By Desiree Hoffman Director of Advocacy, YWCA USA Last night, after I put my one-year-old son to sleep, I got ready to listen to the President’s State of the Union… Continue Reading The State of the Union: Don’t Change the Channel!
By Randi Schmidt Director of Economic Empowerment Policy, YWCA USA When I was attending graduate school, I interned at the YWCA Madison (Wis.), which served homeless and low-income women and… Continue Reading Tell Congress to extend tax cuts for 98% of women and families
By Desiree Hoffman, Director of Advocacy YWCA USA This holiday season, I’m wishing for Congress to pass a bi-partisan Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), and to extend tax cuts for… Continue Reading The Gift of Safety and Security
By Jeff Nall Truthout | Op-Ed As a college-educated, heterosexual, white, male American citizen I know something about (unearned) privilege. But being poor – for the last three years our… Continue Reading It’s Time for the Poor to Come Out of the Plutocracy’s Closet of Shame