Gina Raimondo came to the Biden administration in part to pass policies that support working women. In an exclusive interview with The 19th, Raimondo discusses the work she’s doing to make good on that promise.
June was the most robust month of job growth so far this year. About 40 percent of the jobs added were in the women-dominated hospitality industry.
The Biden White House has the narrowest wage gap since the country started tracking it in 1995, according to salary data released Thursday.
Historic barriers have blocked women-owned small businesses from winning federal contracts, according to a new report.
The most vulnerable families are eligible for the money for the first time, but they will need to take extra steps to get it.
The United States has never captured how many cents on the White male dollar LGBTQ+ people earn on average, a decision that has prevented meaningful policy to address disparities.
Advocates thought this might be the time, in light of the women’s recession, that a 24-year effort to pass additional protections for women in the workforce would pass. It failed to gain support from Republicans.
Without a full return of summer programs this year, working moms face months of uncertainty that could further splinter their relationship with the workforce.
The persisting wage gap has set Black women — and the American economy as a whole — back for the past six decades, according to a report by financial services firm S&P Global.
Women gained 314,000 net jobs in May as the economic recovery continued. Unemployment rates for women dropped across all racial categories, though Black women and Latinas continue to see the highest rates.