Family and medical leave is critical for military spouses, but frequent moves and underemployment make it harder for them to qualify for job-protected leave under the law. A new bipartisan bill would help.
The Trump Labor Department Commemorated Disability Pride Month by Turning Its Back On Workers With Disabilities
This Disability Pride Month, we mark the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. But rather than building on progress made for disabled workers, the Trump Labor Department is actively undermining the workplace protections and supports that millions of workers with disabilities rely on.
How the Trump Administration Could Widen the Wage Gap for Black Women
July 10, 2025 is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, commemorating how far into the year that Black women need to work to earn what white, non-Hispanic men made in the previous year.
If Americans Were Paid For Their Caregiving, They Would Make More Than $1.1 Trillion
Caring for our loved ones and neighbors is critical, important work that our families and communities depend on – and the economic impact of this work is enormous. Americans’ unpaid care is valued at more than $1.1 trillion a year – and women do almost two-thirds of the work.
An Open Letter to Working Women: The Attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Are Attacks on Us — It’s Time to Act
Dear Working Women: We are under attack. Across the country, extremist politicians and corporate billionaires are working to eliminate hard won protections for working women. The 75 Million campaign will hold policy makers accountable as they block policies that support working women.
The Best Father’s Day Gift is Paid Leave
This Father’s Day, it’s time to talk about how critical it is for men to take paid leave. When we had our baby last year, my husband’s parental leave was crucial for my physical recovery and for our ability to bond as a family.
HBCU Students Like Me Are Losing Opportunities Under the Trump Administration’s DEI Rollbacks
The Trump administration’s assault on DEI is not just an ideological campaign, it is a structural, financial, and existential threat to Black students and HBCUs. It’s already cost us opportunities. And if this continues, it will cost us generations of progress.
Making Democracy Work for Women
Women should have the power and agency to decide what kind of life they want to live, and the opportunity, access, and economic means to pursue it. But the Trump Administration is seeking to advance an alternative agenda: that the best way to create a prosperous America is to sacrifice the progress of millions of women in the workforce and at home.
Trump’s War on Civil Servants Is Hurting College Grads, Too
While the nation prepared for Inauguration Day, I was glued to my phone waiting for a fellowship decision to work on disability-inclusive international development. Instead, USAID was shut down.
The New Jim ‘Bro’
Americans are witnessing in real-time a full-throated assault on freedom and democracy, perhaps the most aggressive roll-back of civil rights protections in generations. Using loosely defined notions of “government efficiency,” Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and their new...
Medicaid Matters for Me (Lorena’s Story)
From childhood to early adulthood I received my health insurance through Passport Health Plan, a Kentucky Medicaid insurance provider. Medicaid is the largest provider of health coverage for children in the United States – covering approximately 40 percent of children nationwide. Proposed cuts to Medicaid threaten access to this vital source of health care.
In 50 years, women have never felt worse about how the government is handling the economy than they do under Trump | #JobsDay May 2025
The Trump administration is wrecking the economy – and women know it. During the last nearly 50 years, women have never felt worse about how the government is handling the economy than they do under Trump and unemployment rates for Black women and veteran women are climbing.
Medicaid Matters for My Mom Maria
Medicaid gives people access to essential health care and support when they need it most, but enormous Republican-proposed cuts would jeopardize the health of over 70 million people, including children, pregnant people, older adults, people with disabilities and...
35 Ways the Trump Administration Has Harmed Women and Families in its First 100 Days
In the 100 days since the second Trump Administration began, there has been a barrage of harmful Executive Orders, confirmation hearings for dangerous and unqualified political nominees, unprecedented firing of federal employees along with restructuring or near elimination of many federal agencies.
Pennsylvania Paid Leave Would Improve Health for Workers with Depression or Heart Disease
If Pennsylvania enacted a paid leave program, fewer poor health days for workers would also translate to a positive impact on productivity.
Speaker Johnson’s Opposition to Proxy Voting for New Parents Highlights Pro-Family Hypocrisy
Speaker Johnson has long claimed to be a pro-family champion. However, his recent actions to stymie efforts to allow U.S. Representatives who are new parents to vote by proxy after welcoming a child are anything but pro-family.
Medicaid Matters for My Sister-in-Law Mandy
My sister-in-law Mandy lives in a biased and ableist world that isn’t built for her, but Medicaid supports her full inclusion in society. Republicans proposed cuts could end that.
Under 50? The Trump-Musk-DOGE Attack on Social Security Is Coming for You Too.
Even if retirement feels out of reach, younger Americans can’t afford to ignore the GOP’s coordinated effort to sabotage Social Security from the inside out.
Solid Job Growth, but Tariffs-Driven Slowdown on the Horizon | #JobsDay April 2025
Today’s Jobs Report showed continued growth, but with the newly announced tariffs on “Liberation Day” chances of a recession are growing
The Gender Wage Gap Widened For the First Time in Two Decades, and Trump Responds by Rolling Back Protections that Help Workers Discover Discriminatory Pay
For the first time in 20 years, the gender wage gap widened. Rather than focusing on policies that would help narrow the gender wage gap, the Trump Administration cut a ten-year-old protection that helps workers discover pay discrimination.