The new right-to-work laws in Michigan , already one of the worst states for gender pay equity, may represent a step backward when it comes to narrowing the gender pay gap in the state, data [...]

Forget the "mancession" or the "he-covery." Men suffered the biggest job losses in the financial crisis, and also gained the most post-recession jobs. But now, men and women have equal footing in the recovery. As [...]

Forget the "mancession" or the "he-covery." Men suffered the biggest job losses in the financial crisis, and also gained the most post-recession jobs. But now, men and women have equal footing in the recovery. As [...]

Women account for a third of the nation's lawyers and doctors, a major shift from a generation ago when those professions were occupied almost exclusively by men, new Census figures show. Women's share of jobs [...]

Women are, slowly, making inroads in closing the gender pay gap – an issue that got some attention in the presidential campaign this fall, as President Obama touted his signing of the Lily Ledbetter Fair [...]

A Rhodes Scholar who grew up in Chicago's Englewood has big plans for the future. Rhiana Gunn-Wright graduated Magna Cum Laude from Yale University last May with majors in African-American studies and women's gender and [...]