The Wage Gap for Black Women Got Worse

Today is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, marking the date that Black women have to work into the new year to finally catch up to what white, non-Hispanic men earned last year. Taking into account all Black women workers, including full-time, part-time, and part-year...

Equal Pay is a Racial Justice Issue

American women overall are paid only 80 cents to every dollar a man takes home, and the wage gap gets worse when factoring in race—and even wider when you add motherhood as a factor in addition to gender and race. Here in Pennsylvania, Black moms only make 55 percent...
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