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Gender

Asking questions about prior salary can be used by employers to discriminate against women and minorities who earn less, critics say. (Neil Webb/Getty Images/Ikon Images)
NPR
Money

More employers avoid legal minefield by not asking about pay history

This week, for example, a federal district court struck down a Philadelphia law banning questions about prior pay, saying it impinged on free speech.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
Community

NewsWorks Tonight, May 4, 2018

A deadly fire in a makeshift apartment has Philadelphia officials rethinking zoning codes. ...

Air Date: May 4, 2018

Listen 21:29
Saudi women jog in the streets of Jeddah in March. The government is encouraging greater participation by women in sports. (Amer Hilabi/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Lifestyle

‘Culture shock within their own country’: Saudis come to grips with swift changes

Many of the social changes are popular with the kingdom's younger citizens.

8 years ago

Protesters rally in support of women who say they were sexually harassed at Comcast call centers.
Courts & Law

Fired Comcast worker pushing company to review policies on sexual harassment

Former employees bring petition from others who say they've been sexually harassed to Comcast's Philly headquarters.

8 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Federal judge blocks Philly’s salary-history law aimed at closing the pay gap

The ruling was a victory for the local Chamber of Commerce, which had sued the city to challenge the law set to take effect later this month.

8 years ago

Lynn Yeakel, who nearly defeated U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter in 1992, says she’s in no position to judge the merits of the Kavanaugh case, but she wishes it would be considered in a thorough, nonpartisan process. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Recalling 1992’s ‘Year of the Woman,’ Lynn Yeakel assesses gender equality in 2018

Thursday is 50/50 Day, a global day of action and conversations around gender equality in leadership.

8 years ago

Listen 4:53
The state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., is shown in December 2016. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)
Politics & Policy

House GOP continues sexual misconduct study with public hearing

As part of their announced effort to curb sexual harassment and abuse in the legislature, and in Pennsylvania workplaces generally, a House committee has held a public hearing

8 years ago

This March 2018 photo shows Kristina Olson in her laboratory in Seattle. She is the creator and leader of the TransYouth Project, which is considered the first large-scale long-term study of transgender children in the U.S. On Thursday, April 12, 2018, Olson was named winner of the NSF's annual Alan T. Waterman Award, the government's highest honor for scientists still in the early phases of their careers. (Dennis Wise/University of Washington via AP)
Health

$1 million federal grant will help study of transgender kids

The first large-scale, national study of transgender children, including some as young as 3, is poised to expand.

8 years ago

A federal court has sided with Aileen Rizo, who filed suit after realizing her male counterparts were being paid more. The ruling overrules a previous interpretation of the 1963 Equal Pay Act. Rizo is seen here with her daughters in a photo she provided to the AP in 2017. (Aileen Rizo/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Women can’t have prior salaries used against them, court says in equal pay case

Employers can't pay women less than men just because they made less at a previous job.

8 years ago

Women cover the closed doors to the Chuck Close gallery at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts with protest posters featuring a drawing of a skunk and reading
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Arts & Entertainment

PAFA’s Chuck Close exhibit ends with workshop on the art of protest

The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts ended its Chuck Close exhibit Sunday with a workshop on the art of protest.

8 years ago

Colleen Hughes in the one-woman play
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

‘Magdalene’ and the modern woman, from Tribe of Fools

The character we see on stage is Mary Magdalene. And more.

8 years ago

Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Monday, April 9, 2018, in Norristown, Pa. (Corey Perrine/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Prosecutors reveal Cosby paid his accuser nearly $3.4M

Comedian Bill Cosby paid out nearly $3.4 million in a civil settlement with Andrea Constand, the woman he is on trial for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting in 2004.

8 years ago

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Participants march against sexual assault and harassment at the #MeToo March in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017.  (Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo)
Community

With #MeToo’s critics growing, will backlash against movement help Cosby’s defense?

Some #MeToo fatigue showed up during last week’s four-day jury selection for the entertaimers.

8 years ago

Supporters cheer at an election night rally in Canonsburg, Pa., for Democrat Conor Lamb, whose victory got a boost from suburban voters.
(Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Community

What we mean when we talk about ‘suburban women voters’

Suburban women get a lot of attention from politicians these days.

8 years ago

A 1950 photo of Kay (aka
NPR
Lifestyle

A little league of her own: The first girl in Little League baseball

There's no crying in baseball. But for Kay Johnston, there's crying when you can't play.

8 years ago

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