By THE EDITORIAL BOARD “This bill is about equality, period,” said State Senator Pat Spearman, pointing to a raft of well-documented studies of continuing inequality. For example, the gap in earnings between women and men [...]

By Heidi Hartmann Policy research that analyzes data through a gender or racial lens is often seen as a niche field of study (with equally niche sources of funding). In reality, research on how policies [...]

By Annalyn Kurtz Florida may be the first state to close the gender wage gap. Women in Wyoming, however, may have to wait until year 2153 until they make as much as their male counterparts. That’s [...]

By Katherine Peralta It is going to take another 43 years for women’s average pay in North Carolina to catch up with that of men. If average earnings of women and men employed full-time, year-round [...]

By Brad Tuttle The gender pay gap may be shrinking, but at the current pace it will be decades before women earn equal pay for the same work done by men around the U.S. And in [...]

By Krutika Pathi Women in Florida may be the first in the U.S. to achieve paycheck parity in 2038, while those in Wyoming may be among the last to close the wage gap, not getting [...]