For anyone familiar with the racial or gender pay gaps, it ought to be a familiar statistic: a typical Black woman…

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Pay Black women what we’re worth. As far as sentence structure, it’s a simple declaration, but when it comes to…

Thandie Newton has a history of being quite outspoken about issues that matter to her. But in her most recent…

In the midst of a global pandemic, discussions about gender wage equality have largely taken a backseat to broader…

This year, Women’s History Month happens to end on a very poignant date; Equal Pay Day 2020 is March 31, marking how…

Mere weeks after its first emergence into the global news cycle, the side effects of the coronavirus pandemic are…

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I, along with a bulk of the industry, am noticing a trend.

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Today in news that is inexplicably going to piss off a particular segment of people, a new study has shown that…

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“In 2019, women around the globe took action, claiming leadership positions in government, business, philanthropy…

It looks like we got a little bit ahead of ourselves here.

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At 82 years old, Billy Dee Williams is not only making moves as an iconic actor but as an iconic person.