Chris Christie Signs Equal Pay Bill Into Law
September 2nd, 2013New Jersey governor Chris Christie (R) signed a bill aiming to combat wage discrimination into law on Thursday, in a move that could have a major impact on the 2016 presidential race. The bill prohibits salary secrecy for workers who chose to disclose job information such as title, compensation, and benefits to other employees in
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A Well-Paying Job Is More Effective Than A Lecture
June 3rd, 2013More and more mothers, whether they wear a wedding ring or not, are becoming their family’s breadwinner. An analysis of 2011 U.S. Census data found that 40 percent of households rely on mom as the primary or sole breadwinner. That’s a massive increase from 1960, when the figure was a mere 11 percent. This trend
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Obama Can Thank Women Voters By Supporting Real Economic Equality
November 15th, 2012As part of the series “A Rooseveltian Second-Term Agenda,” a way to recognize the economic needs of the women who helped re-elect President Obama. Both candidates spent a lot of time and energy courting women’s votes in this election cycle. But as predicted, the gender gap yawned on Election Day and pushed Obama to victory
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GOP Spokesman: ‘Let’s Hurl Some Acid At Those Female Democratic Senators’
June 1st, 2012Jay Townsend, the communications director for Republican Rep. Nan Hayworth, has an interesting solution for dealing with female Democrats: “hurl some acid” at them. Townsend fired the latest shot in the war on women via Facebook last week, in response to a commenter named Tom. When is Tommy boy going to weigh in on all
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