Kayla Blado joined the Economic Policy Institute as a media relations specialist in 2016. She has worked for a variety of workers’ rights organizations, such as Change to Win and Workers’ Independent News. She currently serves on the board of New Leaders Council-DC, a progressive political training institute for young professionals. Follow her on Twitter: @KaylaBlado.
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.