I was driving home from work in June of 2015 when I received the kind of phone call no parent ever wants to get.
Category: Money & Jobs
Feminists Sound Off on This Week’s Progress for Paid Leave
The U.S. is one of only two nations in the world that does not offer some form of paid leave, leaving over 80 percent of workers with little financial recourse if they must take time off to care for a new child or a sick family member. Feminists this week pushed for progress on the issue on Capitol Hill—winning one major victory and then calling for even more.
#WhatAboutMe: Why We Must Stand Up for Retail Workers This Holiday Season
As retailers head into peak season and restaurants and bars tackle the holiday party rush, service workers in those industries find themselves working long hours. We have to wonder how many of them also will endure sexual harassment. When they do, there won’t be a hashtag movement to support them.
How the Trump Administration’s Latest Attacks on Food Stamps Hurt Women
Hunger is not and has never been a meaningful incentive to find employment when employment is not there to be had. Yet the Trump Administration just announced a new rule restricting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for nearly 700,000 so-called “able-bodied adults without dependents.”
Sustainable Leadership: Making Common Climate Sense a Business Value
Sustainability is the crux of Danielle Jezienicki’s corporate career. This is how she made that happen.
Holiday Gift Guide: Nine Feminist Brands Worth Buying From
‘Tis the season of giving—but it doesn’t have to mean giving up on your values.
Victory for Au Pairs in Massachusetts
After a prolonged legal battle, the First Circuit in Massachusetts ruled that au pairs in the state are covered by the same laws that apply to other domestic workers.
No Woman, Child or Family Should Be Hungry Right Now
Until we can change the system that allows people to remain hungry, we cannot and will not rest. Not while a mother still anguishes when she has to put a child to bed hungry. Not while those struggling still forgo help because of stigma. Not while anyone in our country remains unable to access the food they need to thrive.
Inside the Maa Trust
The Maasai women of Kenya achieve economic independence while supporting wildlife through traditional beadwork.
What Wednesday Meant for Latina Women
On Latina Equal Pay Day, the EEOC wanted to shirk its civil rights duties to protect women workers of color.