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Growing Attention on Paid Leave as a Dimension of Inequality

President Obama, in his most recent State of the Union address, predicted that fighting inequality would be the “defining project of our generation.” The President’s forecast reflects a growing concern among most Americans about rising economic inequality. Conversations about inequality often focus on the wage gap between those at the top and those at the bottom.Continue reading “Growing Attention on Paid Leave as a Dimension of Inequality”

Advocates Back Paid Sick Leave, But Opponents Won’t Cough It Up

If you’ve ever seen your waiter sneeze, you may have asked for a different server. If you’ve seen one sneeze repeatedly, you might wonder why he’s still at work, serving tainted food. See, most restaurant workers don’t get paid when they stay home sick. But, some go to work anyway, when they’ve got the snifflesContinue reading “Advocates Back Paid Sick Leave, But Opponents Won’t Cough It Up”

The Motherhood Penalty

Wonders never cease: I agree with Phyllis Schlafly. Reading the arch-conservative lawyer’s controversial, much discussed April column in the Christian Post made me nearly drop my coffee when this jumped out from the page: “Women with children earn less…” Finally someone said it. The elephant in the room—that American moms experience intense wage discrimination—was frontContinue reading “The Motherhood Penalty”