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Monday, September 21, 2026

By Public News Service Monday, September 21, 2026

A new poll says affordability crisis in US changing voters’ views on some issues

USA/Polls— By Kathryn Carley, producer, Public News Service. Matters related to childcare, elder care and equal pay have long been considered “women’s issues” but a new poll found a majority of voters now see them as solutions to today’s affordability crisis. The Equal Rights Advocates Action Fund surveyed 1,000 likely midterm voters nationwide and nearly 60% said today’s […]

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

By Public News Service Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Black women’s equal pay day is today

By Suzanne Potter, producer, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. Today is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, and at 11 a.m. PT, advocates hope to get the topic trending with a “social media storm.” The wage gap is stark. Black women working full-time, year-round, make 69 cents for every dollar made by non-Hispanic white men. The […]

Saturday, April 12, 2014

By Fronnie Lewis Saturday, April 12, 2014

Obama adminstration takes steps to get equal pay for women

The debate over equal pay for women was going strong this week. Last Tuesday, April 8, was Equal Pay Day — that’s how far into the new year women must work to match what men earned the year before. Surprisingly, women make up nearly half of the U.S. workforce, but only earn 77 cents for every dollar a man gets […]