Single Mothers ‘Most Likely’ to Benefit from Paid Overtime Expansion
A proposal to extend overtime pay eligibility to millions of [...]
This Simple Addition to College Campuses Could Cut Costs for a Quarter of Undergrads
Democrats vying for the White House are promoting an unusual way [...]
New Report Finds that Post-Katrina Disaster Recovery Policies Largely Ignored the Needs of Black Women from New Orleans’ Public Housing Buildings
In advance of the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) released a report presenting a comprehensive analysis of the interview responses of 184 low-income black women who were living in “The Big Four”—four large housing projects within the city of New Orleans, known as “the Bricks”—and who were displaced by the twin disasters of the hurricane and the flooding.
Clinton Wants to Expand Grants, Services for Parents Who Attend College
Hillary Clinton announced a new component to her $350 billion [...]
Women Would Be the Biggest Winners in an Expansion of Overtime Laws
Overtime can make a big difference for people living paycheck [...]
Democratic Candidates Eye Day-Care Aid as a Way to Ease College Burdens
This kind of action is particularly urgent as more students [...]
Nearly Half of Currently Exempt Single Mothers and Black and Hispanic Women Workers Will Gain Coverage Under DOL’s New Proposed Overtime Salary Threshold
New report examines how women, mothers, women of color, and women in different occupations will be affected when the proposed rule goes into effect
Editorial: Nancy Lieberman is a Score for Kings, Girls Everywhere
Women, on average, make only 78 cents for every dollar [...]
How the Wage Gap Changes as Women Reach Childbearing Age
“The unequal division of household labor and caregiving responsibilities often [...]
The Surprising Number of Parents Scaling Back at Work to Care for Kids
Infant care in particular is pricey. The average annual cost [...]
