The New Year is off to a fruitful start for millions of Americans. Some 5.3 million workers will be receiving higher pay starting Jan. 1 as minimum wage increases kick in for the New Year, according to an analysis from the left-leaning think tank Economic Policy Institute. The EPI analyzed data from the Current Population...
Millions of American workers will get a pay raise in the new year
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Tech conference takes steps toward gender equity
NEW YORK — The world’s largest tech conference has apparently learned a big lesson about gender equity. CES, the huge annual consumer-electronics show in Las Vegas, caught major flak from activists in late 2017 when it unveiled an all-male lineup of keynote speakers for the second year in a row. Although it later added two...
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World’s wealthiest people made $2.5B a day in 2018
While the poorest half of the world was scraping by on less than $5.50 a day in 2018, the world’s billionaires saw their wealth increase by $900 billion — or $2.5 billion a day. That’s according to a new report released Monday from Oxfam a day ahead of the start of the World Economic Forum...
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A 2.6 percent gender pay gap can cost a woman $500,000
The new study by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine proves that women can miss out on huge six figure amounts in retirement even with small pay disparities over their career.
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Black public college students almost 25 percent less likely to graduate: report
The American public college system may not be the engine of equality most people imagine. Of black students who started at a four-year public college in 2012, roughly 48 percent graduated within six years, according to data released Wednesday by the National Student Clearinghouse, an organization that tracks college completion data. Of white students who...
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Budweiser corrects old sexist ads in honor of International Women’s Day
The beer brand collaborated with female artists to rework three of its old print campaigns from the 1950s and 1960s in order to “showcase women in more balanced and empowered roles."
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‘Not fair’: Blacks, Hispanics breathe more pollution than they make
WASHINGTON — African-Americans and Hispanics breathe in far more deadly air pollution than they are responsible for making, a new study said. A study looked at who is exposed to fine particle pollution — responsible for about 100,000 American deaths a year — and how much different races are responsible for the pollution based on...
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Gender pay gap is shrinking but could still take decades to close
Although the pay disparity between men and women still exists in the US it’s slowly beginning to shrink, according to a new study. The report, published on Wednesday by Glassdoor found that while significant pay gaps remain between genders, it’s narrowed slightly in the US, United Kingdom, France and Australia — although it’s still decades...
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This is one industry where the gender pay gap is narrowing
Women in tech face a smaller wage gap than many other industries. However, their chances of getting hired for those jobs are still low, a new study suggests. The pay gap between women and men in tech has decreased, but companies interview only male candidates for these jobs 41 percent of the time, according to...
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Study finds link between global warming and income inequality
Global warming may be making income inequality worse across the world. This Earth Day, Stanford University researchers said gradual temperature increases over almost five decades have helped created financial disparities between poorer, typically warm countries and richer, typically cooler countries. Without climate change, the divide between nations with the largest economic output per person and...
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Vegan cafe closing two years after introducing ‘man tax’ to close gender pay gap
A vegan cafe in Melbourne, Australia, which “became the punching bag of Melbourne” after introducing an 18 percent “man tax”, is now closing down.
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Student debt is fueling inequality in San Francisco
The $1.5 trillion in outstanding student debt touches the lives of 44 million Americans in all corners of the country. But what’s it like to manage your student loans in a place that’s become a symbol of the challenges — from the skyrocketing cost of living to rising inequality — that can come with quick...
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Companies must hand over data on how they pay men vs. women by September
Companies have until the end of September to turn over worker salary information to federal regulators, a judge ruled late Thursday. Washington DC federal judge Tanya Chutkan imposed the deadline in the closely-watched case on pay transparency, nearly two months after clearing the way for the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to collect wage information...
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Pay gap between black, white college graduates has grown
Members of the college class of 2019 are starting out on some of the best economic footing in recent memory, but that fortune isn’t spread equally. The gulf in wages between young black college graduates and young white college graduates has actually widened over the past two decades, according to a report released Tuesday by...
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Women in Bolivia using theater to fight gender-based violence
LA PAZ, Bolivia — On stage, amid the hubbub of a Bolivian street market, women recount their stories of abuse at the hands of men. But the violence depicted in the play isn’t just make-believe for the 22 indigenous actresses: It’s based on their own real-life experiences. “Kusisita,” a work that seeks to raise awareness...
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South African president’s new cabinet is 50 percent women
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s president on Wednesday named a trimmed-down cabinet that is 50 percent women, making the country one of the few in the world to be “gender-balanced.” President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement followed similar moves by Ethiopia and Rwanda last year. Ramaphosa cut the cabinet from 36 ministers to 28 as he seeks to...
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New Delhi vows free transport for women in bid to improve safety
NEW DELHI – India’s capital city plans to make its state-run bus and metro network free for women commuters, hoping that higher use of public transport will improve women’s safety in one of the world’s largest metropolitan areas blighted by gender crime. The announcement on Monday by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal came months ahead...
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Japanese women want a law banning high heel dress code
A social media campaign against dress codes and expectations that women wear high heels at work has gone viral in Japan, with thousands joining the #KuToo movement.
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America’s ‘toxic’ societal problems are crippling millennials
Millennials are a mirror that reflect many of society’s problems — or so claims a new report from researchers at Stanford University and other institutions. The report, published Thursday, examines everything from suicide rates to health to homeownership among millennials in their 20s and 30s. “Millennials are the first generation to experience in a full-throttled...
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Rise of mental illness worldwide tied to austerity, inequality
Austerity, income inequality and job insecurity are leading to a global rise in mental illness, according to a new United Nations report. Dr. Dainius Pūras, the U.N.’s special rapporteur on health, told The Guardian that world governments should look into addressing inequality and discrimination as a far more effective strategy to combat mental illness than...
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