Mar 24, 2021

The reality of the gender pay gap in the U.S.

"We know, going into the pandemic, that women of color actually owned pennies on the dollar compared to white men and white women," said Heather McCulloch who runs Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap. LaylaBird via Getty Images

Today is Equal Pay Day for women, which marks how long into 2021 the average woman would have to work in order to earn the same income that the average man earned in 2020. Plus, inside Robinhood's plans for an IPO.

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This Equal Pay Day, women face additional burdens due to the pandemic

by Kimberly Adams

Mar 24, 2021

Their pay gap with men tightened slightly, but mainly because so many women lost low-paying jobs early on.

"We know, going into the pandemic, that women of color actually owned pennies on the dollar compared to white men and white women," said Heather McCulloch who runs Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap.

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Who's going to buy Robinhood stock after an IPO?

by David Brancaccio , Rose Conlon and Erika Soderstrom

Mar 24, 2021

There's no word yet on when the IPO would happen, but Robinhood has filed the confidential plan to go public later this year.

If buying stock on Robinhood is free, how does the company make its money?

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The team

David Brancaccio Host

Victoria Craig Host, BBC

Stephen Ryan Senior Producer, BBC

Jonathan Frewin Producer, BBC

Daniel Shin Producer

Jay Siebold Technical Director

Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer

Alex Schroeder Producer

Erika Soderstrom Producer

Rose Conlon Producer

Brian Allison Technical Director

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