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Tag: women

Posted inMy Turn

In California elections, women candidates have mixed results

Avatar by Guest Commentary November 13, 2020November 13, 2020

Women won a big prize with the election of Kamala Harris as vice president, but in the state Legislature it’s another story.

A protester displays a sign during a rally at Arena Green during the Women's March San Jose on Jan. 18, 2020. Photo by Anda Chu, Bay Area News Group
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Women workers may not be faring as well as you’d think

by Laurence Du Sault November 11, 2020November 12, 2020
Posted inMy Turn

‘Unaccompanied women’ experiencing homelessness in L.A. are being left behind

Avatar by Guest Commentary September 28, 2020September 25, 2020
Senator Ling Ling Change listens to witnesses during a hearing on AB 1054 which would create a fund to help pay fire-related claims, in the senate Energy, Utilities and Commerce subcommittee on July 8, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inMy Turn

Will politics trump gender in California this election year?

Avatar by Guest Commentary September 26, 2020September 24, 2020
Food security, ability to pay rent and loss of low-wage jobs are three areas where economic disparities in California are most visible amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photos by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCalifornia Divide

How COVID is deepening California’s income inequality in 5 charts

Jackie Botts by Jackie Botts July 20, 2020September 16, 2020
Posted inEconomy

Pandemic steals most from immigrant working women

Jackie Botts by Jackie Botts May 21, 2020September 16, 2020
Crowds arrive at California's Capitol for the 2017 Sacramento Women's March. Photo by Jim Heaphy courtesy of Creative Commons
Posted inPolitics

Brown vetoed but they’re persisting: Take Two of MeToo hits Newsom’s desk

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall September 26, 2019September 26, 2019
Posted inCommentary, Justice, My Turn, Politics

Women are about to achieve a milestone in the state Senate

Avatar by Guest Commentary May 31, 2019
Posted inCommentary, Economy, My Turn

Paying women less than men for substantially similar work is wage theft

Avatar by Guest Commentary April 16, 2019
Community members gather for a rally in support of Christine Blasey Ford in front of City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, in Palo Alto, Calif. Ford, testified during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about her allegations that Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh attempted to rape her in the early 1980s. Photo by Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group
Posted inNewsletters, WhatMatters

California’s election, women and Kavanaugh

Dan Morain by Dan Morain September 28, 2018

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