Poverty IS Sexist
At the Golden Globes last night, Connie Britton wore a sweater that said “Poverty Is Sexist.” Dressed in black and ready to go to the @goldenglobes earlier tonight with the glam squad dreams are made...
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The Proof is in the Numbers: Black Women are Still Unemployed
Someone please tell the president that Black women face an unemployment rate at nearly twice the rate of white men. If you have been watching the news, you heard the President brag about the Black...
View ArticleUnion Membership is Critical for Equal Pay
Union membership boosts wages for all workers—but women see especially large advantages from being in a union. The gender wage gap among union women and men is about half the size of the wage gap among...
View ArticleBy The Numbers: Data on Key Programs for the Well-Being of Women & Their...
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ICYMI: Poverty Is Still a Thing
Last week, the Council of Economic Advisors released a report that made a number of extremely specious assertions, including that “our War on Poverty is largely over and a success.” Contrary to a...
View ArticleNWLC Comments to the Department of Commerce on the 2020 Census
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Women and the Minimum Wage, State by State
When the minimum wage falls short, women pay the price. Why? Because women represent more than six in ten minimum wage workers across the country, and close to three-quarters of minimum wage workers in...
View ArticleEmployment Numbers Show War on Poverty Isn’t “Fixed”
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released their monthly employment report. There’s good news and bad news. Let’s start with the good. The overall unemployment rate for women decreased from...
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Release of 2017 Census Data on Income and Poverty Should Be a Wake-Up Call
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released its Report on Income and Poverty in the United States: 2017. The report revealed an official poverty rate in 2017 of 12.3 percent (a decrease of 0.4 percentage...
View ArticleNWLC Resources on Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance in 2017
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View ArticleThe Wage Gap for Women of Color Widened in 2017
The Census Bureau released income data for 2017 this week, and while there was some good news (like a 1.8 percent increase in median household income from the previous year) not everyone has cause to...
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What Do Les Moonves and the Gender Wage Gap Have in Common? A Lot.
As the details of CBS C.E.O. Les Moonves’ removal for sexual harassment and assault were unraveling last week, the U.S. Census Bureau was releasing data about the gender wage gap. Once again, the data...
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Making Sense of Millennial Women’s Poverty
This is the fourth part of a twelve-part blog series that tackles the obstacles to wealth building that Millennial women face over their lifetimes. The goal is to unpack the forces that create the...
View ArticleNational Snapshot: Poverty Among Women & Families, 2018
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It’s Time to Fight Back and Stop Yet Another Attack on Immigrant Communities...
BREAKING NEWS: Today, the Trump administration announced that on Wednesday, October 10, it will publish in the Federal Register a proposed rule that will harm immigrants and their families, after...
View ArticleNWLC Comments in Response to Proposed Rulemaking: Inadmissibility on Public...
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Today Is the Last Day To Tell The Administration You Oppose Their “Public...
Today is the last day for public comments regarding the Trump administration’s punitive and discriminatory “public charge” rule. This proposed rule would take the radical and unprecedented step of...
View ArticleNWLC Comments in Response to Proposed Rulemaking: Establishing Appropriate...
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Equal Pay for Asian American and Pacific Islander Women
Asian women who work full time, year round are paid only 85 cents for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men. This gap, which amounts to a loss of $9,010 a year, means that Asian women have to...
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Programs That Support Basic Living Standards for LGBTQ Women Should Be...
The higher risk of economic insecurity lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) women face makes health, nutrition, and housing assistance programs critical for helping LGBTQ women and...
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