Tag Archives: Low-income women
Women need a raise in the minimum wage
TweetIn a far-ranging speech that covered everything from climate change to AIDS, President Obama presented a few proposals that are particularly important for women: Implementing universal preschool, passing the Paycheck Fairness Act, and raising the minium wage. As Bryce Covert notes, all three of these policies would help combat the gender pay gap, since “balancing children and [...]
Also tagged Class, gender pay gap, labor rights, minimum wage, Race Comments closed
Chart of the Day: Poor elderly women to get screwed in fiscal cliff deal
Tweet After several offers and counteroffers, Congress and the President may be close to reaching a fiscal cliff deal. Part of that agreement involves cutting Social Security benefits by switching to calculating them based on chained CPI. According to Brad DeLong, “‘Chained-CPI’ is code for ‘let’s really impoverish some women in their 90s!’” Since women tend to [...]
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Texas willing to throw 130,000 poor women under the bus to stick it to Planned Parenthood
TweetVia KYBOOMU, it seems that Texas, in its stubborn quest to deny funding to Planned Parenthood, is willing to sacrifice an effective and much-needed program that provides reproductive health care to 130,000 thousand low-income women. Last year, the Texas legislature passed a law making it illegal for the state to provide Medicaid funds to any [...]
Also tagged family planning, Politics, reproductive health, Texas, Women's Health Comments closed
More Bad News on the Motherhood Penalty
TweetA new study that evaluates the motherhood penalty, or the average wages women lose over their career after they become mothers, reveals that low-income lose again and women who enjoy family friendly benefits aren’t usually mothers. Via today’s New York Times Economix blog: In a startling new look at the “motherhood penalty,” however, two sociologists [...]
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Quick Hit: Gosnell’s clinic and the cost of dignity in health care