Actress Jennifer Lawrence wrote about earning less than her male colleagues on Lena Dunham’s site, Lenny. In her essay titled Why Do I Make Less Than My Male Co‑Stars?, she wrote: “I’m over trying to find the ‘adorable’ way to state my opinion and still be likable!” After Sony Pictures’ internal computer system was […]
“Are young women in this country to be considered an equal part of America’s great potential or part of corporate America’s profit margin?” Voting and equal rights activist Madison Kimery knocks out another tremendous speech, and this time it was at the Women Advance Women’s Summit 2015. Kimrey starts by letting the audience know she’s […]
British actress Sienna Miller turned down a role in a Broadway production because she learned she was offered significantly less than her male co-star was offered. In an interview with Vogue, Miller said, “It was a play with just two of us on stage and I was offered less than half of what he was […]
UPDATE, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015: NBC News reports that Davis was found to be in contempt of court Thursdays morning. District Court Judge David Bunning has said Davis is bound by an oath of office to perform her duties under the law, and ordered that she be jailed until she complied with his order to […]
On August 6, 2015, the Voting Rights Act turned 50. The day before the VRA anniversary, Texas voters had reason to celebrate – the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Texas’s 2011 photo ID law was unconstitutional, because it violated the rights of minority voters. Popular Democratic Senator Cory Booker (NJ) appeared on ABC’s […]