Abigail Claire Tilton’s Blog
Why Equality In The Workplace Is Necessary
Every April, America celebrates Equal Pay Day. This is the day when, symbolically, women's earnings finally catch up to men's earnings for the previous year. As of 2019, a Glassdoor report found that women are still earning just 79 cents for every dollar that men...
Workplace Diversity and Policies that Surround It
Everyone of every color, culture, gender, and background deserves the same opportunities as everyone else. This is why diversity in the workplace is important. It's also imperative that policies are put in place to ensure the workplace remains diverse. These policies...
7 Organizations to Donate to for International Women’s Day
Every March 8th marks the celebration of International Women's Day in countries around the world. In some places, it's a public holiday. The first Women's Day was held on February 28, 1909, in New York City, and after, it quickly caught on. The day remains a...
A New Method for Identifying Human Trafficking Victims
Every year, millions of men, women, and children are victims of human trafficking. As one of the most profitable forms of transnational crime, human trafficking can be difficult to detect and remains a largely hidden crime. In addition to it being difficult to detect...
The #MeToo Movement and its Effects on the Workplace
You’ve likely seen the #MeToo slogan across most social media and major news outlets over the past few years. The slogan, which was coined in 2006 by Tarana Burke to help survivors of sexual violence, has grown incredibly over the last decade to represent the...
Impacts of the Government Shutdown
Americans are becoming inoculated by government shutdowns. While the present shutdown has furloughed or withheld pay from almost a million workers, most Americans don't feel the impact of shutdowns directly. However, these crises that have become all too common can...
Homelessness in America
Despite America being one of the wealthiest countries in the world, homelessness continues to be an epidemic throughout the nation. While homelessness is an issue present throughout the globe, the United States has some of the largest populations of homeless in cities...
New Transgender Proposal From Trump Administration Causes Backlash
The Trump administration has formed a new proposal concerning transgender citizens. Leaked to the New York Times last week, the new proposal has already been hit with major backlash. Not only is the proposal thought of as ethically wrong and goes against many human...
The Trump Administration’s New Immigration Plan
The Trump Administration has once again gone through great lengths to make it harder for immigrants to become citizens of the United States. They are now proposing a huge 447-page overhaul of federal regulations that would greatly affect how the U.S. chooses which...
Sanctuary and Freedom Cities
You've probably heard about "sanctuary" cities in the US and how the Trump Administration has attempted to crack down on them, but you may not have heard about how that crackdown has given rise to "freedom" cities. In a sanctuary city, a person who is arrested and...