In “Why Is Her Paycheck Smaller,” the New York Times has graphed earnings for men and women in the same occupations. It won’t surprise you to learn that the women come out substantially below the men.
The graph reflects the weekly earnings of subjects working full-time who are 16 years-of-age and older. Only occupations that had a minimum of 50,000 respondents were included in the study. In each occupation, women did the same job as men.
Nearly every occupation has the gap — the seemingly unbridgeable chasm between the size of …

I have been racking my brain about how to incorporate my Wall Street knowledge into an interesting series for our blog. Nina M is right — no one wants me to write about TARP. I will instead endeavor to share observations and stories from my time on The Street, and give suggestions and ideas about how we can, together, make things better for women in corporate America.

People ask me all the time about the sexism on Wall Street. My standard response, up until recently, was that I made it out …

Editor’s note: This is the third post in a three-part series on fighting HIV/AIDS among women. The New Agenda is recognizing National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (March 10th) by profiling breakthrough ideas in stemming the tide of new HIV/AIDS cases among women.
Increasing community-based HIV/AIDS testing, particularly in minority communities, was part of President Obama’s campaign platform. CBS/CNN television reporter Sanjay Gupta – who turned down the Administration request to become the nation’s surgeon general – outlined Obama’s campaign plan, which promised to engage all federal agencies in the …

This statue honoring Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and Susan B. Anthony was given to the U.S. by sculptor Adelaide Johnson in 1921; it was relegated to the basement of Congress until 1997.
Picture, if you will, an auditorium in London in 1840. In your mind’s eye, picture the rich wood of the banisters, the rows of curved, cushioned seats, a great clamor happening on the stage and the floor. Men from all over the world, dressed in their Victorian best, are debating how to end slavery. Above this din, on …

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Editor’s note: Kathy Skerl is a team captain for The New Agenda in Asheville, North Carolina. This essay was originally posted at her own blog in slightly different form.
Jeez, it seems it’s been awhile since Bobby Jindal last saw Louisiana — you know, the state he’s supposed to be governing. 
First, it was the Governors Conference, then giving the rebuttal to President Obama’s State of the Union speech, and finally it’s CPAC, the conservative convention. Who is paying for Jindal’s room and board this past week? Who …

It was quite a surprise to learn that U2’s video for their new single, “Get on Your Boots,” is, ostensibly, a feminist endeavor. Or, as guitarist The Edge put it, the video is “based around the idea that men have f***ed things up so badly, politically, economically and socially… Its really time that we handed things over to women.”
Not so fast, says Anna Pickard, The Guardian’s expert translator of the language of music videos. Ms. Pickard writes an occasional column, Pickard of the Pops, that examines the gap between what an artists …

Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series on fighting HIV/AIDS among women. The New Agenda is recognizing National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (March 10th) by profiling breakthrough ideas in stemming the tide of new HIV/AIDS cases among women.
Dr. Bambi W. Gaddist
Some may consider New Orleans one of the most open and accepting cities in the United States – celebrating diversity of all kinds, but for years almost no women were openly HIV-positive.
Gina Brown, 42, a caseworker at the New Orleans NO-AIDS Task Force, hid her …

The New Agenda is catching on North of our borders.
Yesterday, we received a lovely email from a woman in Toronto who had this to say about what is happening in Canada:
Your phenomenally astute and relevant commentary has apparently started a dialogue with the male-dominated media and, as result, the politicos are listening!
I am truly fascinated with the progress made by women in the United States. Even though in Canada we have had Gender Equality constitutionally entrenched in our Charter of Rights since l982, we lack I feel the chutzpah …

Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series on fighting HIV/AIDS among women. The New Agenda is recognizing National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (March 10th) by profiling breakthrough ideas in stemming the tide of new HIV/AIDS cases among women.
Women are consummate caregivers, frequently subordinating their own needs to the needs of others. So when it comes to taking care of themselves and being healthy, it often just isn’t a priority. Shame and embarrassment also tend to hang heavy on most women, keeping them from speaking out …