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Last week, Pew released a new study finding that 40% of U.S. mothers are the sole or primary breadwinner in their families, a new record. At first glance, this would appear to […]

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, women would benefit disproportionately from an increase in the minimum wage, since women make up 64.4% of all American workers aged 16 & up […]

I’ve bounced around my entire life, not knowing where I fit, what my passions were, or what my focus should be.  I went through most of my life following what […]

The sheer horror of the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings last year served as a real wake up call for so many Americans. For Gina, a concerned Mom from Rockland County, […]

This week saw a historic election for women, both on the ballot and at the ballot box. Women knew what was at stake and showed up at the polls in […]

For so many Americans, this year’s elections represent a true turning point. For our middle class and poor families, it’s about whether they’ll continue to have access to the American […]

As we all know, there is no harder, or more rewarding job, than being a Mom. But for so many mothers who work outside of the home, it’s made even […]

In a jaw-dropping segment on Sunday’s Meet The Press, GOP strategist Alex Castellanos dismissed the notion of a gender wage gap. When Rachel Maddow asked, “Do women make less than men […]

I was disheartened to hear Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin recently signed a law that repealed Wisconsin’s Fair Pay Act. This commonsense piece of legislation, like the Lilly Ledbetter Act signed into law by […]

Thanks so much to Edna Adan, tireless women’s health advocate whose fight to build a maternity hospital in her native Somaliland is profiled in Half The Sky (pgs 123-130), for […]