“Equal Time with Martha Burk” is a weekly 2 1/2 minute commentary on topics in the public debate, political issues, and how decisions in Washington and around the world affect ordinary citizens. Dr. Burk is a political psychologist and women's issues expert who is co-founder of the Center for Advancement of Public Policy, a research and policy analysis organization in Washington, D.C. She serves as the Money Editor for Ms. magazine, and is a syndicated newspaper columnist and frequent blogger for Huffington Post. Equal Time is produced by KSFR-FM public radio in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Well we did it. Made it through another year. Women have had some good news, and some bad news. What with wars, floods, police shootings, terrorist a...
Starting last month with Starbucks’ plain red holiday cup, and culminating in actions like the banning of a teddy bear tree to benefit needy kids at a...
Consumers are snapping up mountains of plastic soon-to-be-junk from toy stores, and the latest gee-whiz gadgets and cheesy clothing from big boxes. Is...
December is for celebrating, but it's also about remembering one of the darkest days in decades, December 14, 2012 – when 20 first graders and 6 educ...
Thanksgiving’s over and Black Friday’s behind us. But the shopping frenzy will continue right up ‘till midnight on the 24th. Love or hate it, shoppin...
Thanksgiving will be just like any other day for millions of U.S. citizens who rely on food stamps. No turkey, just trimmings to the already meager fo...
The gender pay gap reared its ugly head again this month, with a massive study released by the website PayScale. Almost one and half million workers ...
When it comes to how we treat our veterans, we do pretty well in some areas, but fall down in others. Homelessness is one of the worst. It’s way too h...
Halloween is behind us, but I’ve still got some scary news. We’ve started the one-year countdown to election day. We’ve already been bombarded for m...
Afghanistan President Asraf Ghani is scheduled to visit the U.S. this month. He said in February that peace talks with the Taliban would start soon, ...