Elise Gould is a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute. Her research areas include wages, poverty, inequality, economic mobility and health care. Gould is co-author of several publications, including The State of Working America, 12th Edition. Follow her on Twitter: @eliselgould.
The ongoing gender and racial discrimination faced by black women means that seven months into 2017, black women finally have equal pay with what white men earned last year.