In the latest episode of the Pink Tax Podcast, Janine tackles one of the most persistent and frustrating issues in the modern economy: the gender wage gap. With new data showing that the wage gap actually increased in the US in 2025 for the first time in years, Janine dives deep into the statistics, the myths, and the concrete policy changes that could finally move the needle. Breaking the 169-Year Wait: How Do We Actually Close the Wage Gap? The State of the Wage Gap in 2026

This week we discussed statistics around the gender wage gap. In our second last episode we looked at Indigenous women, racialized women,...