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Economy Mar 16

Does sharing salaries in job postings help address the gender pay gap?

By Chabeli Carrazana, The 19th

Economy Jun 16

On LGBTQ+ Equal Pay Day, the U.S. still doesn’t know the size of the wage gap

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.

By Chabeli Carrazana, The 19th

Nation Mar 24

WATCH: Harris calls for national attention on equal pay

Harris said individual women should not be fighting for equality on their own, but that the issue called for "national attention with collective action."…

By Associated Press

Nation Mar 24

WATCH: Bidens host the U.S. Women’s national soccer team for Equal Pay Day event

U.S. women's national soccer team stars Megan Rapinoe and Margaret Purce were at the White House Wednesday, participating in an event marking "Equal Pay Day."…

By Josh Boak, Associated Press

Making Sen$e Apr 02

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks at House Democrats news conference to reintroduce the H.R.7 "Paycheck Fairness Act" on Capitol Hill in Washington, on January 30, 2019. Photo by Yuri Gripas/Reuters
Could this House bill close the pay gap between women and men?

Women who work full-time on average make about 81 percent of what men make, taking into account the fact that women tend to work less overtime and have lower-paying jobs.

By Gretchen Frazee

Apr 04

What three economists think you should know on Equal Pay Day

By Kristen Doerer

Making Sen$e chatted with three experts on the pay gap on Equal Pay Day. Here's what they had to say on the pay gap, where it stems from and why it persists.

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Apr 12

Equal pay for equal play. What the sport of tennis got right

By Joshua Barajas

And what still needs work.

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Apr 12

Obama designates national monument to honor women’s equality

By Erica Werner, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Tuesday marks Equal Pay Day, a symbolic event dramatizing how much longer it takes a woman to earn as much as a man — and an annual opportunity for Democrats to lambast Republicans for inaction on the issue.

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