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Black Women's Equal Pay Day
Today, we commiserate Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. The gap between the earnings of black women and white men is so large that, essentially, up to today black women have been working for free. Think of it as the modern-day equivalent of the constitutional count of slaves as three-fifths of a person.
Undoubtedly, those fighting to preserve the status quo will say black women need only to get off welfare, work harder and gain more skills to achieve equal pay. This, of course, ignores the fact that a higher share of black women are employed than any other racial group.
Black women also are significantly more likely to pursue postsecondary education than their counterparts in other racial groups. The problem for black women is neither work ethic nor educational achievement. Instead, systemic barriers are preventing too many black women from turning their education into earnings, including a refusal of many companies to promote black women into management.
Another part of the problem is that black workers are far more likely to live in states that enact laws that undermine our freedom to come together...
Searches for suicide-related terms increased by 19 percent after the release of the controversial Netflix series "13 Reasons Why," according to new research.
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, President Trump's pick for Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, has long been a vocal opponent of LGBTQ rights.
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, President Trump's pick for Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, has long been a vocal opponent of LGBTQ rights.
Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer-prize wining playwright of "Buried Child" and Oscar-nominated actor, has died after a long battle with ALS.
A Big Week for Your Health Care
Sometimes failure is a good thing. That was especially true last week when the U.S. Senate failed to pass legislation repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). It meant that Congress was stopped from taking health care away from tens of millions of Americans, at least for now.
What happened? Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) desperately pushed the Senate to pass something he could describe as repealing the ACA. That would have allowed the Senate to negotiate with the House of Representatives on a final bill, since the House already had passed a repeal and replace bill in the spring. McConnell tried three different versions of repeal, and the Senate voted against all three:
Repeal and Replace: This bill was the latest version of Senate leadership’s proposal to repeal and replace major parts of the ACA. It would cut taxes for the wealthy few and corporations, while slashing Medicaid, jacking up premiums and deductibles for individual plans, and making permanent a 40% tax on high-cost workplace plans. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that an earlier version of this bill...
Russia has demanded that the U.S. reduce its diplomatic staff by 755, but it will be able to decide which workers it cuts.
Russia has demanded that the U.S. reduce its diplomatic staff by 755, but it will be able to decide which workers it cuts.
There are a variety ways in which teens can be college-ready; and many ways they might not be.
There are a variety ways in which teens can be college-ready; and many ways they might not be.
