by Abigail Claire Tilton | May 15, 2019 | Abigail Claire Tilton, Social Policy
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...
by Abigail Claire Tilton | Apr 1, 2019 | Abigail Claire Tilton, Social Policy
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...
by Abigail Claire Tilton | Feb 21, 2019 | Abigail Claire Tilton, Social Policy
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...
by Abigail Claire Tilton | Jan 24, 2019 | Abigail Claire Tilton, Social Policy
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...
by Abigail Claire Tilton | Jan 7, 2019 | Abigail Claire Tilton, Social Policy
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...
by Abigail Claire Tilton | Dec 5, 2018 | Abigail Claire Tilton, Social Policy
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...
