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8 Things You Could Buy A Lot Of With An Extra $5,700
Raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour put an extra $5,700 in the pockets of millions of families. That's a lotta lattes [we couldn't resist the pun]! By Amanda Hooper, cross-posted from NWLC's blog.
7 Signs The Wage Gap Is Played Out
How we know that the gender wage gap is so two-thousand and late. By Amanda Hooper, Gail Zuagar, and Katie Hegarty, cross-posted from NWLC's blog.
9 Key Facts For Title IX's 42nd Anniversary
The top nine things you need to know about Title IX, 42 years after it was signed into law. By Michaela Olson, National Women's Law Center intern; cross-posted from NWLC's blog.
Welcome To The Wage Gap Café
By Becka Wall, Program Assistant, National Women's Law Center
The Wage Gap Hasn't Budged And 10% Of People Polled Don't Care
Today, the Census Bureau reported that last year women typically made 23% less than their male counterparts. According to a recent poll, 10% of voters don't want to achieve pay equity by raising pay for women. We found some of these haters to see what they had to say about equal pay.
A Brief History Of The Equal Pay Act (as Illustrated By The Cast Of Mean Girls)
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 turns 40 years old today! Laws aimed at abolishing wage disparity are so fetch. by Becka Wall , Program Assistant, National Women's Law Center
Five TV Characters Who Could Seriously Use A Raise
I have so many current ladies on TV who I look up to professionally, but with women earning an average of only 77 cents to every dollar men earn, I had to wonder: what’s Liz Lemon’s wage gap? Once I answered that question for myself, it then lead me to wonder: Holy crap. Are ALL of my favorite working women on TV underpaid? The answer: yes.