Issue83A

It’s 2018 and men are still paid more than women for doing the same job. Statistics tell us that women make up almost half of the American workforce. They earn more undergraduate and graduate degrees than men do, and they are the sole breadwinners in half of American families with children. Yet, on average, women continue to earn noticeably less money than men. And there’s more. Women hold fewer leadership positions in corporate America, accounting for less than 5 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs. On page 10, writer Jane Meggitt’s explains how Natasha Lamb takes on corporate America by holding them accountable for their contribution to gender disparity pay in the financial industry and on Wall Street. Bitcoin, a major player in the digital currency arena, has had its share of bad publicity recently. On page 6, Matthew D. Edward’s article, “The Bitcoin Bust That