endorsed Sen. Harry Reid. Ledbetter is the Good Lord's answer to Sharron Angle, who taunts Reid with her call to "man up."
Have you seen the news stories about the sexy Citibank beauty who claims she was discriminated against and fired because she distracted her male cowor...
New poverty and wage data released yesterday paint a grim picture of the economic prospects for American families dependent on women wage earners. Yes...
The 23-cent average difference between men's and women's pay isn't simply about fairness. This long-standing pay disparity hurts our nation, too. This serious problem needs immediate Senate action.
If we value families, then why is the economic burden of raising them always pressed upon women at the cost of fair pay and career opportunities? Whatever happened to the concept of shared sacrifice?
Although the women's vote marked modern progress, modern women seeking to overturn economic patriarchy today need something on the order of a revolution.
When one compares all employed women with all employed men, including part-timers as well as full-timers, women still only earn 59 cents for every dollar earned by men.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, which he calls a common sense bill to ensure that ...
On the tenth anniversary of being able to celebrate Mother's Day as a mother myself, I've been thinking of some things about babies and children and motherhood for which I am eternally grateful.
As individuals, we're pretty fond of our mothers. But as a nation we don't value motherhood all that much. We lag far behind Europe in granting leave for the birth or adoption of a child, for example.
