Black women in Mississippi demand state-level pay protections

Mississippi is the only state in the nation without a law requiring equal pay for women-but that could be about to change. Ivette Feliciano sits down with Cassandra Welchlin, Executive Director of the Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable, to discuss her team’s push for equal-pay legislation, and the current status of Mississippi’s equal pay bill.
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