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Women in America earn only 78 percent of that what their male counterparts make, according to government 

. The pay divide is even deeper for women of color. 

, the Deputy Director of the Better Life Lab and Global Parity Initiative at the New America Foundation, and 

, Vice President Government Affairs at Catalyst, about why the chasm persists and what is being done to shrink the difference.

Women in America earn only 78 percent of that what their male counterparts make, according to government data. The pay divide is even deeper for women of color. MPR News host Kerri Miller spoke with two guests about why the wage gap persists and what is being done to reduce it.

Women in America earn less than their male counterparts to the tune of about 78 percent, according to data from the White House. MPR News host Kerri Miller spoke with Elizabeth Weingarten of the Better Life Lab and Serena Fong of Catalyst about what other countries, and some US companies, are doing to reduce the gender pay gap. 2/29/16

What the gender pay gap looks like today

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