Valerie Jarrett: Paycheck Fairness Act is a good start
(NEWSER) - The year is 2010, and women still get paid 77¢ cents for every dollar men earn. That's bad enough in and of itself, but when you consider that women are now the sole breadwinners for two-thirds of families, "equal pay is not only a matter of principle," writes Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett in a Washington Post op-ed. "It's a matter of survival." Jarrett lays out the numbers and makes a plea for the Paycheck Fairness Act now working its way through Congress. More»