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Martha Burk

Martha Burk

Martha Burk is a political psychologist, women's issues expert, and director of the Corporate Accountability Project for the National Council of Women's Organizations (NCWO) and the author of the "Your Voice, Your Vote" (2020). Follow Martha on Twitter @MarthaBurk.

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State legislatures are escalating their assault on that right — and on the women who attempt to exercise it.(Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

The Most Dangerous Time for Women’s Rights in Decades

Merely banning abortion isn't enough for some on the rabid right—a few are even threatening women with the death penalty.

Martha Burk ·

The Most Dangerous Time for Women’s Rights in Decades

Merely banning abortion isn't enough for some on the rabid right — a few are even threatening women with the death penalty.

Martha Burk ·

But theatrics aside, what we know now that we didn’t before Kavanaugh’s meltdown is this: At the very least — he’s temperamentally unsuited for the nation’s highest court. (Photo: Shutterstock)

The Mean Drunk and the Mendacity

I fear the Senate will conclude that boys will be boys — and sometimes sexual predators — but they can still grow up to be Supreme Court justices

Martha Burk ·

Fifty-three years ago in 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law.

An Unhappy Birthday for Medicare and Medicaid

As the iconic health programs turn 53, the GOP is advancing plans to privatize one and gut the other.

Martha Burk ·

Enterprising businesses that want to save money could cite “religious freedom” to exclude virtually any medical treatment from their insurance plans. Surgery, antibiotics, immunizations — you name it.

Your Boss Shouldn’t Get to Have ‘Religious’ Objections to Your Health Care

Expanding "corporate citizen" rights into health care could ultimately affect everybody, not just women.

Martha Burk ·

The Tax Plan Moms Need

A modest proposal: Tax corporations to help working moms afford childcare and stay-at-home moms save for retirement.

Martha Burk ·

A New Way to Close the Gender Pay Gap

New research suggests the gap between men and women won't close till 2059 — unless cities and states try this new fix.

Martha Burk ·

What Trumponomics Means for Women

The new president's plan to "fix the economy" will put women workers in a fix indeed.

Martha Burk ·

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