How bad is the wage gap for women in the workplace?

For college graduates, it's so bad that it begins even before women begin their careers.

According to a study by AAUW, Graduating to a Pay Gap: The Earnings of Women and Men One Year After College...

For women, the military can be a dangerous environment -- and I'm not just talking about combat.

The Pentagon released chilling data this week that concludes there were an estimated 26,000 cases of sexual assault in the military last year, up from 19,000 in 2010. But only a small fraction...

Enough already about sequestration. The massive budget cuts that make up the looming sequester are self-imposed and, like last fall's so-called "fiscal cliff," present us with two bad alternatives for funding the United States government. This time the choices are: (a) across-the-board cuts in military and social spending...

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is a powerful player on Capitol Hill who has pretty much flown under the radar with the general public. But I predict that won't be true much longer. Now that Cantor is taking the lead on blocking reauthorization of an inclusive version of the Violence...

Democrats, repeat after me: No deals. NO deals. NO DEALS.

The same voters who re-elected President Obama and increased the Democratic presence in Congress are pleased to see that you aren't negotiating with yourselves before you even get to the table. Now show us you won't make any concessions...

The "fiscal cliff" is the kind of story the media gobble right up -- hold the skepticism. The right-wing is serving up a mouthwatering tale of runaway debt, certain doom and inevitable sacrifice. Meanwhile, everyone to the left of House Speaker John Boehner is too polite to call a turkey...

This is Part 6 in a series. Find previous parts here.

With the election less than five days away, I've reached the final part in my series on the Romney-Ryan budget plan and its effects on women. I started this challenging project back in mid-July, before GOP presidential...

This is Part 5 in a series. Find previous parts here.

With Election Day two weeks away, my series of posts on the Romney-Ryan budget plan is drawing to a close. Today I'm writing about the changes GOP candidates Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have in store for...

Mitt Romney is unbelievable. Literally. On Tuesday the GOP presidential candidate told the Des Moines Register's editorial board: "There's no legislation with regards to abortion that I'm familiar with that would become part of my agenda."

With four weeks left until the election, Romney unquestionably needs to win...

This is Part 4 in a series. Find previous parts here .

The more I read about the projected impact of the Romney-Ryan budget proposal, and the more the GOP candidates talk about their plans for the economic future of this country and its people, the more anxious...

This is Part 3 in a series. Find previous parts here.

At a July 11 press conference announcing NOW's endorsement of President Barack Obama, a reporter asked about Mitt Romney's message on the economy, and I suggested that the GOP candidate "bring it" -- that feminists are ready...

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The leaders of the Republican Party claim to be on a mission to reduce this nation's "crushing burden of debt." The centerpiece of this effort is Rep. Paul Ryan's 99-page 2013 budget proposal. Because GOP presidential...

I can think of many reasons why a Mitt Romney presidency would be bad news for women. It's no surprise that I find his contempt for Roe v. Wade, his stated intention to "get rid of" Planned Parenthood, and his promise to champion a Federal Marriage Amendment to...

Last week, Walmart CEO Mike Duke was inducted into the Network of Executive Women's CPG/Retail Diversity Hall of Fame. Ironically, at the same time, female Walmart employees across the country were continuing their protracted fight for justice against discrimination in the workplace.

Amazingly, Duke was honored for supporting women. But...

Rumor in Washington, D.C., has it that House conservatives bent on dismantling the Violence Against Women Act believe they've succeeded by setting up a heads-I-win-tails-you-lose endgame. They figure, so it's said, that they can either force passage of the House version of VAWA -- a horrendous bill that fundamentally undermines...

"Shame on them." That's what Rep. Sandy Adams said when she was told that more than 300 organizations and government agencies helping victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking opposed her version of reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, H.R. 4970. Adams' bill did get the...

For decades, the radical right has been chipping away at women's access to reproductive health care. After the 2010 elections, these attacks escalated into an outright War on Women. Now, the Republican presidential primaries are offering a disturbing glimpse into the supposed conservative vision for this country. In this right-wing...

Despite President Obama's accommodating move last week, conservative leaders are hurtling along in their attempt to restrict birth control. They've gained a righteous head of steam so quickly they don't seem to care that they're about to careen off the tracks.

They're not backing down despite polling that shows...

As the president of NOW, I hear from a lot of women (and men). Many of them are outraged right now, and they're asking the same question: Can this be real -- is the White House actually caving in to the radical right on birth control?

At this moment, the...

Just about one hundred years ago, the "Bread and Roses" strike took place in Lawrence, Mass., led by immigrant women mill workers. The "bread and roses" slogan came from James Oppenheim's poem of the same name. Like the women in the poem, the Lawrence strikers were demanding not...