Cash benefits and tax cuts provided through the ARPA will help lay the groundwork for a rapid economic recovery.

A successful COVID-19 vaccination program requires an unprecedented government effort, with tens of thousands of lives, millions of livelihoods, and a normal way of life at stake.

The American Rescue Plan expands health coverage and affordability for millions of people as the country climbs out of the coronavirus crisis.

Women make up the majority of workers who would benefit from raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025, as they are overrepresented in tipped and low-wage jobs.

Because the majority of minimum wage-earning mothers are breadwinners, raising the federal minimum wage would strengthen economic security for millions of families.

Tipped industries in one fair wage states have higher growth, less inequality, and lower poverty for all workers.

Even before the pandemic, breadwinning mothers were keeping families afloat.

A comprehensive effort to secure equal pay must include limiting employers’ reliance on salary history in hiring and compensation decisions, as this practice can result in wage disparities and pay discrimination for women and workers of color.

The Biden administration should restart the collection of employer pay data, convene a new interagency equal pay task force, undertake an initiative to promote greater pay transparency, and designate more funding for enforcement of equal pay protections in order to regain lost ground and make progress for working women.