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The Feminization of Poverty: Structural Traps, Policy Failures, and the Price Women Pay
Structural traps, policy failures, and the price women pay In the wealthiest nation in recorded history, nearly 20 million women and girls live below the federal poverty line. That is not a rounding error. It is a structural feature — one built into the architecture of American economic life and reinforced, often unintentionally, by the…
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The Tampon Tax Is Still a Thing — Here’s Which States Still Charge It
Groceries Are Tax-Free. Tampons Often Aren’t. Here’s Why That Matters. In most of the United States, you can walk into a grocery store and fill your cart with bread, canned soup, fresh produce, and a bottle of orange juice — and pay no sales tax whatsoever. Those items have long been classified as necessities, exempt…