Tag: Gender Issues

Expect the cost of dry cleaning to be the next feminist outrage. (Thinkstock)

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The next feminist outrage: Dry-cleaning bills

Ashe Schow · April 10, 2014 4:00 am

White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett listens as President Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 27. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

At highest-paid levels, female White House staffers outearn men

Susan Crabtree · April 10, 2014 4:00 am

Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, right, smiles after a news interview with Megyn Kelly, left, on the show "The Kelly File" on the Fox News Channel on April 9. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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‘Ban Bossy’ creator Sheryl Sandberg continues to push debunked claims

Ashe Schow · April 10, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - This Aug. 1, 2013 file photo shows Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., flanked by Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., left, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Republicans derailed a Democratic bill Wednesday curbing paycheck discrimination against women, an effort that even in defeat Democrats hoped would pay political dividends in this fall's congressional elections. Wednesday's vote was 53-44 to halt GOP tactics aimed at derailing the legislation, but that fell six short of the 60 Democrats needed to prevail. Mikulski stood up after the vote and said supporters were disappointed but that they would fight on. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP blocks Senate bill curbing gender pay gap

Alan Fram · April 9, 2014 8:53 pm

Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, released a statement explaining his opposition to Paycheck Fairness Act, saying it could bring "substantial burdens on businesses."ÃÂ (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

After voting ‘no’ on Paycheck Fairness Act, Angus King says bill would hurt businesses

Susan Ferrechio · April 9, 2014 4:00 am

Some who claim to fight for women are actually opportunists looking for a vote. (Thinkstock)

Democrats wage war on women’s intelligence

David Freddoso · April 9, 2014 4:00 am

The use of misleading numbers in the touting of Equal Pay Day has done harm to Democrats' framing of their party as the one that supports women. (Thinkstock)

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Democrats are losing ground in the ‘war on women’

Ashe Schow · April 9, 2014 4:00 am

President Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2014, during an event marking Equal Pay Day, and to announce new executive actions to strengthen enforcement of equal pay laws for women. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama blasts GOP for blocking paycheck fairness bill

Brian Hughes · April 9, 2014 4:00 am

The "Paycheck Fairness Act," is a key measure in the Democratic agenda, which lawmakers admit has little chance of passing but which will contrast their party with the GOP ahead of the critical 2014 agenda. (AP Photo)

Senate Republicans block paycheck fairness bill at center of Democratic political agenda

Susan Ferrechio · April 9, 2014 4:00 am

Army Veteran and CFPB employee Angela Martin claims Director Richard Cordray, above, asked her to 'back down' in exchange for help securing her a new position. (AP Photo)

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Shocking details of rampant racism, sexism prompt Rep. Sean Duffy to ask if it’s time for CFPB’s Richard Cordray to resign

Mark Tapscott · April 9, 2014 4:00 am

White House communications director Jennifer Palmieri speaks about the government shutdown on the morning television news shows at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

The meltdown of the Obama genderhawks

Michelle Malkin · April 9, 2014 4:00 am

Democratic Senate challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes addresses a group of supporters at a fundraiser at the Galt House Hotel, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, in Louisville, Ky. Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell is going after Grimes on women's issues. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Alison Lundergan Grimes under fire from Mitch McConnell for donations from alleged sexual harasser

Betsy Woodruff · April 9, 2014 4:00 am