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Trump Is Using the Shutdown To Supercharge His War on Equity – Rolling Stone

Oct 9, 2025 |

“The lack of access extends beyond small businesses to include workers in the construction fields. Women workers, particularly women of color, face ‘significant obstacles to economic security in large part due to racism, sexism, and discrimination,’ which create barriers to good jobs ‘that pay well, offer quality benefits and support workers’ right to come together in unions,’ according to an analysis from the National Partnership for Women and Families. ”

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Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her ‘Safety.’ Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime – 404 Media

Oct 7, 2025 |

“’It’s harrowing that law enforcement is weaponizing automatic license plate reader technology for pregnancy policing. But given the surge of investigations and prosecutions targeting people for their pregnancy outcomes post-Dobbs, this surveillance ploy comes as no surprise. Reproductive dragnets are not hypothetical concerns. These surveillance tactics open the door for overzealous, anti-abortion state actors to amass data to build cases against people for their abortion care and pregnancy outcomes,’ said Ashley Kurzweil, Senior Policy Analyst for Reproductive Health and Rights for the National Partnership for Women & Families. ‘Law enforcement exploitation of mass surveillance infrastructure for reproductive health criminalization promises to be increasingly disruptive to the entire abortion access and pregnancy care landscape. The prevalence of these harmful data practices and risks of legal action drive real fear among abortion seekers and helpers – even intimidating people from getting the care they need.’”

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America’s Gender Pay Gap Going In Wrong Direction  – Newsweek

Sep 27, 2025 |

“‘The wage gap persists because of systemic, discriminatory barriers, including the overrepresentation of women in low-wage work, and the lack of workplace policies to support workers’ caregiving needs,’ Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPFW), wrote in a statement responding to the census data. ‘It is long past time for our nation to finally ensure that every woman is paid what she is due.'”

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How Big Is the Gender Wage Gap Now? What New Census Data Shows.– USA Today

Sep 11, 2025 |

“Most pay equity advocates are glad men’s earnings have increased, said Katherine Gallagher Robbins, senior research fellow for the National Partnership for Women & Families.

“‘Women are falling farther behind because they are not gaining at the same level that men are,’ Robbins said. ‘It’s good that men are gaining; we want to see those wages go up. We know families need it. But we also can’t be in the situation where we’re seeing women being left further and further behind.'”

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For the First Time in Over 60 Years, the Gender Pay Gap Widened 2 Years in a Row– CNBC

Sep 11, 2025 |

“On the one hand, it’s a good sign that men’s wages increased last year, says Katherine Gallagher Robbins, a senior fellow at the National Partnership for Women and Families. And when considering part-time workers, women’s median earnings grew about 5% between 2023 and 2024.

“But overall, ‘the concerning part is that women’s wages are not keeping pace,’ Robbins tells CNBC Make It. ‘What we would like to see is everyone’s wages to be increasing and for that gap to be closing at the same time.'”

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For Second Year, Wage Gap Grows Wider for Women

Sep 10, 2025 |

The pay gap between full-time working women and their male counterparts has widened for the second year in a row; NPWF analysis finds a leading factor is men’s earnings growing at a faster rate than women’s.

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