
07/10/2025
Black women won’t reach equal pay until the year 2227.
That’s not a guess, it’s a projection from the based on current wage trends.
Even with advanced degrees, Black women are paid less. In some states, the gap is nearly 50 cents on the dollar.
Thank you to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research for doing the work and laying it out clearly in their latest fact sheet. We deserve better and we need policy to make that happen.
Read the full brief at IWPR.org
Tag your rep & ask where they stand on the Paycheck Fairness Act, Paid Leave, the PRO Act, and student debt cancellation.
Because hashtags don’t change systems policy does.