Look Beyond Averages this Black Women’s Equal Pay Day
African American women were paid only 65.3 percent of White men’s wages as a result of sexism and white supremacy. We strive for Black women’s pay equity.
Category: Promoting Diversity & Ending Racism
Trump’s Racist Tweets Prompt Foundations to Speak Out
But Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Organization for Women, didn’t shy away from coming out swinging and naming names. “Donald Trump’s racist attacks on Rep. Elijah Cummings and his hateful comments about Baltimore reveal his craven political agenda of stoking racial fear and division to win re-election,” Van Pelt said. “Our supporters know Read more …
Is the Equal Rights Amendment finally on the cusp of passage?
Minnesota will be center stage for conversations about women’s rights. Leaders of the feminist movement will gather in the Twin Cities in mid-July for the annual conference of the National Organization for Women.
NOW’s Response to Donald Trump’s Racism
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s no wonder that practically the only President that Donald Trump can name is Andrew Johnson. Among the impeached former president’s regular pronouncements on race was his vow that “Before I would see this Government destroyed, I would send every negro back to Africa, disintegrated and blotted out of space.” Until now, Read more …
CBP’s ‘Misogynistic and Racist Behavior’ Might Be Why Border Patrol Had ‘Lowest Percentage of Women’ of Any Federal Law Enforcement Agency, Right Group Says
Border Patrol was found to have the “lowest percentage of women on their force out of any federal law enforcement agency” in 2017.