The wage gap between women and men isn't going away anytime soon. A new chart from the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) estimates that, at the current pace, the gap in [...]

Heidi Hartmann is president of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research . Updated March 31, 2013, 6:26 PM Getting paid fairly for the work you do is tough for almost everyone, but a few things [...]

College is hard to get through, but throw a baby into the mix and it becomes even tougher . According to the Institute for Women's Policy Research, a nonprofit think tank in Washington, D.C., approximately [...]

They swap out bed pans, tend to wounds, and assist with every facet of day-to-day life — sometimes even living with their patients. They’re home health care aides, and they are a crucial resource in [...]

That's right, people can get away with paying grandma's aide less than $7.25 an hour. Why? Congress decided in 1974 to lump home health aides in with casual babysitters under labor laws. President Obama has [...]

Maryland lawmakers have proposed legislation that would make it mandatory for the state’s employers to offer paid sick leave to their workers. The bill, if passed, would make Maryland the second state in the country [...]