Feminist, journalist, consent education and mental health advocate. Former interim letters editor/editorialist at the San Antonio Express-News and staff writer for the Watertown Daily Times and Kerrville Daily Times. Follow her on Twitter @DonnaProvencher.
The Paycheck Fairness Act in fact protects women from gender-based pay discrimination.
By Donna Provencher - April 15, 2021
So much for being the ‘workers’ party.’
By Donna Provencher - April 15, 2021
But it only offers a fraction of the benefits President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan does.
By Donna Provencher - April 15, 2021
Studies show Black Americans are far more likely to be shot and killed by police than their white counterparts.
By Donna Provencher - April 14, 2021
A new poll found that two-thirds of Americans support stricter gun control legislation.
By Donna Provencher - April 14, 2021
Biden is proposing a $1 billion increase in funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, from which Trump repeatedly tried to slash funds.
By Donna Provencher - April 09, 2021
Experts in higher education say a bill Florida Republicans claim will protect free speech will achieve exactly the opposite effect.
By Donna Provencher - April 09, 2021
The agency’s bargaining power will be restored as anti-union, Trump-era regulations are replaced with more worker-friendly, pre-Trump contract terms.
By Donna Provencher - April 09, 2021
Unemployment claims are up, but Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims are down, indicating the economy is still on the upswing.
By Donna Provencher - April 08, 2021
She’s also voted to strip health care from Americans with preexisting conditions and deny parental leave to federal employees.
By Donna Provencher - April 08, 2021
Fifty-five of America’s biggest companies paid no income tax at all last year.
By Donna Provencher - April 08, 2021
Experts note that a backlog of cases and an unstaffed board are disastrous for whistleblowers and wrongfully fired federal employees.
By Donna Provencher - April 07, 2021
Up to 10 million Americans are still getting their water through lead pipes — and Republicans have refused to do anything about it.
By Donna Provencher - April 06, 2021
Republicans roundly criticized blue states for implementing COVID-19 safety measures early on. A new study shows their economies are in fact recovering faster than those states who failed to do the same.
By Donna Provencher - April 05, 2021
Their claims are full of lies and misleading half-truths about who would be impacted and how President Joe Biden’s proposal works.
By Donna Provencher - April 05, 2021
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) said Democrats would have an ‘easy win’ with President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill — if they’d just cut out the two-thirds of it Republicans don’t like.
By Donna Provencher - April 05, 2021
College loan debt has increased racial inequality in the United States.
By Donna Provencher - April 02, 2021
They’re conveniently forgetting that the definition of infrastructure includes energy, water, housing, transportation, and communications systems, too.
By Donna Provencher - April 01, 2021
Donald Trump had long promised to ‘bring back’ American jobs and largely failed. Biden is taking a different route.
By Donna Provencher - April 01, 2021
Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) credits Donald Trump with the ‘gift’ of attracting working-class voters to the party.
By Donna Provencher - April 01, 2021
And it’s not the first time Donald Trump’s former trade adviser Peter Navarro is under fire for shady dealings.
By Donna Provencher - March 31, 2021
Every Republican in Congress voted against what an advocate called ‘the most significant expansion of health care in over a decade.’
By Donna Provencher - March 31, 2021
Experts say the time to pass legislation is now, while Democrats have the presidency and a majority in both houses of Congress.
By Donna Provencher - March 30, 2021
It’s not the first time he’s stonewalled infrastructure spending for trumped-up reasons, either.
By Donna Provencher - March 30, 2021
A new poll finds that voters aren’t buying what Republicans are selling.
By Donna Provencher - March 26, 2021
His disregard for the advice of top infectious disease specialist Dr. Anthony Fauci and others caused the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression.
By Donna Provencher - March 26, 2021
It’s tax season, and the scammers are back.
By Donna Provencher - March 25, 2021
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says, ‘the recovery is far from complete.’
By Donna Provencher - March 25, 2021
‘We should be mindful to protect religious liberty,’ Idaho Rep. Russ Fulcher said.
By Donna Provencher - March 24, 2021
Joe Biden’s plan to give all parents free child care may be met with resistance, but experts say it’s necessary to help families in the long run.
By Donna Provencher - March 24, 2021
