Amid the swelling national conversation about income inequality comes a new report spotlighting that the lack of mandatory paid sick leave in the U.S. disproportionately burdens Hispanics and low-wage workers, including the vast majority of [...]

In 2013, Bill de Blasio campaigned for mayor on a promise of universal pre-K. Two years later, New York City enrolls more children in full-day pre-K than any state except Georgia, and its preschool enrollment [...]

Further evidence that pay transparency serves to reduce the gender pay gap comes from unions. According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, women in union jobs earn 31 percent more per week than women [...]

Enacting a federal requirement for paid parental leave seems like a long shot right now, though, given the opposition from Republicans who control Congress and the business community. The nonprofit Institute for Women's Policy Research [...]

Enacting a federal requirement for paid parental leave seems like a long shot right now, though, given the opposition from Republicans who control Congress and the business community. The nonprofit Institute for Women's Policy Research [...]

Women earn 79 cents for every dollar a man makes for equal work, according to the Institute for Women's Policy Research. Although the pay gap has narrowed since 1960, when women made about 60 cents [...]