 We've been talking to Tom Beaumont, national politics writer for the Associated Press, joining us from Des Moines. Tom, thanks so much. Scott, thanks for having me. In 1967, black women made 43 cents for every dollar that a white non-Hispanic man made. Today, they're making just 69 cents for every dollar their white male counterparts earn. That's according to the National Women's Law Center. The persistent wage gap is the focus of the Black Women's Equal Pay Day,