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Search results for "MAYA ANGELOU once worked as a SEX WORKER both as labor and management"

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Fact-checks (18092)

Ivanka Trump stated on May 01, 2017 in her new book:
Says John Quincy Adams said, "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader."
By Katie Sanders• May 5, 2017
Wendy Davis stated on March 14, 2016 in an interview with Texas Monthly:
"Texas is one of only a handful of states that does not have an equal pay law."
By Eleanor Dearman• May 27, 2016
Facebook posts stated on October 28, 2014 in a meme on social media:
Says the 1956 Republican Party platform supported equal pay, the minimum wage, asylum for refugees, protections for unions and more.
By Nai Issa, Louis Jacobson• October 28, 2014
Edd Houck stated on September 29, 2011 in a TV ad.:
"Bryce Reeves chaired a group bankrolled by a New York billionaire who fired hundreds of Virginia workers and sent their jobs to China."
By Sean Gorman• October 12, 2011
Kathy Hochul stated on May 25, 2017 in a speech at City & State’s State of NY Women forum:
"We have pay equity. When you think about that wage gap, we all know it's 78 cents to the dollar. Well, in New York state it's 90 cents to the dollar."
By Dan Clark• June 9, 2017
Donald Trump stated on September 22, 2019 in a speech:
"For the first time in history, most new hires of prime working age are minorities and women."
By Miriam Valverde• September 27, 2019
Alberta Darling stated on February 13, 2011 in an appearance on a TV interview program:
Limiting labor negotiations to only wages is "how it is for the most part in the private sector."
By James B. Nelson• February 17, 2011
Sarah Silverman stated on October 08, 2014 in a video for the National Women's Law Center:
"Every year the average woman loses around $11,000 to the wage gap," which amounts to "a $500,000 vagina tax" over her working career.
By Katie Sanders• October 10, 2014
Viral image stated on September 06, 2015 in a Facebook post:
"Unions did not create" the eight-hour work day and the 40-hour work week. "Henry Ford did."
By Louis Jacobson• September 9, 2015
Rachel Maddow stated on October 19, 2011 in a segment on The Rachel Maddow Show:
"A recent Department of Labor study guessed Wall Street fees cost a worker 28 percent of the value of your plan over the span of your career."
By Molly Moorhead• October 28, 2011
Viral image stated on June 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Wearing the Kente cloth “worn by affluent African slave traders” is “like honoring Jews by wearing swastikas.”
By Jon Greenberg• June 12, 2020
Rebecca Quigley stated on May 14, 2015 in a comment on a "State of the State" TV program.:
"Once a woman enters into the sex trade, her average life expectancy is seven years."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• May 31, 2015
Steve Loomis stated on May 09, 2011 in a news conference:
Says the state’s new collective bargaining law effectively eliminates police unions' ability to negotiate.
By Tom Feran• June 15, 2011
Rick Scott stated on August 02, 2010 in in a Univision debate in Miami.:
"We have over 700,000 illegal immigrants in the state. They're costing us billions of dollars and they're taking legal residents' jobs."
By Cristina Silva• August 18, 2010
Rana Foroohar stated on January 10, 2014 in a CNN interview:
"The median male worker in this country has not seen a raise, inflation adjusted, for 30 years, basically."
By Katie Sanders• January 15, 2014
Mike Johnson stated on December 05, 2024 in remarks to reporters:
About 1% of federal employees are “actually working in the office.”
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• December 11, 2024
Mark Pocan stated on June 26, 2015 in a statement:
"In a majority of states, you can now marry freely, but can still be fired for who you love."
By Sarah Hauer• July 9, 2015
Mitt Romney stated on November 04, 2011 in an Americans for Prosperity Foundation summit speech:
Solyndra "had robots that whistled Disney songs. I'm not kidding."
By Becky Bowers• November 17, 2011
Michael Moore stated on October 02, 2009 in his movie "Capitalism: A Love Story":
During the Reagan era, while productivity increased, "wages for working people remained frozen."  
By Robert Farley• October 7, 2009
Viral image stated on February 26, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Former President Donald Trump “was the 1st president in U.S. history to acknowledge that children are being sold for sex in the U.S.” while President Joe Biden “rescinded Trump’s executive order that helped combat child sex trafficking.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 27, 2023

Articles (6295)

How a math worksheet about Maya Angelou became falsely associated with critical race theory

By Gabrielle Settles• May 2, 2022

FACT SHEET: Endorsements

By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• February 8, 2008

Texas economy falls from No. 3 to 21 in rankings, probably due to oil slump

By W. Gardner Selby• March 28, 2017

Fact-checking claims about same-sex marriage

By Amy Sherman• April 27, 2015

Readers take us task on the pay and benefits of federal workers

By Warren Fiske• June 7, 2011

Taking the measure of the federal workforce under Donald Trump

By Louis Jacobson• January 22, 2018

What the numbers tell us about Biden’s promise of high-paying green jobs

By Jon Greenberg• April 22, 2021

PunditFact fact-checks the Oct. 12 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• October 12, 2014

Fact-checking the Oct. 12 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• October 12, 2014

Comparing economic performance for Latinos under Trump, Biden

By Louis Jacobson• July 8, 2024

Fact-checking the Jan. 18 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• January 18, 2015

In context: Democrats’ TV ads from the month of August

By Bill McCarthy• August 28, 2019

PunditFact fact-checks the Jan. 18 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• January 18, 2015

Kamala Harris’ 2024 campaign promises: Here are her plans for the presidency

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• September 30, 2024

Comparing economic performance for Black Americans under Trump, Biden

By Louis Jacobson• June 25, 2024

Kamala Harris’ ‘Saturday Night Live’ appearance and ‘equal time’ for Donald Trump: What to know

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• November 4, 2024

How accurate are warnings by Democrats, Kamala Harris about Donald Trump’s ‘Project 2025 agenda?’

By Samantha Putterman• August 20, 2024

Fact-checking the California governor's debate with John Cox and Gavin Newsom

By Kyra Haas, Manuela Tobias• October 8, 2018

The biggest flip-flops by Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2016

Fact-checking night 1 of the 2020 RNC

By PolitiFact Staff • August 25, 2020