I've met Hilda Solis, and I can say that she's very smart and committed to an issue dear to my own heart: the intersection of feminism and labor rights. She has highlighted the way women of color are disproportionately affected by the wage gap between men and women, writing, "Latinas earn on average 57 cents to every dollar that a man earns. African-American women earn just 68 cents to every dollar that a man earns." That is compared to 77 cents on the male dollar for all women.
We'll have more on Solis later from our resident labor expert, Harold Meyerson.
--Dana Goldstein
