As our country has collectively decided to rally around women athletes, the stark racist and sexist wage gaps of professional basketball players has taken center court. Black women have been the backbone of entire industries—including sports leagues—and it is essential that they be fairly compensated for their work, so why aren’t they? WNBA stars Alysha Clark and Aliyah Boston and Executive Director of the Women’s National Basketball Players Association Terri Carmichael Jackson join us to talk about the intersectionality of it all and how we can really support Black women.

Resources

• More information on the WNBPA
• Resources on the wage gap
• You can follow Aliyah Boston here
• You can follow Alysha Clark here

The rise and fall of the girlboss movement was swift—and thank goodness for that. From LinkedIn hustlers to overly positive Instagram posters and Trad wives, a movement that was supposed to empower the “sHero” and “goal digger” in all of us has become the butt of every joke on the internet but still has such a hold over our lives. We talked with Lola Kolade about how we can truly overcome the girlboss within all of us.

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Your favorite billionaire might pay less in taxes than you do. And that’s by design! The U.S. tax code has sexism and racism baked right into it. But if we taxed the patriarchy, we’d have enough money for the things that really matter—from child care and health care to education and housing. We talked to activist, philanthropist, and filmmaker Abby Disney and NWLC tax genius Amy Matsui about why it’s past time for Taylor, Jay-Z, Elon, and Jeff to pay their fair share.

Resources:

• Learn more about Abby’s latest movie, The American Dream and Other Fairytales
• Try out NWLC’s Tax the Patriarchy calculator, where you can tax the rich and decide how to invest that money to benefit our country
• Learn more about the Patriotic Millionaires
• See the Tax Justice Is Gender Justice series of reports
• Read The Faulty Foundations of the Tax Code: Gender and Racial Bias in Our Tax Laws