Equal Pay

Black Women's Equal Pay Day spotlights compensation inequities along racial and gender lines.

The time for change is now.

“To recognize that women of color have to work—on average—eight months longer to earn the same as their male counterparts do in one year,” Williams writes in an op-ed at Fortune magazine.

The vice presidential hopeful addressed Donald Trump's claims of a rigged election, calling Trump's antics "insulting."

  Congresswoman Joyce Beatty from Ohio’s 3rd Congressional district delivers this week’s CBC Message to America addressing the racial gap that exists amongst those attempting to achieve the American dream. While the American dream can be elusive and difficult for many to achieve, the Congressional Black Caucus is not willing to sit idly by as African-Americans lose hope in […]

Five thousand women descended upon the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. this week to attend the first ever United State of Women Summit. The Tuesday event served as a forum for speakers and attendees to discuss the progress made in regards to women’s causes in America, while also creating blueprints for social, political, and […]

Despite major strides Black women remain at the bottom of the wage gap, a new Census Bureau report notes.

Academy Award winner Patricia Arquette took the time to mention the need for equal pay for women during her Oscar acceptance speech saying: “To every woman who gave birth to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all, and […]

It ain’t easy being a lady. No, this isn’t a male bashing blog or an anti-love message. But it is part of my “random but relevant” series… and today I’d like to focus on the notion of women thinking like men. For the past few weeks, both men and women have been flocking to see […]