An Unhappy Birthday for Medicare and Medicaid
July 25, 2018 | As the iconic health programs turn 53, the GOP is advancing plans to privatize one and gut the other.
Articles by Martha Burk
Long Live the Litigators
May 30, 2018 | Some of the most effective challenges to Trump's excesses have come in the courtroom.
After Moore, the Deluge
December 20, 2017 | Voting down one sex offender is fine, but rejecting the environment that produces such a person needs to start at the earliest levels.
Your Boss Shouldn’t Get to Have ‘Religious’ Objections to Your Health Care
October 11, 2017 | Expanding "corporate citizen" rights into health care could ultimately affect everybody, not just women.
The Tax Plan Moms Need
June 21, 2017 | A modest proposal: Tax corporations to help working moms afford childcare and stay-at-home moms save for retirement.
A New Way to Close the Gender Pay Gap
March 29, 2017 | New research suggests the gap between men and women won't close till 2059 — unless cities and states try this new fix.
What Trumponomics Means for Women
December 7, 2016 | The new president's plan to "fix the economy" will put women workers in a fix indeed.
Preying on Our Paychecks
September 7, 2016 | Payroll cards can cost low-wage workers an hour's pay per week.