Pay Equity

Moms Get Political: An Interview With Momsrising Co-founder Joan Blades

Martha Burk | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Working Mothers, Child Care, MoveOn.Org, Mother's Day, Pay Equity, Mothers, Family Leave, Working Moms, Mother's Day 2012, Women Pay Gap, Momsrising, Politics News
Martha Burk

Unlike their mothers and grandmothers who didn't see politics as the answer to these problems, the new generation of moms has political change in their sights. And they're making their voices heard.

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Dems' War FOR Women

Brent Budowsky | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Pay, Pay Equity, War for Women, Harry Reid, War on Women, Barack Obama, Occupy Wall Street, Healthcare, Equality, Women's Rights, Equality for Women, Elections 2012, Politics News
Brent Budowsky

If Republicans want to stop being tarred and feathered by the charge that they wage these wars against women, they should stop fighting them, and start supporting pay equity for women and stop attacking healthcare programs vital for women, their daughters, their sons and their babies.

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The Worst State For Being Paid Equally

The Huffington Post | Emma Gray | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Aauw, American Association of University Women, Pay Equity, Wage Gap Gender, Gender Pay Gap, State by State Wage Gap, Wage Gap, Women Wage Gap, Wage Gap by State, Slidepollajax, Equal Pay, Equal Pay Day, Equal Pay for Women, Equal Pay Day 2012, Wage Gap Between Men and Women, Equal Pay Men vs Women, Gender Wage Gap, Women News

Even as we discuss how women are becoming “The Richer Sex,” American women still earn a lot less than their male counterparts -- 23 percent less o...

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Both Sides: Are We All Pre-wired Left or Right? Do Beliefs Precede Facts?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Hilary Rosen, Jonah Lehrer, Ann Romney, President Obama, War on Women, Trayvon Martin, Charles Blow, Mitt Romney, Pay Equity, George Zimmerman, Planned Parenthood, Facebook, Contraceptives, Jonathan Haidt, The Righteous Mind, Allen West, Gov. Walker, Arianna Huffington, Isaiah Berlin, Kellyanne Conway, Gaffe-Gate, Bill Maher, Politics News
HuffPost Radio

2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpgArianna and Kellyanne Conway discuss Jonathan Haidt's new book, which argues that "righteousness" precedes self-righteousness. Through that lens, the women debate their different views of the Trayvon shooting and "War on Women".

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Ann Or Hilary: Either Way, Motherhood Is a Dismal Financial Decision for American Women

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Hilary Rosen, Ann Romney, Working Mothers, Pay Equity, Reproductive Freedom, The Price of Motherhood, Blunt Amendment, Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood, Working Women, Gender Gap, Class Warfare, Reproductive Justice, Gender Pay Inequality, Women in the Workforce, Gender Inequality, Gender Pay Gap, Fair Pay Act, Stay at Home Mom, Business News
Soraya Chemaly

What I am not hearing anyone say loudly and clearly in this Rosen/Romney snafu is that women's ability -- not desire or choice -- to take part in the economy is based on her freedom to make reproductive decisions.

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Women Can Earn More Than Men -- But Only In Porn

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Pornography, Women in the Workplace, Women's Rights, Human Rights, Workplace Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Sex Workers, Pay Equity, Sasha Grey, Politics News
Marianne Mollmann

This month, one of Belgium's women's rights organizations, zij-kant, caused quite a stir with their annual "Equal Pay Day" message.

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How Obama Can Win Big

Brent Budowsky | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: American Davos, Martin Luther King, Obama Second Term, Insider Punditry, Economy, Ronald Reagan, Shared Prosperity, Morning America, Pay Equity, Obama Presidency, Patriotic Capitalism, Ayn Rand, Teddy Roosevelt, Main Street, Abraham Lincoln, Obama 2.0, State of the Union, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, 2012 Election, Hope America Fails, John Kennedy, News Cycle, Socialism, Newt Gingrich, Made in the USA, Shared Purpose, Food Stamp President, Politics News
Brent Budowsky

While President Obama lifts his presidency to champion the cause of jobs that are made in the USA, his Republican opponents stake their plans for powe...

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Americans Demonstrate Changed Attitudes Towards Poverty Since the 2008 Economic Crisis

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Census, Child Poverty, Poverty, Pay Equity, US Poverty, Economic Crisis, Amnesty International, Food Security, Politics News
Marianne Mollmann

The silver lining of the 2008 crisis might be that more Americans start seeing poverty for what it is: not something anyone "deserves."

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Hollywood Occupying Hope

Brent Budowsky | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Sammy Davis Jr, Poverty, Grapes of Wrath Foreclosures, Economic Crisis, Julia Roberts, Edward R Murrow, Civil Rights, Frank Sinatra, Angelina Jolie, Ocean's Eleven, A Better Life, Brad Pitt, Pay Equity, Joblessness, Fair Deal, Entertainers, Arianna Huffington, George Clooney, 99 Percent, Matt Damon, Occupy Wall Street, Justice, John F Kennedy, Job Creation, Gilded Age, Frank Capra, Hollywood, American Dream, Culture News
Brent Budowsky

Find me a few stars of stage, screen and song with the principle and courage that Frank Sinatra showed when he stood up for his brother Sammy Davis Jr. in the 1950's and you can change the world and help end this cold season of hardship and discontent.

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Women Own 1% of the World's Property -- Occupy That

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Maternal Death, Equality, Women, Gender Bias, Violence Against Women, Poverty, Equity, Pay Equity, We Are Equals, Food Scarcity, Feminization of Poverty, Occupy Wall Street, Child Brides, Male Rights Movement, Girl Slaves, Patriarchy, Property, Gender, Starvation, Girl Effect, Oprah Winfrey, Half the Sky, Property Rights, Sex Slaves, Sexism, Slavery, Forbes, Stoning, Women News
Soraya Chemaly

How much poorer do we want women to get in the world? It's really hard to imagine. Despite the successes of feminists during the past century, even in the U.S. we have a persistent and growing feminization of poverty.

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Protest time: Support the Occupy Wall Street Movement and a New American Spring

Brent Budowsky | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Financial Crash, Labor, Women's Movement, Civil Rights, Occupy Wall Street, Environment, Equal Rights, Liberal, Pay Equity, Politics News
Brent Budowsky

It is time for change; real change. It is time for protest; strong protest. It is time for patriotism; real patriotism where the many Americans are no long ripped off by the few. It is time to mobilize, organize, rally, to stand in the streets with signs and register to vote.

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This Labor Day, Consider This ...

Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Women in Politics, Wage Gap Statistics, Women Paid Less Than Men, Gender Gap, Women's Rights, Women in Congress, Pay Equity, Slidepollajax, Working Women, Pay-Equality, Wage Gap, Pay Inequity, Equal Compensation, Women News

As Labor Day approaches and we all reflect on the work we and others do, it's worth keeping in mind how fairly we are compensated for that work, and w...

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Why Women Are Worth (Less)

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Female Entreneurship, Pay Gap, Gender Pay Gap, Pay Gap Gender, Equal Pay, Equal Pay for Women, Pay Equity, Earning Gap, Women's Earning Power, Women's Earning, Women News
Barbara & Shannon Kelley

Every time we change jobs and are asked for a salary history, we're at an increased disadvantage. This gender-based pay discrimination disparity is going to do nothing but get worse.

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What Women Want: To Make Money!

Penny Herscher | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Women's Rights, Gender Equality, Executive Pay, Pay Equity, Today.com, Outspoken Media, Women Entrepreneurs, Human Resources, Women in Business, Ivillage, Catalyst, Equal Pay, Business News
Penny Herscher

In two-thirds of dual working families, moms are responsible for 75% or more of all the household chores. Like breastfeeding in the middle of the night, there are some things that are not going to change in our generation.

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On Equal Pay Day, Step Up or Step Out of the Way

Deborah Frett | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Pay Equity, The Paycheck Fairness Act, Equal Pay Day, Business News
Deborah Frett

It's time for America's business community to step up with fair pay or step out of the way of legislation like the just re-introduced Paycheck Fairness Act that will help ensure pay equity.

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Women in the State Senate

Brandon Shaffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Pay Equity, Colorado Senate, Denver News
Brandon Shaffer

In 2010 the Republican Senate caucus had 14 members and only one woman. I watched my Republican colleagues launch rubber bands across the chamber in the waning days of the session.

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For Our Daughters' Sakes, Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act

Linda Meric | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Pay Equity, 9to5, Money, Gender Wage Gap, Latina Women, Politics News
Linda Meric

The much heralded and hotly contested mid-term elections are done. The ballot questions have been decided and the candidates are either grateful becau...

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Whether Women are more Generous than Men, and Whether it Matters

Kelly Kleiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Generosity, Philanthropy, Women, Not for Profit, Charity, Women's Issues, Global Women's Issues, Donating to Charity, Nonprofits, Donations, Strategy of Generosity, Pay Equity, Female Generosity, Gender, Gender Equality, Wage Parity, Impact News
Kelly Kleiman

What makes this more than a parlor game demonstrating female superiority is the extent to which it reveals the role of empathy in giving.

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Harry Reid Mans Up for Lilly Ledbetter

Brent Budowsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harry Reid Sharron Angle, Women's Rights, Pay Equity, Lily Ledbetter Act, Harry Reid, Nevada Senate 2010, Sharron Angle, Equal Pay, Politics News
Brent Budowsky

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."

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Closing the Gender Gap

Rep. Carolyn Maloney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Wage Gap, Economic Recovery, Congress, Pay Equity, Recession, Economy, New York News
Rep. Carolyn Maloney

As much as equal pay is about family economics, it's also about our country's values. People -- whether they are women or men, moms or dads, black or white -- should be paid the same amount for the same work.

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Translating Women's Political Gains into Economic Power

Rep. Carolyn Maloney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Economic Recovery, Wage Gap, Women, Pay Equity, Recession, Economy, New York News
Rep. Carolyn Maloney

Women work more, earn more, and are more educated today than they were 25 years ago. Yet, women, and in particular working mothers, run up against a stubborn pay gap.

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Illinois One Of The WORST States For Pay Equity Between Men And Women

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Equal Pay Day, Gender Gap, Illinois Gender Wage Gap, Gender Wage Gap, Equal Pay Day 2010, Chicago, Equal Pay, Illinois, Pay Equity, Illinois Pay Equity, Chicago News

While some are celebrating 4/20 in light-hearted and dubiously legal ways, the National Committee on Pay Equity has claimed the day as a chance to bri...

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It's National Pay Equity Day: Make Paycheck Fairness the Law

Rep. Rosa DeLauro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Labor, Women's Issues, Pay Equity, Rosa DeLauro, Equal Pay Day, Equal Pay Act, Equal Pay, Equal Pay for Women, Politics News
Rep. Rosa DeLauro

Let us finally ensure that America's women -- now half of the nation's workforce -- are treated as fairly and equitably as the other half. Let's give real teeth to the Equal Pay Act at last.

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Gender Discrimination: Women in Business Still Face Sexism

Halle Tecco | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women, Gender Discrimination, Pay Equity, Sexism, Working Women, Harvard Business School, Feminism, Equal Pay, Equal Pay Day, Video, Healthy Living News
Halle Tecco

The ubiquitous pant-suit might be a symbol that working women are out in full force, but it's hard to deny that women are still facing gender discrimination in the workplace.

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What's a Mother's Work Worth to You?

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Breaking News Living, Stay at Home Mothers' Pay Equivalent, Home Economics, Pay Equity, Business, Women's Work, Working Mothers, Healthy Living News
Elizabeth Gregory

According to a report estimating how much it would cost to pay someone else for the work we do at home, stay-at-home moms would get $117,856, and moms with outside jobs would earn $71,860 above their salaries.

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